Hindenburg, the

German airship blew up upon mooring in New Jersey (1937). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 43]

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Unlike old blimps like the Hindenburg, the Airlander 10 utilizes helium, a non-combustable gas, to stay afloat.

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It is this final, unquestionably ignominious chapter in an otherwise distinguished career that continues to define historical interest in Hindenburg, the politician.

According to Anna von der Goltz, however, we have consistently underestimated the role of Hindenburg, the myth.

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Sam MacDonald uses parts from SMS Hindenburg, the last German ship scuttled in 1918 at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, where he lives.

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The dirigible, which had been invented by Zeppelin thirty-seven years earlier, came to an end as a major aeronautic device in May 6, 1937, when the German dirigible Hindenburg, the largest ever built, exploded and burned at Lakehurst, New Jersey.