The first test flight of the new German Zeppelin airship 'Hindenburg' (LZ 129) attracted the great attention of the international press, The airship is pulled out with the tailpiece ahead from its balloon hangar in Friedrichshafen at the Bodensee. The first flight of the 'LZ 129' took place on 04.03.1936. On 06.05.1937 the airship burned in Lakehurst, USA.