Picture a colossal airship the size of an ocean liner, gliding through the sky with elegance—complete with piano lounges, ...

The Hindenburg came to a tragic end in 1937. This video shows the interior of the airship and the events leading up to the accident. The Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built ...

(Bill Barlow for WHYY) One of the largest remaining pieces of the Hindenburg, a section of the interior alloy girders that held the airship together. (Bill Barlow for WHYY) Kitchenware recovered from ...

Chief Petty Officer Frederick “Bull” Tobin led the Navy landing crew. When the airship caught fire, many people ran away from danger, but Tobin shouted, “Navy men, Stand fast!” His words made sailors ...

Airship Voyages Made Easy," a passenger manual ... "The sight of people burning inside (Hindenburg), … you could see them, but you couldn't get at them," said James Thomas of Lakehurst who ...

Large airships like the Hindenburg dropped its lines and cable ... cable might have punctured one of the sealed hydrogen cells inside the airframe, releasing hydrogen into the air inside the ...

Aeronautical experts said the only way they could explain an explosion inside the ... famous airship commander, and Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann were skippers of the Hindenburg last year.

Recommended Videos The disaster marked the end of the rigid airship era of air travel. The hydrogen-floated Hindenburg was sparked by something inside the airship. There are several theories as to ...