Did you know that the notoriously flammable Hindenburg airship had a smoking room? Passengers could only get to it through an airlock door. But yes, the hydrogen-filled Hindenburg had a special room ...

Before the modern jumbo jet and its first-class suites, the biggest and grandest thing in luxury air travel was the German Zeppelin Airship. Of all the massive Zeppelins constructed, the most famous ...

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — I am looking at a piece of the Hindenburg — or, rather, its replica: its lounge, reading and writing room, passenger cabins and smoking room (yes, there was one) and bar. It ...

The largest thing ever to fly wasn’t an airplane but an airborne ocean liner filled with cabins, lounges, and dining rooms. The Hindenburg captured global imagination with its size and speed, cutting ...

TRENTON, N.J. --Wind and thunderstorms had delayed the Hindenburg's arrival in New Jersey from Germany on May 6, 1937. The father of 8-year-old Werner Doehner headed to his cabin after using his movie ...

In Tom Clancy's sensationalist novel "Debt of Honor," a disgruntled pilot decides to avenge his lost honor by crashing a fuel-laden 747 directly into the U.S. Capitol, causing the giant building to ...

JOINT BASE MC GUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST - The specter of sabotage was raised at the 80th anniversary memorial ceremony of the Hindenburg disaster on Saturday night. Dr. Horst Schirmer, a physician from ...

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