Avoid Flying on the Hindenburg!
- ISBN-10
- 1906370982
- ISBN-13
- 9781906370985
- Category
- Aircraft accidents
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Author
- Ian Graham
Description
Travel back to the 1930s and find out why you should avoid flying on the Hindenburg. Through the eyes of an airship mechanic, follow the story of the famous doomed airship from its design and construction to its firey final voyage on May 3rd 1937.
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