> The Titanic was not the only ship whose designers and their masters showed
>such hubris that was properly rewarded.
> The subsequent investigation was a whitewash of governmental policy. The
>analysis by E. F. Spanner (The Tragedy of R-101) is probably a better
>explanation, which I have followed here. Testimony showed that, with the
>new bay inserted, the calculated factor of safety for the maximum nose-up
>elevator position was only 1.0 with assumed 100% joint efficiency! And, of
>course, the airworthiness of airships board who certified her were her
>largely her own designers. Talk about hubris!
>
>John Forester 408-734-9426
>forester@johnforester.com 726 Madrone Ave
>http://www.johnforester.com Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3041

Call James Cameron or Oliver Stone. We need a VERY good Hindenberg movie:
any airship would do really. Except for the strange (almost insane) sequence
from Hells Angles about the Zeppelin, airships have been badly short changed
on the silver screen. Couldn’t one ram a cloud?
Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930