Airships: The Hindenburg and other Zeppelins

A Zeppelin NT named Eureka, owned and operated by Airship Ventures, has been temporarily branded with the Farmers Insurance name as part of the company’s most recent promotional arrangement. Eureka was built by the German company that created the Hindenburg; it is not a blimp, but a semi-rigid zeppelin airship. Airship Ventures has not disclosed [...]

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New York City, 1937

January 25, 2010

Memorial service for victims of the Hindenburg disaster, held on May 11, 1937 at Pier 86 in New York City. Pier 86 was the Hamburg-Amerika Line pier in 1937; today it is the home of the USS Intrepid Museum. Share on Facebook

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Zeppelin Photo of the Day

January 22, 2010

The LZ-126 departing Friedrichshafen, Germany on October 12, 1924 for its flight across the Atlantic. Upon its arrival in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the ship entered the United States Navy as ZR-3 USS Los Angeles. Share on Facebook

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Gizmodo Zeppelin is not the Hindenburg

January 15, 2010

The gadget blog Gizmodo recently published a wonderful photograph of an airship under construction, asking: “Ever wondered how a beast like the Hindenburg zeppelin—a gigantic 803 feet in length and 130 feet in diameter structure—was built in the 1930s? Here’s the answer: With the biggest ladders you can possibly imagine.” Share on Facebook

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Merry Christmas 2009 – 75th Anniversary Tree

December 24, 2009

Best wishes to everyone for a Happy and Merry Christmas, and a Healthy and Peaceful New Year. Share on Facebook

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New Movie about “Lady Hay” and the Graf Zeppelin: “Farewell”

December 16, 2009

A new film about Lady Grace Drummond Hay (biography) and the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin premiered on November 22, 2009, at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. The film “Farewell” is composed entirely of archival footage with narration based on the writings of Hearst reporter Lady Drummond Hay, and tells the story of Graf Zeppelin’s Round-the-World [...]

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The First Airline: 1909

November 16, 2009

The world’s first airline, DELAG, was founded 100 years ago, in November, 1909. DELAG provided the first scheduled passenger airline service, using airships built by the Zeppelin Company. By 1919 the DELAG airship Bodensee reduced the travel time between Berlin and southern Germany to just 4-9 hours, compared with 18-24 hours by rail. DELAG also [...]

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Beer Bottle from Hindenburg Crash to be Auctioned

November 10, 2009

A bottle of Lowenbrau beer and a milk pitcher reportedly salvaged from the crash of LZ-129 Hindenburg will be auctioned (see Lots 206 and 207) on Saturday, November 14th by the British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son. According to the auction catalog, the bottle of Lowenbrau was “recovered by local Fire Chief Leroy Smith [...]

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First Flight of the Graf Zeppelin: September 18, 1928

September 18, 2009

Today is the anniversary of the first flight of LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin on September 18, 1928. The new ship lifted off at 3:32 PM under the command of Hugo Eckener, and flew a little over three hours before returning to its base in Friedrichshafen. For more information about the Graf Zeppelin, visit: Graf Zeppelin History [...]

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Airship Photo of the Day

September 12, 2009

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The Hindenburg and Hydrogen: Nonsense from Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki

August 26, 2009

Dr Karl is an Australian TV scientist who believes that “hydrogen was totally innocent” in the Hindenburg disaster and “would not have not contributed to the ensuing fire.” According to Dr. Karl, the lesson of the Hindenburg tragedy is that “the next time you build an airship, don’t paint the inflammable acetate skin with aluminium rocket fuel.” Unfortunately for Dr. Karl, almost all the historical and scientific facts in his are wrong…. [VISIT THE BLOG FOR THE FULL STORY]

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Photographic Evidence the Hindenburg was not “Painted with Rocket Fuel”

August 25, 2009

The internet is filled with claims that the Hindenburg’s “flammable covering” was the main reason the ship was destroyed by fire in less than a minute. In fact, the Hindenburg was only the last in a long line of hydrogen airships destroyed by fire as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas, and scientific [...]

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