LZ-129 Hindenburg

LZ-129 Hindenburg was the first airliner to provide regularly-scheduled service between Europe and North America.

While the airship is better remembered for the fiery Hindenburg disaster of 1937 than for its many technological achievements, it was the fastest and most comfortable way to cross the Atlantic in its day.

Hindenburg color postcard

LZ-129 Hindenburg: A Detailed History

Origins of LZ-129 Hindenburg The astounding success of the Graf Zeppelin had proved the viability of long range passenger transportation by airship, and by the...

The Hindenburg's Interior: Passenger Decks

The interior spaces on the Hindenburg were divided into three main areas: Passenger Decks Control Car Crew Areas The passenger accommodation aboard Hindenburg was contained within the...

Hindenburg Flight Operations and Procedures

An overview of flight operations and flight procedures of the airship Hindenburg. [To learn about the “hardware” of flight — the flight instruments and controls...

Hindenburg Design and Technology

Hindenburg’s Basic Design The basic design of LZ-129 Hindenburg was conventional, and based on time-tested technology used by chief designer Ludwig Dürr and the Zeppelin...
Hindenburg size comparison with United States Capitol

Hindenburg Statistics

LZ-129 Hindenburg statistics: Length: 245 m / 803.8 feet Diameter: 41.2 m / 135.1 feet Gas capacity: 200,000 cubic meters / 7,062,000 cubic feet Lift:...
Hindenburg Flight Routes - Westbound

Hindenburg Flight Schedule

A list of all flights of the airship Hindenburg, with dates, departures, and arrivals. For details on particular flights, visit: Hindenburg Disaster: The Last Flight...
Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst

The Hindenburg Disaster

The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an end to the age of the rigid airship. The disaster killed 35...

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Nichole Tautz
Nichole Tautz

Is the a site I can search for my grandfather’s name to confirm his passage on the Hindenburg.
Herbert E Tautz of Milwaukee, WI

Susan Glynn
Susan Glynn

In the early 1950’s a “BLIMP” flew over the Hamden area of CT… My father said it was only for very rich people… We were quite well- off, BUT, not very rich … I was too young to understand???

Dennis Kromm
Dennis Kromm

Hi Dan, I want to belatedly extend my congratulations to you for the excellent Nova episode on Mr. Schenck’s film of the Hindenburg crash. At my advanced age it is nice to know I can still be astonished by a piece of Hindenburg film. Like Barbara Weibel I was shocked… Read more »

MARIANNE MONSON

Hi, great site. I’m wondering if you can help me find the route The Hindenburg flew for the propaganda flights when they dropped leaflets. Any ideas? Particularly wondering if there were an propaganda flights over or around Frankfurt. Thanks!

Dr. Volkmar Mehlitz
Dr. Volkmar Mehlitz

Fahrt Nr. 8 Deutschlandfahrt: Friedrichshafen – Friedrichshafen – 26.-29. 3.1936Fahrtdauer: 74 Stunden 04 MinutenFahrtweg: 6676 km26.3.1936:Vom Mast gelöst (12:08) – Ausfahrt aus der Halle (15:13) – Aufstieg (15:21) – Ravens-burg (15:30) – Ulm (16:05) – Nürnberg (17:26) – Bayreuth (18:10) – Plauen (19:25) Chemnitz (20:18) – Görlitz (22:05) – Landsberg… Read more »

Neil Hemstad
Neil Hemstad

Dan can you orient people who travel out of the Frankfort airport now where the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelins hangars were located.

Neil Hemstad
Neil Hemstad

I think I sort of have my answer as I compared the site of Zeppelinheim now on a map to a map of the airfield made in the late 1930’s I think that the hangars were where the new terminal is going to be where the site of the former… Read more »

Kevin Olson

I had no idea that Hindenburg used duraluminum from R-101. That is pretty spooky. Great website!

John Borrego
John Borrego

Dan,
Any idea what happened to the remains of the Hindenburg after the crash? It would be interesting to imagine all that aluminum eventually being made into B-17s and sent back to Germany, so to speak.
John

Gregory Pruss
Gregory Pruss

What was left was sent back to Germany for an evaluation of “what went wrong”. The only remaining parts are at a Museum in Friedrichshaften Germany on Lake Constance. What I saw was the docking point of the airship and 1 of the 12 cylinder motors. A very cool place… Read more »

Adam Liljencrantz
Adam Liljencrantz

only 11 years late

Colin McLeod
Colin McLeod

I have a printed list of travellers (crew + passengers) on the Hindenburg’s journey from Rio de Janeiro on 2 December 1936. I’m happy to send a scan of it to anyone who would find this information of interest.
Colin

Andreas Horn
Andreas Horn

Hi Dan! A few weeks ago I had to make an offer for a huge (1/5 scale), flying “Hindenburg” model for a movie project and I finally got asked if it would be possible to recreate the “Hindenburg” in 1/1 scale…!!! My rather superficial research resulted in a devastating answer.… Read more »

Rubens Martins Borges Filho
Rubens Martins Borges Filho

Dear Dan,

Thanks for the photo from the Daimler-Benz
diesel engine, 890 kW (1,200 hp) of the Hindenburg.
Rubens Borges.