WINGFOOT EXPRESS AIRSHIP DISASTER

THEMES: Chicago History, Airship, Disasters, Chemistry

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BOOKS

 

Primary Sources

 

“Cruise the World in a Flying Hotel,” LIFE, May 7, 1945.

 

Secondary Sources

 

Denise E. Bates, PhD, and Sally Kiko, “Blimps and Airplanes,” in Goodyear (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 31-52.

 

Steven Otfinoski, The Hindenburg Explosion (North Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2014).

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Wingfoot Air Express

http://wingfootexpresschicago1919.weebly.com/resources.html

 

http://disastersthatchangedtheworld.blogspot.com/2012/04/chicago-disasters-wingfoot-express.html

 

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-wingfoot-air-express-crash

 

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-10-26/travel/9710260142_1_goodyear-blimp-dirigibles-lasalle-street

 

http://ezinearticles.com/?Wingfoot-Air-Express---The-First-Airship-Disaster&id=1014840

 

BLIMP History and Status Today

 

NPR Science Friday

 

BBC

 

 

CHEMISTRY AND BLIMPS

What destroyed the Hindenburg? Discovery Channel FAQ

 

Hydrogen Didn’t Cause Hindenburg Fire, UCLA Engineer, Former NASA Researcher Find

 

Chlorine Chemistry

 

Chemistry and Airships

 

Helium Facts for Kids

 

Helium

 

GRAPHICS and TIMELINES

 

Timelines

Airship Disaster Timeline

 

Diagrams

http://www.airshipmanual.net/c-1.html

 

http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzwvdppZPv1qz4vjro1_500.jpg

 

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/06/a1/81/06a1810a1caf3d1c25f4280dfef51e54.jpg

 

 

 

VIDEO

History of Airships Documentary, Natural Planet

 

Is hydrogen flammable?

Chemistry Demonstration