The Wingfoot Air Express was 158 feet long, 33.4 feet in diameter, and had a 95,000 cubic ft gas capacity. Its lift gas was highly volatile hydrogen.

Episode 501 - The Wingfoot Express Air Disaster - https://tinyurl.com/8haa7unh

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Like something out of a Michael Bay movie, a crash in downtown Chicago became America’s first civil aviation catastrophe.

Episode 501 - The Wingfoot Express Air Disaster - https://tinyurl.com/8haa7unh

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