Hindenburg (LZ 129)

The ill-fated hydrogen airship that ended the age of rigid dirigibles/Transportation

The LZ 129 Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built at 245 m long and 41.2 m in diameter, making it longer than three Boeing 747s end to end. Filled with 200,000 cubic meters of hydrogen (helium was preferred but unavailable due to a US export embargo), it could carry 72 passengers and 61 crew in luxurious comfort across the Atlantic in about 2.5 days. The Hindenburg made 63 successful flights before its catastrophic fire while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people and effectively ending the era of passenger airships.