We had an aluminum structural base that a family member found at the site of the historic crash and burn of the Hindenburg. Somehow, it got lost in the attic when the house passed into the hands of the beneficiaries. This article from the "AIRCRAFT" folder in the Local History Collection is a testament to the fascination the public had with that huge aircraft. View the British UK Pathe' news clip by clicking on the link below.
Hi Tom, That clip is riveting, you can't look away. I've seen it a hundred times, and it's just as astonishing, watching it now. I have been fascinated by lighter than air craft, since I was a kid. I've never been up in a blimp, but years ago, I sat in the gondola of a Navy blimp, in that enormous hanger, at Lakehurst. Four Navy blimps fit in the hanger, and the Hindenburg filled it, so you can imagine the size of hanger & the Hindenburg.. I have a wonderful coffee table book , titled Hindenburg, an Illustrated History, which covers the history of the Zeppelin, as well as every facet of the construction and features of the Hindenburg. The last motion picture I saw in Trenton, at the RKO Lincoln, was the Hindenburg, in 1975. In 1971, I displayed my 1941 Chevrolet in the hanger, at Lakehurst, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Naval Air Station. We were all given commemorative coins, showing a zeppelin, above the hanger. I still have it. There was lots of Zeppelin memorabilia on display, as well as the men, still remaining from that fateful day, in 1937. I had a chance to speak to them. I believe all of them have passed on. rayfromvillapark
ReplyDeleteI DONATED A SEPIA PANORAMIC PHOTO OF A GERMAN ZEPPELIN TO THE NAVAL CENTER AT LAKEHURST MANY YEARS AGO. I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE HINDENBURG.
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