Hindenburg
Burning blimp disaster
Hindenburg refers to two related German historical figures: Paul von Hindenburg, the military commander and president of the Weimar Republic who appointed Hitler chancellor in 1933, and the *Hindenburg*, the German airship that dramatically caught fire while landing in New Jersey in 1937.
The disaster, captured on film and radio, effectively ended the era of passenger airships.
The Hindenburg now evokes spectacular failure or catastrophic collapse: The product launch was a Hindenburg.
Steerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
- heliumLightest noble gas
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
gondola · Graf Zeppelin · transatlantic · buoyancy · aluminum frame · passenger deck · promenade · dining room
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- fireballLuminous meteor or explosion
Lakehurst · 1937 · newsreel · hydrogen · ignition · fatalities · survivors · crash
Upper lip hair
- facial hairBeard, mustache, stubble
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- waxedCoated for shine
- militaryArmed forces collectively
Prussian · German · handlebar · bushy · groomed · distinguished · style · whiskers
Supreme army commander rank
- Weimar RepublicGermany's 1919-1933 parliamentary government
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- German Empire1871-1918 unified state
military · appointment · Hitler · election · Prussian · aristocracy · conservative · monarchy
dirigible
Steerable lighter-than-air craft
envelope · gondola · Graf Zeppelin · transatlantic · buoyancy · aluminum frame · passenger deck · promenade · dining room · aeronautics
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- explosionViolent burst of energy
fireball · Lakehurst · 1937 · newsreel · hydrogen · ignition · fatalities · survivors · crash · blaze
mustache
Upper lip hair
- facial hairBeard, mustache, stubble
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- waxedCoated for shine
military · Prussian · German · handlebar · bushy · groomed · distinguished · style · whiskers · imperial
field marshal
Supreme army commander rank
- Weimar RepublicGermany's 1919-1933 parliamentary government
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- World War IFirst global military conflict
German Empire · military · appointment · Hitler · election · Prussian · aristocracy · conservative · monarchy · armistice
- Field MarshalsMontgomery, Rommel, Kitchener, Wellington, Alexander
- German AviationLuftwaffe, Lufthansa, Messerschmitt, Stuka, Zeppelin
- German GeneralsRommel, Moltke, Model, Beck, Hoth
- WWI LeadersPershing, Kitchener, Beatty, Moltke, Diaz
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
HindenburgSpirit of St. Louis
Famous solo flight aircraft
Apollo 11 · Wright Flyer · Concorde · Boeing 747 · moon landing
Hindenburgairplane
Powered flying machine
aeroplane · jet · Boeing · helicopter · DC-3
HindenburgGolden Gate Bridge
Famous California suspension crossing
Empire State Building · Boeing 747 · London Underground · Brooklyn Bridge · Panama Canal
- Hindenburg disasterFatal 1937 airship explosion