Word: hindenburgs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dawn last week a few thousand late revelers and early risers stood in the dim streets of Manhattan staring up into a grey-black sky. Across it, her four engines purring smoothly, soared the silvery bulk of the Hindenburg, world's largest dirigible, just in after her first crossing of the North Atlantic from Friedrichshafen. Germany. A searchlight reached up played over the fabric, came to rest on the swastikas on the rudder. Other lights on the airship twinkled back. Presently the 803-ft. sausage nosed into the haze over the Hudson, flew on toward Lakehurst, N. J. There...
About the Hindenburg's trip there was nothing scientifically notable except that it inaugurated the first regular North Atlantic air service, made a record dirigible crossing (61 hr., 38 min.). Half a dozen special newspaper correspondents aboard, however, recorded reams of trivial happenings. Most of the 51 passengers admitted they had difficulty remembering they were in the air, so steady was the motion, so familiar were the accommodations to steamship travelers. Dr. Hugo Eckener had shouted: "Auf, Schiff!" at Friedrichshafen at 9 p.m. An hour later practically all passengers had tired of peering at the lights of Germany, adjourned...
Built in three years in Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin's hangar on the shores of Lake Constance, the Hindenburg was originally designed by famed Dr. Hugo Eckener for the well-blazed airship trail between Germany and Brazil. Last year, however, Akron's Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp., which is closely linked to the German firm, persuaded Dr. Eckener that it would be a smart thing to beat all other nations in the race to establish a North Atlantic airline. Simultaneously, the U. S. Navy offered the use of its great airdock at Lakehurst, idle since the Akron and Macon disasters. To permit...
Many a new feature gives the Hindenburg the right to the title of world's No. i dirigible. Prime aeronautical innovations are the first Diesel engines ever installed in an airship. Huge Daimler Benz V-8's made of a secret, lightweight alloy, they occupy four gondolas placed far back on the hull, leave a feathery wake of smoke as they shove the ship ahead at a maximum of 85 m.p.h. Only other projection through the smooth, silvery fabric of the Hindenburg's bag is the small control cabin near...
...Hindenburg's serial number is LZ-129. LZ1 was built in 1900. Of the 129 ships, only two others are still extant, the Graf and the decommissioned Los Angeles, at Lakehurst. Of the rest ten never left the drawing board. 25 were lost by storm and accident, six by causes unknown, 21 were dismantled, 46 were wrecked in the War, eleven were surrendered to the Allies, seven were sabotaged to prevent surrender...