Re:This is great and all. (Score 1)

Okay, I can believe that there could be a combination of Al and Fe2O3 in the hindenburg. But as those that have played with thermite knows that the activation energy is quite high, even for highly powdered stuff. I would have a hard time believing that the aluminum in paint and the rust from the structural elements would concievably react. I have an even harder time believing that the hindenburg was designed to leak hydrogen. Those people didn't want to explode, but they also didn't want to crash.