We’re just past the anniversary of the May 6, 1937 crash of the Hindenburg. The zeppelin – or rigid airship – famously met its demise in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people; 13 passengers, 22 crewmembers, and one worker on the ground. But when you read S.C. Gwynne’s new book, His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and […]
There are more than 700 air and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday, we highlight one of them. Eventually we’ll hit them all. This week: The Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon. The museum has about three dozen aircraft in its collection, but I’ve chosen to highlight it this week because of history of […]
We’re just past the anniversary of the May 6, 1937 crash of the Hindenburg. The zeppelin – or rigid airship – famously met its demise in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people; 13 passengers, 22 crewmembers, and one worker on the ground. But when you read S.C. Gwynne’s new book, His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and […]
There are more than 700 air and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday, we highlight one of them. Eventually we’ll hit them all. This week: The Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon. The museum has about three dozen aircraft in its collection, but I’ve chosen to highlight it this week because of history of […]