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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]
The two Hindenburg-class airships were hydrogen-filled, passenger-carrying rigid airships built in Germany in the 1930s and named in honor of Paul von Hindenburg. They were the last such aircraft to be constructed, and in terms of their length, height, and volume, the largest aircraft ever built.
On October 8, 1936, Hindenburg made a 10.5 hour flight (the "Millionaires Flight") over New England carrying 72 wealthy and influential passengers including financier and future U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Winthrop W. Aldrich, his 28-year-old nephew Nelson Rockefeller, who became the Governor of New York and, later, Vice President of ...
Late on September 5 with little information coming out of the airport, news sources did report the German rescue mission as a success. It wasn't until hours later on September 6 that official word ...
For Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro, starring in the historical thriller September 5 was a bit of a full-circle moment. Set amid the Israeli hostage situation at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the film ...
5 0 12 December 1917 "North Sea"-class blimp N.S. 5 sets off for RNAS East Fortune, but both engines fail within sight of her destination and she drifts with the wind for about 10 mi (16 km) before they could be restarted. However, since both engines continue to be troublesome it is decided to make a "free balloon" landing; the airship is ...
Hindenburg’s exit was something of a surprise given its string of successes. But Anderson’s memo, which noted the intense and “often all-encompassing” rigors of the job, pointed to the ...
Herbert Oglevee Morrison (May 14, 1905 – January 10, 1989) was an American radio journalist who recorded for broadcast his dramatic report of the Hindenburg disaster, a catastrophic fire that destroyed the LZ 129 Hindenburg zeppelin on May 6, 1937, killing 35 people.