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I think it's more a case of things moving on. The Hindenburg crashed only shortly before cross atlantic passenger flight by much faster planes took off (around
by jillesvangurp 2y ago
I think it's more a case of things moving on. The Hindenburg crashed only shortly before cross atlantic passenger flight by much faster planes took off (around 1939). The Hindenburg was already a bit obsolete by the time the accident happened. And of course WW II then happened which made passenger travel by plane a bit impractical. Even so there was plenty of it happening.
Post WW II we had transatlantic flights taking over and creating the modern aviation industry. With iconic planes like the Lockheed Constellation (which first flew in 1943). Initially those would have been similarly luxurious. And this is also not that different from what a Concorde ticket would have cost later on. And of course Concorde flights were also discontinued after a crash. Not unlike the Hindenburg.
These days, there's a business and first class section servicing the rich with similar pricing. This never really went away.
- WalterBright 2y agoSimilarly, the Concorde crash also featured horrifying film of it flying trailing a gigantic fireball, shown over and over on TV. It would give anyone pause thinking of flying in it.
- ianburrell 2y agoAnother factor is that Germany was the expert in airships. The Zeppelin company scrapped their airships, made fixed-wing aircraft during the war, and was nearly destroyed at end of war. After the war, planes were better and faster.
- SoftTalker 2y agoConcorde just became a poor value for everyone involved. It was noisy, it sucked fuel, it required three crew on the flight deck to operate it, demand was dropping because for their money, people were preferring the more oppulent, spacious, and comfortable first class of a modern wide-body than the cigar-tube regional jet experience of sitting in the Concorde, even if it was faster. The crash just sealed its fate.