Many remember the German airship the Hindenburg for its spectacular disaster on May 1937. The dirigible balloon burst into flames upon attempting to land in a New Jersey township, resulting in the ...

The Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, marked the violent end of the age of luxury airship travel, largely due to its highly flammable hydrogen (a substitute for helium denied by the U.S. over Nazi ...

On May 6, 1937, one of the most famous news events of the 20th Century unfolded as the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New ...

Airships, which are best known today for their use as advertising blimps, have long been recognized for their potential as large, low-emissions transportation vessels that can haul huge amounts of ...

When I boarded the German airship Hindenburg, I was riveted by its enormous size, and I felt like an ant looking up at an elephant. I was in open mouthed wonder at how huge this miracle of the air was ...

A swatch of canvas recovered from the wreckage of the Hindenburg has sold for more than $36,000 at auction. Boston-based RR Auction says the piece of red cotton canvas was picked up at the disaster ...

In Tom Clancy's sensationalist novel "Debt of Honor," a disgruntled pilot decides to avenge his lost honor by crashing a fuel-laden 747 directly into the U.S. Capitol, causing the giant building to ...

THE new Zeppelin, Airship L.Z. 129, is now reported to be complete in skeleton, and work on covering has commenced. It is hoped to launch it at the end of July. When completed it will be the largest ...