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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1921/00/00 Hangar No 1, a gigantic structure, is built to house the huge helium-filled dirigibles
1928/10/00 Hugo Eckener Airship Captain Eckener captains the Graf Zeppelin during the first intercontinental passenger air flight. On the 9,926 km (6,168 mi), 111-hour crossing from Friedrichshafen, Ernst Lehmann, who would be killed in the crash of the Hindenburg, works as First Officer. Aviation Spans the Atlantic
1929/08/00 Hugo Eckener Airship Captain With major funding by William Hearst, Eckener sails the Graf Zeppelin around the world, the only such flight by an airship, and the second by an aircraft of any type. The flight began and ended at Lakehurst NAS, 4 of the 9 passengers worked for Hearst.
1929/08/00 William Randolph Hearst Financial Backer With major funding by William Hearst, Eckener sails the Graf Zeppelin around the world, the only such flight by an airship, and the second by an aircraft of any type. The flight began and ended at Lakehurst NAS, 4 of the 9 passengers worked for Hearst.
1932/00/00 Harold Gustav Dick Education Harold Dick attends airship ground school at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1931-1932.
1933/06/24 USS Macon leaves Goodyear Airdock for Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey for training USS MACON (airship remains) Fate of the USS Macon
1935/00/00 Harold Gustav Dick Work Over the next five years HGD will cross the Atlantic 12 times in the Graf Zeppelin, 4 times in the Hindenburg, and made 6 trips over the North Atlantic in the Hindenburg to Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1936/05/09 After a 61 hour and 40 minute flight, the airship Hindenburg (LZ-129) lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The first aircraft to arrive on a regularly-scheduled service between Europe and North America. Hindenburg Disaster
1936/10/09 Jack Frye Passenger Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1936/10/09 Nelson Rockefeller Passenger Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1936/10/09 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Sponsor Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1936/10/09 Edward V Rickenbacker Passenger Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1936/10/09 Juan Trippe Passenger Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1936/10/09 Winthrop W Aldrich Passenger Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1936/10/09 Eugene Luther Vidal Passenger Hindenburg departs Lakehurst for a day over Boston and back. The 72 passengers are said to have a combined net worth of more than one billion dollars. Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Alfred P Sloan Jr and Walter C Teagle were invited but did not go.
1937/05/06 German Zeppelin passenger airship Hindenburg ignites and burns while attempting to dock at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage Hindenburg Disaster

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Particulars for Hangar No 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station:
Historic Use Air facility
Building Type Aircraft Hangar
Airship Type Dirigible
Owner Federal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Naval Facility
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 23rd May 1968

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Registry Address: N of Lakehurst on CR 547
Registry Number: 68000031
Resource Type: District
Owner: Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 7
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 5
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1921
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Naval facility, Air facility
Current Function: Defense
Current Sub-Function: Naval facility Air facility

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