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Hindenburg-class airships were three times as long and twice as tall as a Boeing 747. General characteristics. Crew: ca. 40; Capacity: ca. 50 passengers for LZ-129 (later upgraded to 72), 40 passengers for LZ-130; Length: 245.3 m (803 ft 10 in) Diameter: 41.2 m (135 ft 0 in) Volume: 200,000 m 3 (7,100,000 cu ft) Useful lift: 232,000 kg (511,000 lb)
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [3]
The Hindenburg completed a successful 1936 season, carrying passengers between Lakehurst, New Jersey and Germany. The year 1937 started with the most spectacular and widely remembered airship accident. Approaching the Lakehurst mooring mast minutes before landing on 6 May 1937, the Hindenburg suddenly burst into flames and crashed to the ground ...
Hindenburg, named after the 1937 disaster, epitomized that style of swashbuckling short, but not all of its bets paid off. ... Southern California fire containment: Rain brings help to LA, Border ...
Hangar No. 1 is an airship hangar located at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.It was the intended destination of the rigid airship LZ 129 Hindenburg prior to the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, when it burned while landing.
It was finished in late 1936, [143] and was used four times by Graf Zeppelin and five by Hindenburg. [144] It now houses units of the Brazilian Air Force. [143] Graf Zeppelin made 64 round trips to Brazil, on the first regular intercontinental commercial air passenger service, [145] and it continued until the loss of the Hindenburg in May 1937 ...
It was finished in late 1936, [174] and was used four times by Graf Zeppelin and five by Hindenburg. [175] It now houses units of the Brazilian Air Force. [174] Graf Zeppelin made 64 round trips to Brazil, on the first regular intercontinental commercial air passenger service, [176] and it continued until the loss of the Hindenburg in May 1937 ...
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a 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. [1]