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LZ 129 ''Hindenburg'' (ドイツ語:Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the ''Hindenburg'' class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.〔 It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company (''Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH'') on the shores of Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen and was operated by the German Zeppelin Airline Company (''Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei''). The airship flew from March 1936 until it was destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service. Thirty-six people died in the accident, which occurred while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. This was the last of the great airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38 in 1921 (44 dead), the US airship Roma in 1922 (34 dead), the French Dixmude in 1923 (52 dead), the British R101 in 1930 (48 dead), and the USS ''Akron'' in 1933 (73 dead). ''Hindenburg'' was named after the late Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. ==Design and development== The ''Hindenburg'' had a duralumin structure, incorporating 15 Ferris wheel-like bulkheads along its length, with 16 cotton gas bags fitted between them. The bulkheads were braced to each other by longitudinal girders placed around their circumferences. The airship's outer skin was of cotton doped with a mixture of reflective materials intended to protect the gas bags within from radiation, both ultraviolet (which would damage them) and infrared (which might cause them to overheat). The gas cells were made by a new method pioneered by Goodyear using multiple layers of gelatinized latex rather than the previous goldbeater's skins. In 1931 the Zeppelin Company purchased of duralumin salvaged from the wreckage of the October 1930 crash of the British airship R101, which might have been re-cast and used in the construction of the ''Hindenburg''.〔("R101: the Final Trials and Loss of the Ship." ) The Airship Heritage Trust. Retrieved October 27, 2010.〕 The interior furnishings of the ''Hindenburg'' were designed by Fritz August Breuhaus, whose design experience included Pullman coaches, ocean liners, and warships of the German Navy.〔Lehmann 1937, p. 319.〕 The upper "A" Deck contained small passenger quarters in the middle flanked by large public rooms: a dining room to port and a lounge and writing room to starboard. Paintings on the dining room walls portrayed the ''Graf Zeppelin''s trips to South America. A stylized world map covered the wall of the lounge. Long slanted windows ran the length of both decks. The passengers were expected to spend most of their time in the public areas, rather than their cramped cabins.〔Dick and Robinson 1985, p. 96.〕 The lower "B" Deck contained washrooms, a mess hall for the crew, and a smoking lounge. Harold G. Dick, an American representative from the Goodyear Zeppelin Company,〔("The Goodyear Zeppelin Company." ) ''Ohio History Central.'' Retrieved October 27, 2010.〕 recalled "The only entrance to the smoking room, which was pressurized to prevent the admission of any leaking hydrogen, was via the bar, which had a swiveling air lock door, and all departing passengers were scrutinized by the bar steward to make sure they were not carrying out a lit cigarette or pipe."〔Dick and Robinson 1985, p. 97.〕〔("LZ-129 The Latest Airship," ) ''Popular Mechanics'', June 1935.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LZ 129 Hindenburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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