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Werner Franz (May 22, 1922 – August 13, 2014) was the cabin boy aboard the ill-fated LZ 129 Hindenburg which crashed on May 6, 1937. At the time of the crash he was only 14 years old. He was the last known surviving crew member of the Hindenburg as of his death in 2014. On the airship his duties included serving all of the ship's officers and ...
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref 500 meters 34.32 Joel Dufter: 5 December 2021 World Cup: Salt Lake City, United States [1]500 meters × 2 70.10 Nico Ihle: 10 February 2014
Hindenburg was powered by four reversible 890 kW (1,190 hp) Daimler-Benz diesel engines which gave the airship a maximum speed of 135 km/h (84 mph). Although the Graf Zeppelin had the same engine car design in its early stages of construction, the pods were later completely redesigned to power tractor propellers.
For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Jenning de Boo on 25 January 2025 in Salt Lake City during a 1000-meter, with a lap time of 23.92 seconds and an average speed of 60.20 km/h (37.41 mph).
The following is a list of notable ice speed skaters. The list is sorted by speed skating discipline ( long-track or short-track ), gender and competing nationality. Long-track
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 14 and 15 February 1987 in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice rink. This was the first international skating tournament to be held in an indoor stadium with the result that 9 world records and 93 personal records were set. Title holder was the Netherlander Hein Vergeer.
In 2019, Hindenburg said that online orthodontics startup SmileDirectClub was "carelessly cutting corners in a field of specialized medicine, putting customer safety at risk." The company went out ...
Hindenburg was propelled by four sets of steam turbines driving four screws; steam was provided by 14 coal-fired marine-type double boilers and eight oil-fired marine-type double-ended boilers. The propulsion system was rated at 72,000 metric horsepower (71,000 shp) for a top speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). At a cruising speed of 14 knots ...