The German manufacturer Lufschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH offered its news airship LZ 104 (construction number), designated L.59, for the mission. Dubbed the Afrika-Schiff (“Africa Ship”), it was ...

LAKEHURST, N,J. (CBSNewYork) --On May 6, 1937, a German zeppelin called the Hindenburg met its fate in Lakehurst, New Jersey -- when the tail end of the gigantic aircraft caught fire and crashed in a ...

In October 1917, eight German zeppelins lost their way above French territory. The L-49 landed in Bourbonne-les-Bains. On the night of October 19, 1917, eleven German zeppelins slowly ascended from ...

From the first days of his ascension to power, Adolf Hitler planned to rebuild the Kriegsmarine into a world-class navy. Most of the world’s other major fleets included aircraft carriers, and so ...

Radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison’s “oh, the humanity!” exclamation amid the 1937 Hindenburg disaster sounded in my mind recently as I gazed at an exhibit near the German ground where the airship’s ...

BERLIN — A German company started regular zeppelin commercial flights Wednesday for the first time since the Hindenburg disaster ended dirigible travel more than six decades ago. In a one-hour trip, ...