The interior spaces on the Hindenburg were divided into three main areas: Passenger Decks Control Car Crew Areas The passenger accommodation aboard Hindenburg was contained within the...
Giant WWI "war tubas" were pretty much exactly what they sound like
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In our dreams, the skies belong to airships and zeppelins. These classic vehicles are among the most elegant and beautiful modes of transport ever created, and there's a reason why so many science fiction shows feature them. Here's a gallery of brave and beautiful air vehicles of the past.
The interior spaces on the Hindenburg were divided into three main areas: Passenger Decks Control Car Crew Areas The passenger accommodation aboard Hindenburg was contained within the...
A symbol, a trope, a hallmark, a cliché – call it by any other name, the airship is inseparable from Dieselpunk. Our alternative skies are full of dirigibles, real and unreal, peaceful transp…
Giant WWI "war tubas" were pretty much exactly what they sound like
How a man with a Petri dish tried to take advantage of Britain's short-lived airships programme.
A Hindenburg 1936. március 4-én első próbarepülése előtt - Mivel Eckener visszautasította az együttműködést, Göring légügyi miniszter új repülőtársaságot alapított 1935-ben, a Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei-t (DZR) amely átvette a léghajó útjai feletti irányítást. A zeppelinek ettől kezdve farkukon a náci horogkereszttel propagandautazásokat hajtottak végre.
Photos of the past, when viewed out of context, are bizarre and/or terrifying. And in many cases, adding the context just makes them worse.
Transept of the Crystal Palace, 1851, the center of the Steampunk Architecture Universe. Six years or so ago, I wrote a blog post titled “Steampunk Architecture” in which I gave a short…
60 km south of Berlin is a former Soviet airfield where you will find an old airship hangar that has been converted into a giant waterpark.
The Toronto of the 1930s was a city mired in the Great Depression. Though high-profile construction projects like Commerce Court and Canada Life Bu...
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The cause of the May 6, 1937, incident that killed 35 of the 100 passengers and crew members on board was static electricity, says a team of experts who have been looking into the real trigger.
The history of airships begins, like the history of hot air balloons, in France. After the invention of the hot air balloon in 1783, a French officer named Meusnier envisioned…
About 40 miles south of Berlin there’s a former Soviet airfield where you will find an old airship hangar known as the Aerium. With over 710,000 sq. ft. of floor space and 176,573,333 cu. ft. of enclo
Unused. Stern faced Prussians in another of those fabulous souvenir photographs, this one is from Graudenz. The Zeppelin LZ 13 Hansa (or simply Hansa) was a German civilian rigid airship first flown in 1912 with a volume of 18,700 cubic metres. It was first operated by DELAG to carry passengers and post and flew the first scheduled international passenger flights (starting with the visit to Denmark and Sweden in September 1912). At the outbreak of World War I, the German military requisitioned it for use in attack flights, reconnaissance, and finally as a training airship.
The blimp burst into flames while it was trying to dock at U.S. Naval Air Station Lakehurst's mooring mast on May 6, 1937.
This photograph is taken in Canada Dock in Liverpool, 1909. The gentleman in uniform is “Mauretania’s” first Chief Engineer, John Currie. RMS MAURETANIA was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tyneside Reference: TWAS: DS.WS/143/68 (Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email [email protected]. To purchase a hi-res copy please email [email protected] quoting the title and reference number.
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A symbol, a trope, a hallmark, a cliché – call it by any other name, the airship is inseparable from Dieselpunk. Our alternative skies are full of dirigibles, real and unreal, peaceful transp…
A team of specialists have used remotely operated underwater vehicles to explore the wreck of the USS Macon, a lighter-than-air rigid airship that was the Navy’s last flying aircraft carrier in the 1930s
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What brought down the Hindenburg airship on its ill-fated journey in May 1937?
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