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"The Hindenburg over Boston Common, 1936." Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of the German airship's explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Medium format acetate negative by Leslie Jones. Boston Public Library. View full size.
The Concorde in more than one way:
And ve Germans hav to hand it to you Americans, yours were just as big ;-)
USS Macon (ZRS-5) 784ft 1in / 132ft 10in / 6,500,000cuft
USS Akron (ZRS-4) 785ft / 132ft / 6in / 6,500,000cuft
More photos from inside the "HINDENBURG."
("einestages" is part of the german weekly newspaper "DER SPIEGEL.")
According to the blog Airships.net, the 36 passengers aboard the final flight were paying $450 for the experience. In today's money: $7,300. First class passage aboard ocean liners of the day was $150, or $2,430 today.
Of course it WAS a lot faster; 2 days (fastest time was 43 hours, 2 minutes) compared to 5 days for the swiftest ocean liners and up to 10 days for standard crossings.
It was as large as (3) 747s, not (6).
My great aunt and uncle were arriving at the air field to watch the landing just as the Hindenburg burst into flame. They lived nearby at the time.
In 1936, (when I was 10), my father came home from work one day and told me to look up in the sky. Over our Northwest D.C. home (almost to the Maryland State line) floated the Hindenburg - absolutely spectacular. The swastikas didn't mean any thing to me then.
Check this out for more beautiful Hindenburg pictures. Also of the interior.
Root 66, my first reaction when seeing the picture was the same. It was creepy.
The Hindenburg was a tremendous propaganda tool, naturally, and as soon as Hitler could - after becoming chancellor - he slapped big swastikas on it.
803 feet long, 135 feet diameter, contained 7,062,000 cubic feet of gas, cruised at 76 mph, longer than 6-747's.
Lasted one year.
This was considered a very elegant way to travel at the time. Everything was top-notch. I find it disturbingly creepy, however, to see those swastikas flying over the U.S.!
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