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  • 1931 Polar Flight of the Airship Graf Zeppelin An Historical Perspective
    An article about the epic flight by the Graf Zeppelin to the North Pole in 1931, including some fascinating images. The original plan was to rendezvous with a submarine captained by the Australian adventurer, Sir Hubert Wilkins. Note: Text is blue.
    http://home.att.net/~bgrhodes

  • Airship: DJ's Zeppelin Page
    The website has a staggering amount of information, photographs and images about German Airships. For instance the page about the crew area and keel includes eleven photographs and illustrations.
    http://www.airships.net/

  • Around Naples
    This articles was inspired by a comment by the mother-in-law of the websites' creator stating that Naples was attacked by a Zeppelin during World War One. The Airship in question was the L-59 Zeppelin, nicknamed the Africa Ship.
    http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/zeppattack.htm

  • Australian War Memorial
    Whilst using German Airships to search will yield many results, Zeppelin will return even more. If you purchase a print there are six classes of use, with three of them free.
    http://www.awm.gov.au/database/cas.asp

  • Aviation History Online Museum
    This is a extract from Modern Aircraft compares American and German Airships and it includes many interesting photographs, including a rare photo of the crews' quarters. The author was Victor W. Page and it was published in 1927.
    http://www.aviation-history.com/theory/airship/airship.htm

  • Brookman's Park Newsletter
    This is report about the L31 Zeppelin shoot down in 1916 over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. It features seven photographs, including one of a Zeppelin caught in searchlights.
    http://www.brookmans.com/history/features/zeppelin/index.shtml

  • Burnt Cakes
    This teachers' resource is about Zeppelin attacks on Great Britain during World War 1. It is designed for key stage 3 of the national curriculum in Great Britain. It can be downloaded for free this teachers' aid and it features first hand accounts and a contemporary newspaper article with accompanying questions.
    http://www.burntcakes.com/resources/resource_140_3.html

  • DC Military
    This article was published in 2002 on the 65th Anniversary of The Hindenburg Disaster. It focuses on the role of the Naval Medical Dispensary at Lakehurst Naval Air Station and whether the ghosts of those who died during the disaster now haunt the Dispensary.
    http://www.dcmilitary.com/dcmilitary_archives/stories/082802/18829-1.shtml

  • Empire State Building
    The is the official website for the Empire State Building. This is a brief report from 2000 about whether the Airships' have played a part in the buildings' history and whether they where a factor in it's design.
    http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/tourism_facts_esbnews_july2000.cfm

  • Eyewitness to History
    Listen to Herb Morrisons' vivid description of the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937 and view a video clip of the tragedy.
    http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vohind.htm

  • Fathom
    Search using the term German Airship. One of the items returned will about the Hindenburg disaster and it is a eyewitness interview with Max Pruss, Captain of the Hindenburg.
    http://www.fathom.com/search/index.html

  • Federal Bureau of Investigations
    The FBI conducted an investigation into the Hindenburg Disaster. And they have released 337 pages of the 363 pages with 26 pages withheld.
    http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/hindburg.htm

  • First World War
    This is a massive resource of material relating to World War One. Using the search term Zeppelin returns six times as much items as Airship.
    http://www.firstworldwar.com/

  • Hindenburg Broadcast, The
    This is a collection of 2008 posts to an old time radio mailing list. The points raised mainly relate to technical aspects, but are still interesting.
    http://jeff560.tripod.com/hindenburg.html

  • NASA Technical Reports Server
    The NASA Technical Reports Server contains over 700,000 citations, documents and photographs from NASA and her predecessor, NACA. Try a variety of search terms to locate relevant information.
    http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp

  • Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
    Lakehurst, New Jersey is where the Hindenburg disaster happened in 1937. This website features a collection of images including images of the construction, interior and artefacts. There is also a full passenger list.
    http://www.nlhs.com/hindenburg.htm

  • Old Times Radio
    This page has a fairly large amount of interesting information about the Hindenburg Disaster at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey in 1937. It now includes a thirty six recording of Herb Morrison.
    http://www.otr.com/hindenburg.shtml

  • PortCities Hartlepool
    The city of Hartlepool in England was attacked on three separate occasions by Zeppelins during World War One. There are four articles, including the final one which assesses that the effectiveness of the raids.
    http://portcities.hartlepool.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConNarrative.110

  • Prints and Photographs Online Collection
    Search through the Prints and photographs online collection using search terms such as Zeppelin or German Airships. To view a gallery of the items returned, click on preview images.
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html

  • Roll of Honour
    This website collates information from war memorials inscriptions and other materials to record and honour those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, including some who died because of German Airships.
    http://www.roll-of-honour.com/search.html

  • Shropshire Routes to Roots
    This website is about the history of Shropshire. Zeppelin Raids is part of the Worlds War One and Two theme in the Places and events category. Zeppelin Raids is in seven parts and features transcriptions of contemporary source material and teachers' notes.
    http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/packages/war/war_z01.htm

  • Signal Alpha
    This page features a brief history of the Hindenburg, two audio recordings and two newsreels.
    http://www.signalalpha.com/Hindenburg_LZ_129.html

  • The Great War in a different light
    Scroll down to search this collection of over 8,000 articles, photographs and illustrations from the First World War. The search term Zeppelin returned many more items than Airship.
    http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/index.htm#Search

  • Trenches on the Web
    This is a direct link to the 1914-1918 Super-Search. The search term Zeppelin returns twice as many items as Airship.
    http://www.worldwar1.com/tsearch.htm

  • Vintage Radio
    This article is part of a regular series by the Chief Engineer Paul Litwinovich of Public Radio station WSHU. It includes background information about the Hindenburg disaster and you can also listen to the original broadcast.
    http://www.wshu.org/oldradio/2005/july05.php

  • War Times Journal
    Click on Wars and click again on The Great War (World War One) series. Two items relate to Airships: Chapter twelve of Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War by Admiral Scheer and Dark Autumn - 1916 German Zeppelin Offensive.
    http://www.wtj.com/

  • Western Front Association
    This association is a World War One historical interest group. Use the search terms such as Airship or Zeppelin.
    http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/

  • Wichita State University Special Collections
    This is a direct link to The Golden Age of The Great Passenger Airships exhibit. It features many photographs from the Harold G. Dick collection. There is even a link to a collection of postcards he mailed whilst onboard.
    http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/exhibits/haldick/haldick.html

  • Zeppelin Library Archive
    This website features Zeppelins, from the early days through to the modern era of the Zeppelin NT. Click on The Great Zeppelins for web pages about individual Airships.
    http://www.ciderpresspottery.com/ZLA.html

  • Zeppelin Museum Tonder
    During World War One there was a German Imperial Naval Zeppelin base in Tonder. The town is now part of Denmark, but back then it was part of Germany. The website has numerous photographs and includes diagrams and specifications for eighteen Airships, including the Zeppelin L19 that crashed in the North Sea.
    http://www.zeppelin-museum.dk/UK/home.html

  • Zeppelin!
    Zeppelin! is just one part of this website that features information about various Airships. The with the English text is in white and the German translation is in green. You can purchase an enamel reproduction of the Exposition poster from Förderverein Zeppelin-Tourismus, who are listed on my Posters, Prints and Signs page.
    http://www.altfrankfurt.com/Spezial/Zeppelin/


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