President’s Message
Dear Members and Friends of NLHS,
We are now reopened for tours.
Come visit us to experience the amazing history
of Joint Base Lakehurst.
NLHS
PO Box 328
Lakehurst, New Jersey 08733
Carl Jablonski, President
Welcome to the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the distinguished heritage of Naval Air Station Lakehurst, located in Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
Although Navy Lakehurst will forever be remembered as the site of the Hindenburg disaster, many other significant events have taken place here. The rigid airships (ZRS 1) Shenandoah ( erected in Hangar #1), (ZRS-3)Los Angeles ,(ZRS-4)Akron and (ZRS-5) Macon all called the station home, as did many U.S. Navy blimps. The station was the western terminus for the commercial transatlantic flights of the German dirigibles Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin. Navy Lakehurst was the first International airport in the US. The first Navy Helicopter Squadron and the first live ejection seat test were at Navy Lakehurst.
In addition to NAS Lakehurst’s rich airship history, the station has served as a center for research into aircraft ejection seats and carrier aircraft launch and recovery techniques. The base’s mission continues today as the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst(NSA.)
Please take the time to browse our site and help to support us in preserving an important chapter in American history.
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N.L.H.S. is pleased to announce pre-production on a new Historical Film.
Our Film Director/VP Jennifer Suwak and VP/Historian Rick Zitarosa will be conducting and filming an interview with Dr. Schirmer at his home in Maryland this March.
This interview will be integrated into an engaging historical film.
Dr. Schirmer is the last living person to have flown on the Hindenburg.
He has extensive historical knowledge, as his father had designed the aeronautics for the airship!
Dr. Schirmer is now 91 years of age. We are pleased to have this opportunity to preserve Dr. Schirmer’s valued history for all to enjoy.
We are planning to have a premiere of this film at the Cathedral of the Air following this year’s 85th Hindenburg service on May 6th. 2022.
N.L.H.S. is asking that if you can do so, please consider making a voluntary contribution to help defray both production and post-production costs. Your support on projects like this is so greatly appreciated as it directly contributes to the mission of historic preservation and keeping our great history alive!
All Donors will be listed in the film credits!
Donations can be made to:
N.L.H.S.
P.O. Box 328, Lakehurst, NJ 08733.
Attn: Doc film.
