Thousands watched the last, slow dance of the dirigible Hindenburg as it bobbed through the stormy sky over New York City in the late afternoon of May 6, 1937. The pride of the Zeppelin Co.'s air ...

The Hindenburg just dropped two more lines, and the ground crew had picked up the lines. I guess the hangar was about a quarter of a mile away. “The ground crew was towing the dirigible toward ...

“REICH ZEPPELIN OVER BALTIMORE UNABLE TO MOOR.” “Baltimore got its first eyeful of the dirigible Hindenburg this afternoon. Unable to land at Lakehurst because of ‘bumpy’ air ...

Ground crew swings into action to help land the Hindenburg dirigible after a long flight. The aircraft measured 804 feet long and could reach a maximum speed of 84 miles per hour. The Hindenburg ...

That changed in 1937 when the Hindenburg exploded above Lakehurst, New Jersey. The dirigible was circling the airport there while waiting out the rain that had moved in. Floating among the rain ...

Every May 6, calendars mark the crash of the German dirigible Hindenburg at Lakehurst, N.J., in 1937. As the 80th-anniversary commemoration looms for the accident that killed 35 people ...

The explosion that destroyed the Hindenburg was caused by static electricity and a build up of hydrogen after the dirigible flew through a thunderstorm, according to a team of experts. 04 March ...

A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps like the Goodyear blimp, rigid airships like the Hindenburg, and ...

Lakehurst was “the only place the Hindenburg could go” because it had a hangar where airships like the 804-foot-long dirigible could be repaired, noted historical society volunteer Kevin Mulligan.

Read more about the Hindenburg disaster ... made a discovery that shed new light on what happened to the doomed dirigible The Truth Behind the Legend of King Arthur National Treasure: What ...

If you ever mention the word dirigible or airship to anyone, you'll typically get two answers, Hindenburg and marketing. The first was an unfortunate event that led to the demise of an industry ...