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Lakehurst

American  
[leyk-hurst] / ˈleɪk hɜrst /

noun

  1. a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.


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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

In 1928, the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed in Lakehurst, N.J., completing its first commercial flight across the Atlantic.

From Washington Times Oct. 15, 2018

Eighty years ago this week, the airship Hindenburg erupted into flames while nearing the mooring mast at New Jersey’s Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

From Slate May 5, 2017

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

The journey had begun on August 7, when the Zeppelin had slipped its tethers in Lakehurst, New Jersey, lifted up with a long, slow sigh, and headed for Manhattan.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

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