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I think since Hindenburg fabrics has developed tremendously, and collision, perhaps even explosion safe fabrics for zeppelin hulls could be possible.



Hope they still get covered with a thick layer of thermite.


You mean "thermite, the well-known incendiary compound"? https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Thermite


There's a myth that the hindenburg was coated with different layers of metallic paint that triggered a thermite reaction when the hydrogen caught fire.




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