MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The Hindenburg was considered a luxury lighter-than-air passenger airship - on May 3, 1937 it left Frankfurt, Germany to cross the Atlantic for New Jersey. Three days later, on ...
The Frontiers of Flight Museum will debut a new exhibition, "Hindenburg: The Flying Hotel," on July 3. The exhibit offers a fresh look at the iconic airship, its luxurious passenger experience and the ...
~ Seventy years ago today, the Hindenburg ignited while easing toward the U.S. Navy base in Lakehurst, N.J. LAKEHURST, N.J. -- At 87, Robert Buchanan says he sometimes has trouble remembering what he ...
It was the pinnacle of luxury travel - the German airship Hindenburg offered passengers a $7,000 ticket to glide above the Atlantic in unmatched comfort. But on May 6, 1937, that dream turned into a ...
One of the greatest airship disasters in history took place right here in New Jersey when the LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames in skies above Lakehurst on May 6, 1937. From the iconic newsreel ...
I stumbled across an old menu the other day on social media, one claiming to be from 1937, for the passengers on a German zeppelin crossing the Atlantic. “Breakfast,” it read, “on board the airship ...