Category Archives: Dirigible

From the archive, 20 August 1936: From New York to Frankfurt on the Hindenburg

Posted on August 26, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: theguardian.com Wonderfully smooth compared to aeroplane travel, one has a feeling of complete security, says reporter on board the Zeppelin.

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Goodyear’s Wingfoot One christened, makes inaugural flight

Posted on August 25, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

On Saturday August 23, 2014 Goodyear’s newest airship, a Zeppelin LZ N07-101, was christened as Wingfoot One and made its ceremonial first flight.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Preserves a Home Video of the Graf Zeppelin

Posted on August 14, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) has posted a home video taken of the Graf Zeppelin during the 1929 visit to Los Angeles to their YouTube channel.

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Newly Released Film Shows Different Angle of Hindenburg Disaster

Posted on May 13, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: nbcphiladelphia.com By Vince Lattanzio A rarely seen video showing a different angle of the Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey has been released to the public for the first time in 77 years.

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Jersey Roots: An Airship Disaster Worse Than the Hindenburg

Posted on April 4, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Asbury Park Press – app.com  By: Erik Larsen The Navy airship Akron did not meet its end in some great inferno, neither was its fate photographed by newsreel cameras, nor were the details of its demise described live over the … Continue reading →

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