Before the modern jumbo jet and its first-class suites, the biggest and grandest thing in luxury air travel was the German Zeppelin Airship. Of all the massive Zeppelins constructed, the most famous ...

The fleet, gray Zeppelin Hindenburg, the greatest lighter-than-air craft in the world, was blown asunder and consumed by flames at 7:25 o’clock last night 300 feet above the heads of a thousand ...

I stumbled across an old menu the other day on social media, one claiming to be from 1937, for the passengers on a German ...

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — I am looking at a piece of the Hindenburg — or, rather, its replica: its lounge, reading and writing room, passenger cabins and smoking room (yes, there was one) and bar. It ...

LAKEHURST, N,J. (CBSNewYork) --On May 6, 1937, a German zeppelin called the Hindenburg met its fate in Lakehurst, New Jersey -- when the tail end of the gigantic aircraft caught fire and crashed in a ...

In Tom Clancy's sensationalist novel "Debt of Honor," a disgruntled pilot decides to avenge his lost honor by crashing a fuel-laden 747 directly into the U.S. Capitol, causing the giant building to ...

“Oh, the humanity!” was the cry from radio announcer Herbert Morrison on May 6, 1937, as the LZ 129 Hindenburg zeppelin burst into flames over Lakehurst, New Jersey. Morrison's breathless description ...

Addison Bain’s obsession with the Hindenburg disaster began on his lunch break in the early 1990s when three words caught his eye. A rocket fuel expert, Bain liked to wander across the street from his ...

JOINT BASE MC GUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST - The specter of sabotage was raised at the 80th anniversary memorial ceremony of the Hindenburg disaster on Saturday night. Dr. Horst Schirmer, a physician from ...

Welcome to the 21st century. Flying cars. Disposable clothing. And overhead, fleets of majestic airships, ferrying glamorous international passengers from America to Europe and back again, all through ...

LAKEHURST, N.J. – Preparations are under way to mark the upcoming 80th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, which is expected to bring dignitaries, historians and media from around the globe to ...

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