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The Disaster of the Hindenburg: The Last Flight of the Greatest Airship Ever Built (Time-Life)
The Disaster of the Hindenburg The Last Flight of the Greatest Airship Ever Built - Time-Life Author:Shelley Tanaka the last flight of the greatest airship ever built. — May 3, 1937 Sixteen-year-old Irene Doehner is about to cross the ocean on the largest and most luxurious airship in the world. Inside the Hindenburg she will find all the comforts of a fine hotel, from a dining room serving gourmet meals to her own private bedroom. This vast airborne palace ha... more »s only one flas: it is kept floating the sky by more than seven million cubic feet of explosive hydrogen gas. May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg hovers above the airfield at Lakehurst, New Jersey, preparing for a routine landing. Suddenly there is a flash, and Germany's mightiest airship bursts into a gieant ball of fire. Irene Doehner is trapped inside the burning zeppelin. With the flames at her back, she crawls to the open window. "I can't do it," she screams. But she knows she must jump for her life.« less