Hindenburg (LZ-129) At 803.8 feet in length and 135.1 feet in diameter, the German passenger airship Hindenburg (LZ-129) was the largest aircraft ever to fly. The commercial flights of Hindenburg, along with Graf Zeppelin, pioneered the first transatlantic air service. She carried hundreds of passengers and traveled thousands of miles before being destroyed in a tragic fire on May 6, 1937 at NAS ...

Sounds and history of the Hindenburg airship disaster.

July 2000 Edition One Man's Crusade to Exonerate Hydrogen for the Hindenburg Disaster Addison Bain (inset) and the Hindenburg's final moments. Image from http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/5942/hindenburg_index.html; inset image from http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/bain.htm The perceived dangers of hydrogen are irretrievably linked in the public mind with the tragic fate of the Hindenburg airship, ...

This print shows the Hindenburg bursting into flames above Lakehurst Naval Air Station on May 6th, 1937. (The National Archives) The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster It was the largest airship ever built; over eight-hundred feet long from its nose to its massive tail fins. It was the height of luxury travel and carried over 2, 656 people across the Atlantic from Germany to New York and Rio de ...

Story: Hydrogen Exonerated in Hindenburg Disaster (NHA Newsletter 2:2, Spring 1997) ...

What's this episode all about Find out what mysteries will be revealed. Includes air dates. Learn more about the design of the doomed airship. Go through a time-based explanation of the new theory. Get a close-up view of what happened chemically to the Hindenburg, then zoom out to see the big picture of the airship going down. Read an interview with retired NASA engineer, Addison Bain. Get ...