Lakehurst
Americannoun
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Although hydrogen has been used in ballooning since 1783, its aeronautical future dimmed on May 6, 1937, when the zeppelin Hindenburg very publicly burned in Lakehurst, N.J. killing 36.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2021
A German security officer finds a bomb on the zeppelin as it prepares to dock at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2019
On August 7, 2012, it made its first test flight, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the same field where the Hindenburg exploded.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016
Franz was a 14-year-old cabin boy when the hydrogen-filled Zeppelin caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.
From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2014
During its landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the evening of May 6, it burst into flames and crashed.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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