The Hindenburg disaster remains one of the most iconic tragedies in aviation history. On May 6, 1937, the massive German ...

The Hindenburg crash ended the airship era. "No one wanted to fly with hydrogen ships anymore; they were afraid of it," said Adams. "Not only that, as Hitler gained more power, ...

Once the giants of the sky, airships promised luxury and power—until one fiery disaster changed aviation forever. Discover ...

The last survivor of the Hindenburg airship disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, has died, according to his family. Doehner, 90, passed away at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire, on November 8, his ...

At 87, Robert Buchanan says he sometimes has trouble remembering what he did 10 minutes ago. But he can recall in vivid detail the day 70 years ago when he watched the Hindenburg erupt into a ...

All this made the Hindenburg disaster much more prominent in the eyes of the public than other airship catastrophes that took place. But according to Dan Grossman, airships weren't here to stay ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. – The German engineering marvel, the Hindenburg, crashed in flames in Lakehurst, N.J., more than 60 years ago, but the cause of the crash has never been explained. The fire k… ...

The Hindenburg disaster saw German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg go down in flames during a docking attempt on May 6, 1937, shattering public confidence, and marking the end of the airship era.

The USS Akron plunged into the Atlantic during a 1933 storm Twice as many people died than in the famous Hindenburg disaster A ceremony Thursday will commemorate the Navy airship LAKEHURST, N.J ...

The airship is designed to keep watch for Taliban gunmen and roadside bomb-planters at altitudes of up to 20,000 feet. ... New blimp being tested at Hindenburg crash site. Kirk Moore, Asbury Park ...

The zeppelin was the Hindenburg, ... The Wingfoot Express blimp crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank building in Chicago on July 21, 1919, raining a fiery inferno on employees below.

BERLIN - Werner Franz, believed to be the last surviving crew member of the German airship Hindenburg that crashed 77 years ago, has died. He was 92. Franz was a 14-year-old cabin boy when the ...