Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster (On this Day, The Times) in Lakehurst, N.J. at the Naval Air Station there.
I spent a lot time in Lakehurst over the years. At one point both sets of grandparents lived in a retirement village on the outskirts. Airships are still part of the local culture and one of the great hangers is still visible from NJ 70, the main road through town.
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Relatives and survivors remember the Hindenburg
The Times
The Best Science Show on Television?
An episode of Mythbusters recreated the explosion.
Left unsaid by all of this was the real cause of the explosion — Pineys.
