Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg descending over Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, after traveling from Germany, on its first flight to the United States, May 9, 1936.
Comments made by British journalist Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay, a female passenger arriving at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States aboard the zeppelin airship Hindenburg. Lady Hay Drummond-Hay speaks about her experience traveling aboard the German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129). She had already made about 6 flights aboard Zeppelins. However, she says that she enjoyed the trip tremendously, that it was a real revelation.She felt the Graf Zeppelin was like a "stalking" experiment in such travel, but this was something real and "wonderful." She says that they used to talk to the crew. She speaks about lounge, dining room, flowers, cooking and cabins of the zeppelin.
Crowd assembled to see German zeppelin airship, LZ-129 Hindenburg, descending to land, upon arrival on its first flight to the United States, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Mooring tower and U.S. Navy dirigible LZ-126 the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) are seen on the field. A DC-2 aircraft takes off in front of the Hindenburg as it approaches. Ground crew secures the Hindenburg to the Mooring tower. Officers of the Hindenburg look out from the control room.Officials gather underneath the airship. Passengers look out windows of the cabin. A tractor,built into the mooring tower, travels along a track to move the hindenburg, while ground crews hold lines to stabilize the air ship.
Views from a biplane, aloft, of the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship as it flies Southward over Manhattan Island, New York City. Another plane flies past in the background. Skyscrapers of Manhattan are seen below. Hindenburg leaves Southern tip of Manhattan behind, as it heads South toward Lakehurst New Jersey.
Unmast and take-off operations of a U.S. Navy N-Class Blimp at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Ground handling officer directs the airship while unmasting. Pilot gets the take- off signal. Tractor drivers carry away the mast from the take off zone. Nose handling lines are connected to mules (utility vehicles). Nose is unmasted from the mast. Mules release the handling lines. The airship gets airborne.
First flight of the dirigible United States Ship Akron from Lakehurst, New Jersey and over New York. Airship floats in air, U.S. Navy symbol and Akron written on it. Buildings, river bridges and ships anchored at harbor can be seen. Navigation pilot and other officers of the crew in the control room. Buildings and waterfront of Manhattan.
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