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Hindenburg Dirigible Passenger Delivers Airship Lecture May 21 at the Museum of Flight

Noted airship historian recalls firsthand the age of great airships
 
SEATTLE – In conjunction with the opening of the Dr. H. Logan Holtgrewe World War I Aircraft Model Collection exhibit, airship historian Dr. Horst Schirmer will give a May 21 presentation on the history of Zeppelins in war and peace. Schirmer advised and provided plans to Holtgrewe in the making of a 13-foot-long scale model of the World War I L-30 Zeppelin dirigible for the new exhibit. Schirmer has nutured a life-long interest in airship history, and he is possibly the only person still alive who has flown on the ill-fated Hindenburg dirigible. The lecture is at 2 p.m., and is free with admission to the Museum.
 
Schirmer was born in the heart of Zeppelin country, in the city of Friedrichshafen at Lake Constance, Germany. His father was an aerodynamic physicist involved in the design of two of the most famous airships–the Hindenburg and the Graf Zeppelin. Schirmer has been a repeated lecturer for the Lighter Than Air Historical Society in Lake Hurst, N.J. He is an internationally known surgeon, and currently associate professor of Urology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.
 
The non-profit Museum of Flight is one of the largest independent air and space museums in the world. The Museum’s collection includes more than 150 historically significant air- and spacecraft, as well as the William E. Boeing Red Barn® — the original manufacturing facility of the Boeing Co. The Airpark includes outdoor displays with the first jet Air Force One, a Concorde airliner, and the first Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The Museum aeronautical library and archival holdings are the largest on the West Coast. The Education Office offers weekend family programs, programs for students and educators, and overnight camps for children. McCormick & Schmick’s Wings Café is on site.

The Museum of Flight is located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, Exit 158 off Interstate 5 on Boeing Field half-way between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport. The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors 65 and older, $13 for active military, $9 for youth 5 to 17, and free for children under 5. Group rates are available. Admission on the first Thursday of the month is free from 5 to 9 p.m. courtesy of Wells Fargo

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