Explore the interior of the Hindenburg, the largest airship ever built, and examine the events leading up to its tragic ...

~ 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 ...

88 years ago today, it rained fire from the sky over the Shore. As the largest airship ever built, the LZ-129 − better known as the Hindenburg − tried to dock in Lakehurst after a trans-Atlantic ...

The Hindenburg airship is most closely associated with the disaster that took place on May 6, 1937, but before tragedy struck, it spent a short but notable life in service, transporting passengers ...

Images of the Hindenburg burning while attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey are among the most indelible in the history of mass media. But few people know that the huge ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg belonged to the longest class of flying machines and the largest airships by envelope volume. It was able to carry ...

A century ago, zeppelin passengers soared across the Atlantic Ocean in luxurious gondolas hanging from humongous hydrogen-filled balloons — the biggest aircraft humanity has ever built. Then, in 1937, ...