" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> " " On Thu, 5 May 2005, Sandwich Maker wrote: " " > " Hindenburg? " > " > remember also that all of the fire and nearly all of the damage was " > caused by burning -diesel-fuel- from the zep's engines. h2 is lighter " > than air, superheated steam is lighter than air... -that- fireball " > lifted up and away very rapidly. " " I think the magic formula for the spectacularly foolish fire was " three fuels: " " * nitrocellulose dope over the skin yup " * the obvious fart bag of flammable H2 also coated with something -really- flammable, to make it h2-tight " * magnesium frame once the fire got REAL HOT not mag but aluminum, 'dural' iirc. a common aircraft alloy of the day. " Just proves my theory that most failures have multiple underlying " causes; car wont start because all your battery cables are bad, so " your battery won't charge. Carb fire because of leaky old hoses, " dripping carb, hot battery cables, etc. that's true. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought