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 ...

It's hard to imagine today, but the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg were, in their day, considered the ultimate way to travel. "There was a huge zeppelin craze in the late '20s," Grossman explained.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...