The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!

The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!

Although the airplane had been invented in 1903 and saw rapid adoption by the world’s militaries during World War I, air travel was far from luxurious during the 1930s. However, a class of luxurious lighter-than-air craft known as zeppelins captured the world’s attention: they were quiet, relatively stable, and gave passengers a far more stately way to travel. As the world struggled out of the Great Depression, would fleets of zeppelins become t…