It was meant to symbolize the future of luxury air travel—until it burst into flames before the world’s eyes. The Hindenburg ...

As the largest airship ever built, the LZ-129 − better known as the Hindenburg − tried to dock in Lakehurst after a trans-Atlantic flight, it burst into flames. Thirteen of its 36 passengers and 22 of ...

In May 1937, the Hindenburg suddenly burst into flames, killing thirty-five and the dream of commercial airship travel.

Comparison of the LZ 129 Hindenburg with a number of very large airplanes. (Source: Wikimedia) What is undeniably true, however, is that the rise of airplanes during the first half of the 20th ...

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 ...