Hindenburg Zeppelin Tethered
The LZ 129 Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin airship, which carried passengers between Europe and the Americas. The Hindenburg measured a massive 804 feet (245 m) in length with a maximum internal frame diameter of 135 feet (41.2 m). The airship is shown tethered at the Lakehurst landing ground in New Jersey. Photograph taken in 1937, subsequently colorised.
CIVIS TURDETANI / U.S. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Aeronautics. Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA).
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