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On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and was destroyed in under 40 seconds. Thirteen passengers, 22 crew, and one ground worker were killed. The disaster effectively ended the era of commercial airship travel.
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On April 28, 1937, a Pan American Boeing 314 Clipper completed the first commercial transpacific flight, arriving in Hong Kong from San Francisco. With private bunks, a dining room serving five-course meals on fine china, and white-coated stewards, the Clipper was the pinnacle of luxury air travel — until the war drafted the fleet into military service and newer, faster aircraft rendered it obsolete by 1951.
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