ct will be forever remembered, and the name Hindenburg will be only areminder of human-wrought tragedy comparable only to the name Titanic. Thenight of the disaster Gill Robb Wilson, the landing supervisor at Lahurst put it bestby saying, Those of us long in the air know what it is to reach out in salute to theembodiment of our hopes, and suddenly find our fingers filled with ashes. (Botting,Douglas The Giant Airships 167) ...
