On the afternoon of May 6, 1937, New Yorkers looked overhead at an astonishing sight, the arrival of the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world, drifting calmly across the sky. In size and prominence, the Hindenburg would prove to be the greatest airship of all. It was the Concorde of its day, providing luxurious transatlantic travel for the rich and famous.

A mark of the Zeppelin age still exists on the New York City skyline, atop the city’s most famous building! Despite plans for a mooring station, only one airship ever docked at the Empire State Building mooring mast.