tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post2811684032042159487..comments2024-03-09T12:18:51.016-05:00Comments on TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.: 1936: THE HINDEBURG 1 YEAR BEFORE THE DISASTERTom Gloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-8683443200300736532013-02-12T23:01:47.700-05:002013-02-12T23:01:47.700-05:00I DONATED A SEPIA PANORAMIC PHOTO OF A GERMAN ZEPP...I 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.<br /><br />TOM Tom Gloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-87894825048118866522013-02-12T02:00:45.602-05:002013-02-12T02:00:45.602-05:00Hi Tom, That clip is riveting, you can't look ...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. rayfromvillaparkrayfromvillaparknoreply@blogger.com