Lakehurst
Airship disaster site
Lakehurst is a borough in New Jersey, historically significant as the site of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, when the German airship caught fire while landing at the naval air station there.
The name occasionally appears in discussions of aviation history or dirigibles: The era of passenger airships ended at Lakehurst.
Steerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- 1937Mid-twentieth century year
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
zeppelin · crash · newsreel · inferno · mooring · tragedy · passengers · fireball
Of maritime warfare
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- airfieldAviation facility with runways
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
mast · lighter-than-air · blimps · aerodrome · military · operations · hangars · tarmac
County's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- ManchesterLarge English industrial city
- communityCollective of connected people
residential · suburban · Garden State · neighborhood · local · county · Jersey Shore · commuter
airship
Steerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
hydrogen · zeppelin · crash · newsreel · inferno · mooring · tragedy · passengers · fireball · wreckage
naval
Of maritime warfare
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- airfieldAviation facility with runways
- baseSupporting bottom structure
mooring · mast · lighter-than-air · blimps · aerodrome · military · operations · hangars · tarmac · facility
township
County's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- ManchesterLarge English industrial city
community · residential · suburban · Garden State · neighborhood · local · county · Jersey Shore · commuter · development
- Closed AirportsMirabel, Croydon, Mueller, El Toro
- Jersey ShoreAtlantic City, Asbury Park, Avalon, Ocean City, Sandy Hook
- South JerseyGloucester, Medford, Deptford, Woodbury, Palmyra
Lakehurstairport
Aviation passenger facility
heliport · JFK Airport · Heathrow · O'Hare