The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the
pride of Nazi Germany, burst into flames upon touching its
mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers
and crew-members, on May 6, 1937. 

The Hindenburg above New York City before the disaster.

The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the
pride of Nazi Germany, burst into flames upon touching its
mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers
and crew-members, on May 6, 1937.