The Naval Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst New jersey must be one of the most famous airfields in the world. If you’ve ever watched the extraordinary footage of the German passenger airship Hindenburg catching fire as it attempted to moor, you’ll have seen Lakehurst. That’s where the disaster took place.
Despite its notorious past, Lakehurst is still a centre of airship engineering and technology. In 2012, it was home to the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, an airship designed and built for the US military to use for surveillance purposes over Afghanistan…..READ MORE