Two new sections about the Hindenburg have been added to the website; Clarence Hall’s diary, describing his voyage across the Atlantic as a passenger, and a brief discussion of boxer Max Schmeling, who flew home to Germany on the Hindenburg after defeating Joe Louis in 1936.
Clarence and Dorothy Hall were a Philadelphia couple who returned from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games on the Hindenburg in August, 1936. Clarence Hall wrote a description of the journey in his diary, which included his detailed observations about the passenger accomodations and daily life on the Hindenburg, his tour of the interior of the ship, and his discussions with the ship’s officers regarding weather and flight operations. When the ship approached New Jersey, the Halls were invited to join the officers in the control car as the ship passed over Philadelphia, and Captain Lehmann flew the Hindenburg over the Hall’s home before proceeding to Lakehurst for landing. The Hall diary is a rare and valuable glimpse at life on the Hindenburg, and I am grateful to Mr. Hall’s great-granddaughter for permission to publish it.
Max Schmeling on the Hindenburg
Max Schmeling returned to a hero’s welcome in Germany after his victory over black American boxer Joe Louis in 1936, and his trip reflected the role of the airship as a vehicle of Nazi propaganda.
Future Addition: Hindenburg Flight Operations
I am currently working on a detailed discussion of DZR flight operations, based on the reports and memoranda of American naval officers who served as observers aboard the Hindenburg.
Request for Assistance
I would like to request some assistance from readers.
I hope, and believe, that Airships.net has evolved into one of the better online resources for information about the Hindenburg; I have taken great effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information, and there is also a great deal of additional material to be posted in the future. Unfortunately, though, the website is often not found by people who search Google for “Hindenburg.” Despite being (I hope) a good source of information about LZ-129, the website does not rank well for the keyword “Hindenburg” because there are not many Hindenburg-related links pointing to the site.
Any assistance that readers and fans of the site would be willing to provide in obtaining links to the website would be greatly appreciated. Links to any of the Hindenburg pages on Airships.net, especially with the word “Hindenburg” in the link, placed on other websites or blogs would be very helpful, and submitting any of the pages in the Hindenburg section to to digg.com or stumbleupon.com, or mentioning them on Facebook pages or on Twitter, would also be very useful. (There are buttons on the website to make this easier, but please do not use the buttons on THIS page; use the buttons on your favorite page within the Hindenburg section.)
If you would be willing to post a link to Airships.net on your own website or blog, or if you would be willing to ask the webmaster of a site you respect to post a link, it would help people searching for information about the Hindenburg to find the site. And it would certainly help me feel that the time I devote to the site is being well spent. 
Thanks!
