lakehurst naval air station, lakehurst , NJ
The Hindenburg carried 50 passengers when launched in 1936. Before the 1937 season, additional cabins were added, allowing the Hindenburg to carry 72 passengers. http://www.airships.net/hindenburg
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The oldest operating airship is a Goodyear Blimp. The blimp is named the Spirit of Goodyear and has more than 41,000 flight hours.
To prevent damage to facilities, for instance a gas pipeline.
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Hindenburg crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey.
The Hindenburg could fly as high as 7600 meters. The Hindenburg was lost in a fiery crash on May 6, 1937.
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2 people are still alive
The Hindenburg was not a plane; it was an airship, a type of balloon. It was filled with highly combustible Hydrogen instead of inert Helium; so when a static electric charge set of a spark as it was landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, it exploded and went up in flames in a matter of minutes.
Yes, that is what made it even more tragic
The Hindenburg crashed at the Naval Air Station in Lakehrst, New Jersey, USA.
The Hindenburg disaster was the crash of a German zeppelin in 1937 CE. It launched the news industry and ended air travel for several years.
The Golden Age of Airships began in 1900 with the flight of the LZ1 Luftschiff Zeppelin; it ended in 1937 with the crash of the Hindenburg.
The crash of LZ 129 Hindenburg on 6 May 1937 at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
There are only 5 theories. St Elmo's fire (static), sabotage, human error, lightening, an errant spark while docking.