| 1921/00/00 |
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Hangar No 1, a gigantic structure, is built to house the huge helium-filled dirigibles |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 1932/00/00 |
Harold Gustav Dick |
Education |
Harold Dick attends airship ground school at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1931-1932. |
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| 1933/06/24 |
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USS Macon leaves Goodyear Airdock for Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey for training |
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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. |
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| 1936/05/09 |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 1937/05/06 |
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German Zeppelin passenger airship Hindenburg ignites and burns while attempting to dock at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. |
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage |
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Hindenburg Disaster |
