"keith" wrote in message
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| I guesss. Hydrogen/oxygen burns without a visible flame. The shell of
| the Hindenburgh was obviously on fire. ...and it was painted with an
| aluminum paint (Iron??), which was quite normal at the time.
Apparently this was the first time this particular product was used - and
the last as the Zeppelin company did further tests on the paint and never
used it again.
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