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Invalidated site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - Shuffled Zeppelin Clips: The Flight and Crash of LZ 129 Hindenburg in the Archives. Sep 03, 2026
Add new Web site: Zeppelin Museum - LZ 129 “Hindenburg” - The largest zeppelin in the world in transatlantic traffic. Apr 04, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - PHOTOS: When The Hindenburg Was The Height Of Luxe In-Flight Dining. Mar 08, 2025
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - Shuffled Zeppelin Clips: The Flight and Crash of LZ 129 Hindenburg in the Archives. Nov 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry - Education in Chemistry - What ignited the Hindenburg? Aug 05, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - The Hindenburg disaster, 80 years on: a 'perfect storm of circumstances'. Apr 25, 2024
Links added. Sep 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Crash of the Hindenburg. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: History Today - The Hindenburg Disaster and the End of the Airship Era. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Following the Hindenburg. Feb 25, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - LZ-129 Hindenburg. Jan 13, 2023
Add new Web site: The Museum of UnNatural Mystery - The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster. Feb 04, 2019
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Hindenburg Crash: The End of Airship Travel. Feb 04, 2019
Media added. Aug 24, 2018
Noted that a ground crew member was killed in the crash and that the ship had completed one trans-Atlantic flight prior to the trip from Frankfurt, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S. Jul 31, 2015
Media added. Jun 11, 2015
Article revised and updated. May 23, 2012
Silent newsreel of Hindenburg explosion added. May 23, 2012
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Hindenburg. Aug 25, 2011
Added photograph. May 09, 2011
Added video of the Hindenburg disaster. Sep 02, 2009
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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