The Hindenburg disaster remains one of the most iconic tragedies in aviation history. On May 6, 1937, the massive German ...

The front page of the Daily News from the next day read “Hindenburg Explodes! 100 Dead” on May 7, 1937. Clearly those numbers weren’t fact-checked since only 36 people ended up perishing in ...

Explore the interior of the Hindenburg and the events leading up to the tragic accident of 1937. This video showcases the A ...

The hydrogen-filled Hindenburg airship exploded in New Jersey on May 3, 1937 after travelling nearly 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Frankfurt, Germany.

On May 6, 1937, the German airship Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames in Lakehurst, New Jersey, while the airship was landing. NASM, Archives Division “In the 20th century, there are ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on May 7, 1937.) 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 ...

On May 6, 1937 an errant spark turned the hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg into a fireball and sent it crashing to the ground, killing 36 people. News cameras filmed the fiery crash and live ...

The fiery crash that destroyed the zeppelin Hindenburg in New Jersey on May 6, 1937, marked the end of travel by rigid airship, a stage in aviation history that today seems almost fanciful.

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed in just minutes, killing 36 people in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NARRATOR: The airship Hindenburg. In 1937, the fastest way to cross the Atlantic. There was no other aircraft at the time that could do this type of distance.

The last survivor of the Hindenburg airship disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, has died, according to his family. Doehner, 90, passed away at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire, on November 8, his ...