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The Lost Map of the Hindenburg
Seventy-five years after the tragedy, a curator at the National Postal Museum made a discovery that shed new light on what happened to the doomed dirigible (02:57)
Produced by: Beth Py-Lieberman and Ryan R. Reed
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Comments (4)
Great video and woderful background information. I found the Fire and Ice exhibit at the National Postal Museum Tuesday (5/3/12) to be an exceptional exhibit. Congratulations on doing such a great job. A great learning tool for anyone who visits the museum.
Posted by Michael Sallee on May 4,2012 | 05:22 PM
Dear Cheryl, I have an indelible memory of seeing what I have always believed was the Graf Zepplin - flying very low - over Seattle, WA. I do not know what year it was, but there was a round the world trip of one of the Graf Zepplins in 1932 - that date is possible for me - I was born in 1927 - , and I have a very clear memory of the Zepplin with the gondola below flying right over our house in the North end of Seattle. None of the rest of the posts mention a route over Seattle, but I saw one and it was one of the Graf Zepplins. Philip L. Capp Yakima, WA
Posted by Philip L. Capp on May 3,2012 | 09:31 PM
Dear Cheryl, In either 1936 or 1937 when I was 5 or 6 years old I was playing in front of my house in the Bronx, New York, with my friends when I had a sudden "call of nature". As I was in the house I heared this great roar of engines, something I had never heared before. When I went back outside my friends told me that they had seen this huge airship fly right over them. It was the Hindenberg. To this day I am not sure if the sighting (or lack of in my case) was an earlier flight or the fatefull one but it was something I will never forget. My guess is that the particular route the ship flew that day was to circle Manhatten before it headed to Lakehurst. So it must have been a special flight, perhaps the inaugural flight.
Posted by Adam DiMarzio on April 23,2012 | 10:39 PM
Dear Cheryl. Thanks for this riveting account of your fine research. This really brings the whole story to life. You have made the final day of the Graf even more exciting than anyone could have anticipated. Lucky you!
Posted by Ray Broms on April 17,2012 | 11:18 PM