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Balloon drifted over the Port Hills and came down in Lyttelton Harbour. Lorraine reportedly attempted to swim to shore, but failed to make it. [6] [7] 1 0 31 August 1905: Death of John Baldwin Greenville, Ohio: Accidentally killed in a premature dynamite/balloon stunt explosion at County Fair. [8] 1 0 14 August 1908: Franco-British Exhibition ...
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a 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. [1]
The 1988 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes the event as a world record "largest ever mass balloon release", with 1,429,643 balloons launched. [10] [11] Guinness no longer measures balloon releases. [12] Balloonfest '86 was the subject of the 2017 short documentary film Balloonfest. [13]
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [3]
Balloon launch for Operation Outward. Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. An incendiary balloon (or balloon bomb) is a balloon inflated with a lighter-than-air gas such as hot air, hydrogen, or helium, that has a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached. The balloon is carried by the prevailing winds to the target area, where it falls or ...
As almost everyone has, I've done some dumb things in my time, and when I travel down Stupid Memory Lane, it's never a pleasant journey. In fact, even now, I'm starting to feel lousy. That's why ...
Philips was recalling some models of the Panorama 1.0T HFO device in the U.S. due to risk of explosion during a "quench procedure" caused by excessive buildup of helium gas. During the procedure ...
The balloon and remaining passengers plunged to the ground, killing everyone remaining on board. Youssef said it appeared that a gas leak in one of the balloon's tanks caused the fire and resulting explosion, consistent with information reported in state-run media. [1] [4] Earlier reports had indicated that the balloon may have contacted a ...