German airship Zeppelin LZ 129 'Hindenburg' burning upon its approach to Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937. U.S. Navy sailors, preparing to grab for tether lines on the ...

Between 1931 and 1937 the Graf Zeppelin crossed the South Atlantic 136 times. The trips took about four days in each direction, and a one-way ticket was about $400, which translates to about ...

Zeppelin's fleet of airships included such colossal creations like the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg (seen here) along with the less famous Graf Zeppelin II. AP ...

When you mention the Hindenburg, people tend to perk up. Its destruction still qualifies as one of the most spectacular aerial disasters in history.The Graf Zeppelin, not so much. Yet in its day ...

In 1936, the Hindenburg had made a total of 34 trips across the Atlantic Ocean and the Graf Zeppelin had made a total of 590 flights since its maiden voyage in 1928, logging more than a million ...

Like two great bolognas, the Graf Zeppelin and the new Hindenburg (LZ-129) last week floated over Germany on a propaganda tour. While the Graf hovered above Bavaria sprinkling election handbills, ...

It was Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), a German cavalry officer, who took the idea to new heights. During the American Civil War, he took his first tethered balloon ride and was ...

The LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II was built as a flying model to a scale of 1:36. ... which used DC-3s to carry passengers to and from New York City when the Hindenburg, the sister ship to the Graf II, ...

The Hindenburg later became the Graf Zeppelin’s North American counterpart, traveling between Europe and the United States in two to three days.

On December 8, 1934, the Graf Zeppelin departed from Germany bound for Brazil at the height of the Christmas season. Aboard the 776-foot-long zeppelin were 19 passengers, holiday mail and a load ...