[TR] Hydrogen fuel. Part Two. ( actually two parts H, one part O... now I'm thirsty)

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From: Don Spence <dkspence at telus.net>
> But the H2 "sure blowed up real good"

1.  Not really ,and 
2.  It didn't really matter.

The H2 didn't really explode. The flames were the dope on the fabric and the engine fuel burning,  The H2 burned off colorlessly while it was escaping skyward.  It could neither continue to support the airship nor burn passengers.

If  the airship had been supported by helium, the results would have been largely the same.  The fabric would have burnt, fuel would have caught fire, gas would have been lost, the airship would have crashed, people would have been damaged.
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