Chelsea Handler

So in 1936, the ship flew round trip across the Atlantic 17 times, including trips to both the U.S.

and Brazil.

That same year, the Hindenburg made an appearance at the Berlin Summer Olympics.

Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels thought it would be a powerful symbol of German

strength and technological superiority, which is an interesting take given how this story ends.

All this brings us to May of 1937.

The Hindenburg sets off on a routine flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey.

On board, we have 97 passengers and crew.

Now, you might be wondering, how much does a ticket cost?

It was $450 in 1937, which in today's dollars is about 10 grand.

Yeah.

It's like a lot of first class tickets on airplanes are in that zone.

Yeah.

Even like those.

I have I haven't been on one yet, but I'm I want to I want to fly on one of those like Emirates cabins.

Where you just get your own frickin hotel room bathroom.

Like, I just want to make a round trip.

I don't even want to get off the damn thing.

I love long flights.

Oh, I love it.