Happy Birthday, Hindenburg – March 4, 1936
Today is the anniversary of the airship Hindenburg’s first flight.
Today is the anniversary of the airship Hindenburg’s first flight.
Michal Bárta, an immensely talented Czech animator and developer, has released the most impressive visualizations of LZ-129 Hindenburg that I have ever seen, in both…
I am very pleased that “Zeppelin Hindenburg: An Illustrated History of LZ-129” is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Cheryl Ganz, Patrick Russell, and I…
A new book about the Hindenburg crash has just been published. I was pleased to serve as historical consultant for The Hindenburg in Flames. Although designed for young…
I enjoyed working on the Weather Channel’s “Top Ten Weather Disasters,” which is being broadcast this week. The Hindenburg Disaster made their list and I…
People often compare Titanic and Hindenburg; there was even a film called Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies. But while both are best remembered for their dramatic disasters, these two passenger ships otherwise…
For a brief moment in history — in the year 1936 — passengers who wanted to cross the Atlantic had an astounding choice: five days…
Every year on the sad anniversary of the loss of the airship Hindenburg I drink several toasts. To the memory of the airship in better…
It is hard to imagine just how big the Hindenburg was. Hindenburg and United States Capitol Hindenburg and R.M.S. Queen Mary: Hindenburg and Boeing 747-400:…
golThe “Millionaires Flight” of the Hindenburg was a 10-1/2 hour cruise over New England on October 9, 1936, for 72 wealthy and influential passengers. The guests were invited…
Hindenburg was scheduled to land at Lakehurst, NJ at 6:00 AM on May 6, 1937, after her first North Atlantic crossing of the 1937 season….
A new children’s book has just been published about the Hindenburg disaster. The publisher was very concerned about getting the facts right and the contents are…
Ken Marschall is probably most famous for his brilliant paintings of the ocean liner Titanic. He is known for his meticulous attention to historical detail…
Several friends and blog readers told me about this colorized image of the Hindenburg disaster and I wanted to share it with anyone who may…
The new documentary “What Destroyed the Hindenburg” premiered last night on the Discovery Channel. Here are two clips from the program: Link: http://youtu.be/KRlIaD-HM7k Link: http://youtu.be/B0HroVzctps I just…
The new Discovery Channel documentary “What Destroyed the Hindenburg?” airs Sunday, December 16, at 9 PM E/P. I was pleased to participate in this project as…
A review of the 1975 Robert Wise film, describing each major character and his or her real-life counterpart.
The Hindenburg’s aluminum piano was the first piano ever carried on a passenger aircraft.
The German Commission report on the Hindenburg disaster, made available for the first time on the internet.
The scorched passport of passenger Moritz Feibusch, recovered from the wreckage of the Hindenburg.