When the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society gathers Saturday evening on a windswept field at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, where 36 people lost their lives in the Hindenburg disaster 80 years ago, ...
A drizzle fell as the 36 passengers stepped off the bus at the city's international airport from the Frankfurter Hof Hotel. Looming before them was the largest airship ever built: LZ-129 — the ...
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — I am looking at a piece of the Hindenburg — or, rather, its replica: its lounge, reading and writing room, passenger cabins and smoking room (yes, there was one) and bar. It ...
On May 6, 1937, the German airship Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames in Lakehurst, New Jersey, while the airship was landing. NASM, Archives Division “In the 20th century, there are events ...
Addison Bain’s obsession with the Hindenburg disaster began on his lunch break in the early 1990s when three words caught his eye. A rocket fuel expert, Bain liked to wander across the street from his ...
Instead of shelling out for a complete radio-controlled plane, why not just add a powered propeller and steerable rudder to a paper plane of your own? That’s the thinking behind PowerUp Toys’ PowerUp ...
Addison Bain’s obsession with the Hindenburg disaster began on his lunch break in the early 1990s when three words caught his eye. A rocket fuel expert, Bain liked to wander across the street from his ...
Before the rise of the modern airliner, the Zeppelin was the standard-bearer for luxury air travel. The most famous of the Zeppelins was the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg entered service in 1936 and ...