Comments on: LZ-129 Hindenburg

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 23:40:14 +0000

In reply to Nichole Tautz. I just looked through all printed passenger lists for the ship's Eastbound flights and did not see the name Herbert E Tautz. I don't have all the Westbound lists, and since the lists I have were printed in advance, sometimes a passenger who bought a ticket at the last minute is not included.

By: Nichole Tautz

Nichole Tautz — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:29:41 +0000

Is the a site I can search for my grandfather’s name to confirm his passage on the Hindenburg.
Herbert E Tautz of Milwaukee, WI

By: Susan Glynn

Susan Glynn — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:29:54 +0000

In the early 1950’s a “BLIMP” flew over the Hamden area of CT… My father said it was only for very rich people… We were quite well- off, BUT, not very rich … I was too young to understand???

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 01:03:08 +0000

In reply to Dennis Kromm.

It’s an honor to have such kind words from Dennis Kromm.

Thank you for taking the time to post a comment. 🙂

By: Dennis Kromm

Dennis Kromm — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:47:34 +0000

Hi Dan,
I want to belatedly extend my congratulations to you for the excellent Nova episode on Mr. Schenck’s film of the Hindenburg crash. At my advanced age it is nice to know I can still be astonished by a piece of Hindenburg film. Like Barbara Weibel I was shocked at the way this film showed the speed of the event, and the utter hopelessness of it all for those who were killed and disfigured. This is the view the assembled “audience” had from the southwest corner of the hangar, a view like Foo Chu’s still shots.

Likewise I was fascinated to see the scenes filmed before the crash, especially the civilian ground crew members trooping out to the field to get their assignments. This leads me to a couple of questions: first, are there more shots like this that the Nova producers chose not to include, and if so what do they show? Since this reel has titles added by Mr. Schenck I assume he might have edited some scenes out himself thinking they would be of no interest. Au contraire! For zeppelin-heads every frame of this film is terra incognita.

Happy Fathers Day and thanks again,
Dennis

By: Adam Liljencrantz

Adam Liljencrantz — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:57:30 +0000

In reply to Gregory Pruss. only 11 years late

By: Dr. Volkmar Mehlitz

Dr. Volkmar Mehlitz — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 12:17:55 +0000

In reply to MARIANNE MONSON.

Fahrt Nr. 8 Deutschlandfahrt: Friedrichshafen – Friedrichshafen – 26.-29. 3.1936Fahrtdauer: 74 Stunden 04 MinutenFahrtweg: 6676 km26.3.1936:Vom Mast gelöst (12:08) – Ausfahrt aus der Halle (15:13) – Aufstieg (15:21) – Ravens-burg (15:30) – Ulm (16:05) – Nürnberg (17:26) – Bayreuth (18:10) – Plauen (19:25) Chemnitz (20:18) – Görlitz (22:05) – Landsberg (23:55)27.3.1936:Stolp (02:00) – Leba (02:37) – Rixhöft (03:19) Brüster Ort (04:45) – Cranz (05:12) – Tilsit (06:16 – 06:27) – Stallupönen (Treffen mit dem LZ 127 – 07:25) – Insterburg (07:30) – Wehlau (07:50) – Königsberg (08:15) – Gerdauen (09:04) – Nordenburg (09:15) – Rastenburg (09:55) – Sensburg (10:04) – Nikolaiken (10:19) – Johannisburg (10:34) – Ortelsburg (11:10) – Wartenburg (11:38) – Allenstein (11:42) – Tannenburg Denkmal bei Hohenstein (12:10 – 12:20) – Neudeck (13:05) – Marienwerder (13:18) – Marienburg (13:52) – Elbing (14:14) – Danzig (14:42 – 14:57) – Stolp (16:26) – Stettin (18:10 – 18:21) – Ueckermünde (18:44) – Anklam (18:57) – Greifswald (19:15) – Stralsund (19:28) – Rostock (19:59) – Wismar – Lübeck (20:45) – Neumünster (21:05) – Rendsburg (21:18) – Schleswig (21:30) – Flensburg (21:45) – Eckernförde (22:32) – Kiel (22:45) – Hamburg (23:50)28.3.1936:Abfahrt Hamburg (00:30) – Elbe Feuerschiff (03:00 – 03:16) – Helgoland (03:33 – 03:55) – Husum/St Peter (05:40) – Cuxhaven (07:24) – Bremerhaven (07:50 – 08:07) – Varel (08:54) – Oldenburg (09:15) – Münster (11:55) – Bielefeld (12:45) – Herford (12:53) – Oeynhausen (13:00) – Minden (13:10) – Stadthagen (13:25) – Hannover (13:48 – 13:50) – Braunschweig – Gardelegen – Stendal (15:33) – Rathenow – Berlin (16:40 – 17:32) – Magdeburg (18:29 – 18:35) – Dessau – Bitterfeld (19:14 – 19.23) – Leipzig (19:59 – 20:17) – Berlin (21:35 – 23:00) – Treuenbrietzen (23:33) – Wittenberg (23:50)29.3.1936:Bitterfeld (00:14) – Halle (00:30) – Leuna-Werke (00:42) – Merseburg – Weißenfels (00:51) – Naumburg (00:59) – Apolda (01:14 – 01:15) – Erfurt (01:37) – Gotha (01:50) – Eisenach (02:08) – Paderborn (03:22 – 03:40) – Lippstadt (03:44) – Hamm (04:09) – Bocholt (05:00) – Cleve (05:30 – 05:40) – Duisburg ( 06:13) – Dortmund (06:51) – Düsseldorf (07:40) – Krefeld ( 07:56 – 08:00) – Köln ( 09:30 – 09:46) – Koblenz (10:47 – 10:50) – Trier (11:50) – Merzig (12:14) – Saarbrücken (12:34) – Neunkirchen (12:45) – Saarbrücken (12:50) – Zweibrücken (13:20) – Kaiserslautern (13:30) – Frankfurt am Main (14:06 – 14:13) – Darmstadt (14:30) – Ludwigshafen (14:54 – 14:58) – Heidelberg (15:07) – Stuttgart (15:48) – Landung Friedrichshafen (17:25) – am Mast gesichert (17:44) – Einfahrt in die Halle (18:05)

By: Gregory Pruss

Gregory Pruss — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:04:58 +0000

In reply to John Borrego. What was left was sent back to Germany for an evaluation of "what went wrong". The only remaining parts are at a Museum in Friedrichshaften Germany on Lake Constance. What I saw was the docking point of the airship and 1 of the 12 cylinder motors. A very cool place and a must see.

By: MARIANNE MONSON

MARIANNE MONSON — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:04:14 +0000

Hi, great site. I’m wondering if you can help me find the route The Hindenburg flew for the propaganda flights when they dropped leaflets. Any ideas? Particularly wondering if there were an propaganda flights over or around Frankfurt. Thanks!

By: Neil Hemstad

Neil Hemstad — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:59:53 +0000

In reply to Neil Hemstad. I think I sort of have my answer as I compared the site of Zeppelinheim now on a map to a map of the airfield made in the late 1930's I think that the hangars were where the new terminal is going to be where the site of the former U.S. air base was or just where the runway closest to it was