LZ 129 Hindenburg
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LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. It was designed
Hindenburg at NAS Lakehurst
Hindenburg under construction
The Dining room
Hindenburg on its first flight on March 4, 1936. The name of the airship was not yet painted on the hull.
USS Akron
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USS Akron was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933. She was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft
LZ 129 Hindenburg
…airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38, the US airship Roma, the French Dixmude, USS Shenandoah, the British R101, and USS Akron. The Zeppelin Company had proposed LZ 128 in 1929, after the world flight of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. This ship was to be approximately 245 m (804 ft…
Akron approaching the mooring mast at NAS Sunnyvale
Akron under construction in the Goodyear Airdock at Akron, Ohio, in November 1930: Note the three-dimensional, deep rings.
Sample of the duralumin from which the frame of USS Akron was built
The maiden voyage of Akron on 2 November 1931, showing her four starboard propellers; The engines' water-reclaiming devices appear as white strips above each propeller. The emergency rear control cabin is visible in the lower fin.