The Hindenburg was designed to ferry passengers across the Atlantic in serenity, with the dirigible floating smoothly through the clouds. The Hindenburg was the first of two "Hindenburg" Class ...

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An early AP Wirephoto capturing the German dirigible Hindenburg crashing to earth, tail first, in flaming ruins after exploding on May 6, 1937, at the U.S. Naval Station in Lakehurst, N.J. (AP ...

Courtesy LTA Research. The airship also is safer than its 20th-century predecessors, such as the ill-fated Hindenburg dirigible that burned in Lakehurst, New Jersey with passengers aboard in 1937.

Starting with crude hot air balloons, the 18th century saw the development of more practical dirigible airships ... Comparison of the LZ 129 Hindenburg with a number of very large airplanes.

"Great dirigibles, constructed of alloy metals and as large as passenger litters, will take care of the trans-Atlantic trade of the future," affirmed General Umberto Nobile, constructor of the ...

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The Hindenburg was designed to ferry passengers across the Atlantic in serenity, with the dirigible floating smoothly through the clouds. The Hindenburg was the first of two "Hindenburg" Class ...