Anniversary of the Hindenburg Disaster
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….
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The Hindenburg; 24 Hours from Disaster
At 7:25 PM EST on May 5, 1937, LZ-129 Hindenburg was approaching the coast of Nova Scotia on her 63rd flight, carrying 36 passengers and 61 crew…
Free Kindle download: Murder mystery on airship
Death on the Empress is a murder mystery written for teens and young adults. It is available for free Kindle download from Amazon.com. I have not…
Great film of LZ-130 at low level
A great film of LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin at low level. I still can’t get over what it must have been like to see one of…
New Children’s Book about the Hindenburg Disaster
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…
The Graf Zeppelin and Meteorology: Dropsondes and Radiosondes
As the American South gets ready for another pounding by ice and snow the National Weather Service announced that Hurricane Hunter planes have been releasing…
Chimney Pots
“The British don’t want us over their chimney pots. They’ll complain to Foreign Office.” I guess times have changed. I saw this while walking in…
Brazilian Zeppelin Bus
Hat Tip to scholar (and all-around great guy) Guillaume De Syon for letting us know about this zeppelin-shaped bus operated in Brazil in the 1950s. More photos…
Bust of Barnes Wallis at RAF Club in London
Every morning as I leave to do my research I have been greeted by this bust of Barnes Wallis and this painting so I thought…
Hello from the UK; Airship items at RAF Cosford Museum
I am spending most of this month in the UK on various aviation history projects. Here are some airships bits I unexpectedly came across while…
A Merry Airship Christmas
A selection of vintage airship Christmas postcards to wish everyone peace, health, love, and clear skies. And a final photo from…
Merry Christmas Eve
Zeppelin Dress | Airship Fashion of the 1920s/1930s
Airship fashion of the 1920s/1930s
Titanic artist Ken Marschall offers Hindenburg paintings for sale
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…
Colorized Photograph of the Hindenburg Disaster
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…
In Friedrichshafen
I arrived last night.
Hindenburg on Weather Channel; Behind-the-Scenes photos
The Weather Channel’s new series “Weather That Changed the World” premieres this Sunday, June 9, with an episode dedicated to the Hindenburg disaster. The show…
British “Flying Boats of the Empire”
Flying Boats of the Empire: Richard Knott I attended a wonderful lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London about “Flying Boats of the Empire” given by Richard…
My visit to Cardington
I just returned from a very productive visit to the UK that included a chance to visit various sites around Cardington and meet several members of…
Anniversary of LZ-8 Accident: May 16, 1911
On this day in 1911 the DELAG airliner LZ-8 (Deutschland) was destroyed in an accident. Hugo Eckener was in command of an airship for the…