On May 6, 1937, the pride of Germany’s airship fleet became a firestorm in the skies over New Jersey. The Hindenburg, longer than the Titanic and filled with passengers enjoying sky-high luxury, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Online primary-source document: testimony given to the Bureau of Air Commerce's inquiry board by a member of the ground crew. Annotated with ...

Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the ...

Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to correct the location of the Hindenburg airship disaster. Remember that day a blimp blew up in Redding? Probably not, unless you’re around 125 ...