In 1937, travel was at a crossroads—elegant airships or fast airplanes? Airships like the Hindenburg offered unmatched luxury ...

It was the height of airborne elegance—until it became a fiery tragedy. The Hindenburg promised a luxurious sky cruise across ...

The Hindenburg was the first of two "Hindenburg" Class airships constructed by the Zeppelin Company. Construction of the airship began in 1931 and was completed in 1936.

The Hindenburg was the first of two "Hindenburg" Class airships constructed by the Zeppelin Company. Construction of the airship began in 1931 and was completed in 1936.

Built in pre-war Germany as the largest aircraft to be made back then, the Hindenburg class of airships, which comprised the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin, were capable of carrying some 50 ...

So what does Bain think brought the Hindenburg down? The Hindenburg was part of a class of rigid-frame airships known as Zeppelins introduced by Germany in 1900.

The tragic Hindenburg disaster of 1937, which resulted in the death of 36 people and effectively ended passenger airship travel, cast a long-lasting shadow over lighter-than-air technology. For ...

LZ 129 Hindenburg was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.

The fire that engulfed the Hindenburg devoured the vision of airships as an elegant passenger vehicle, and forever linked hydrogen – used on the Hindenburg and highly flammable – in the public ...

Airships live on, 75 years after Hindenburg disaster The golden era of zeppelins may long since be over, but airships are once again plying the skies.