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by doikor 1615 days ago
> By comparison, bloody Concorde transported up to 128, with a crew of 3, in 3.5 hours, at lower prices.

Pretty sure the crew of Hindenburg included a whole bunch of waiters, cooks, etc. just like the Concorde had flight attendants on top of its flight crew of 3. Hindenburg was basically a small cruise ship in the air.

https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/interiors/ has some nice drawings/photos about the interior.

Basically traveling on it was more like a nice sleeper train with cabins and a good restaurant than a modern airplane.