PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-670
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 670
SEPTEMBER 2008
32
PS 670
SEP 08
33
PS 670
SEP 08
I’m rotor blade, and
my investigation was
into the theory that
the
skin
was painted
with
incendiary
paint
and static
electricity ignited
the incendiary.
but static electricity was
known to hover around blimps
like
st. elmo’s fire.
and
there had been no cases of it
causing a flammable to flame.
the airships
are well-
grounded even
when they’re in
the air.
also, the paint was
standard issue. the
skin would burn, but
it would
not
burn
as fast as it did.
we can
color the
paint
theory
closed.
also, I looked into the
theory that a
rip
in the
fabric that served as
the skin brought down
the zeppelin. a rip in the
right place would let
hydrogen
seep out.
when not
confined,
hydrogen
would’ve
mixed with
oxygen and
a
volatile
situation
would’ve
been
created.
but no one saw a rip
and no one smelled the
garlic-saturated
hydrogen; saturated
for the sole purpose of
letting a leak stink.
no, nothing
smelled
rotten
on the hindenburg
that day.
six
theories
proposed and
six
theories
shot down.
so the team did what they
do best—we put
cracked
heads together.
we read the
reports and
examined all
the data and
suddenly the
fog cleared.
‘‘we’ve cracked it!’’
connie shouted and bonnie
echoed her. and we all knew
what brought down the mighty
hindenburg. it was…now,
wait for it…you’ll never
guess! here-it-comes…
a lack of
preventive
maintenance!
---
we
were just as surprised
as
you
are.
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