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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, the world's largest airship, ignited in a giant fireball as it prepared to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey - a disaster immortalized by searing newsreel footage and Herbert Morrison's unforgettable 'Oh, the humanity!' commentary. The chain of events that ignited Hindenburg's hydrogen remains one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
At the height of its fame in 1977, the popular southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, was struck with tragedy--a plane crash that killed the band's founder and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant along with Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. The survivors give their firsthand accounts of the wild times of the band, the 72 hours leading to the crash, the harrowing...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of two passenger steamships that were converted into makeshift aircraft carriers in order to train more than 15,000 pilots and 40,000 deck crew in the safety of Lake Michigan, where today, more than one hundred World War II aircraft still rest on the lake bottom.
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