Comments on: Hindenburg Flight Schedule

By: Brian R Peterson

Brian R Peterson — Sat, 06 May 2023 07:10:50 +0000

In reply to Esson McDowell. Had LZ-129 Hindenburg not been destroyed, her little known sister ship, LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, would have come into transatlantic service in October of 1937, while the third, much larger Hindenburg Class Airship, the unnamed LZ-131, was under construction and likely would have entered service by 1939. The planned forth Hindenburg Class Airship, LZ-132, would be constructed and entered into service by 1940-1941. Even in this best case scenario, however, the Golden Age of Airships, which was already waning by 1937, likely would have ended completely by 1945-1946 at the latest, once jet engine technology was developed and gained widespread use, thus rendering commercial passenger Zeppelins obsolete.

By: Eileen Devers

Eileen Devers — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:06:59 +0000

My late father was a little boy in the 1930’s, he lived in Lea Green which was then part of West Lancashire, England. He told us he saw the Hindenburg passing over, would this have been true? I ask the question as recently someone told me it couldn’t have been and I would love to prove that he did.

By: Esson McDowell

Esson McDowell — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:23:08 +0000

I really want to know what would have happened if the Hindenburg never caught on fire at Lakehurst and if wwii never intervened with the zeppelin operation and also never scrapped the airships.

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 23:33:47 +0000

In reply to Roger West.

Crash flight mail is comprehensively catalogued in Dieter Leder’s book “LZ-129 Hindenburg:Zeppelin crash mail.” If it is not in that book, it is not likely to be genuine.

https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_1015656

By: Roger West

Roger West — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:22:08 +0000

I’m a collector of 4 shilling items and I have a cover bearing 4 x GB 1s cancelled 2 May 37 addressed to Uruguay with the Europa – South America cachet in red. Am I correct in thinking this was carried on the last flight of the Hindenburg?

By: Alfred .Barrett

Alfred .Barrett — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:16:03 +0000

The Jacksonville round the world cover is number 47 route,franked 12th October 1936 in Frankfurt.I have it.
How it then went to Hong Kong,the next franking on the reverse side with George 5th tamps on both sides-1 on the back,2 up to 3 dollars on the front-not sure the route,maybe Berlin linking with Imperial airways via Brindisi,Cairo,Basra,Bagdad maybe,Karachi then in India then Penang new base, and onto a Chinese enclave in modern Vietnam,then Hong Kong,boat to Manila,then back to USA possibly San Francisco and eventually to Florida.Do you know ?
Alfred

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:51:50 +0000

In reply to Anne holford. Hindenburg never moored anywhere in the USA other than Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey.

By: Anne holford

Anne holford — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:20:06 +0000

Does anyone know if the Hindenburg would have had any reason to be more inland, possibly delaware county , pennsylvania in its previous flights?

By: Dr. Victor F. Van Neste, Jr.

Dr. Victor F. Van Neste, Jr. — Fri, 06 May 2022 04:16:02 +0000

I was only two years old in 1937 when I saw the Hindenburg pass over my grandparent’s house at 28 Algonquin Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts, on its way to Lakehurst, New Jersey. Of course I did not know then what it was, just that it was very large and very low.

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 22:18:08 +0000

In reply to Dave Norton. The U.S. export ban on helium was not specific to Germany; the Helium Control Acts of 1925 and 1927 banned exportation of helium to any foreign country without government approval.