01732cam a2200313 4500 431199112 TxAuBib 20200730120000.0 160421t20162014||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781338044324 133804432X TxAuBib Pascal, Janet B. What was the Hindenburg? / by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by David Groff. New York : Scholastic Inc., [2016] ©2014. 108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references. What was the Hindenburg? -- Dreaming of flight -- Lighter than air -- The earliest zeppelins -- The world's first airline -- Zeppelins in the war -- No more zeppelins for Germany -- The golden age -- The Hindenburg -- A magical flight -- The final voyage -- A torch in midair -- What went wrong? -- The death of the zeppelin. At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passengers onboard survived. The exact cause of the disaster is still unknown and remains a fascinating historical mystery. 008-012. 770 Lexile. 20200730. Aircraft accidents. Germany. New Jersey. Juvenile works. Groff, David, illustrator.