Why wasn't the Hindenburg filled with helium instead of hydrogen?
The Hindengurg was originally planned to use helium, but the majority of the world's helium supply comes from the US, and the US had a military imbargo on it. So the Germans changed the design of the ship to use hydrogen.
http://tripatlas.com/Hindenburg_disaster
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