The Hindenburg's Radio Room: Wireless Aloft The Hindenburg carried a full radio room in her control car, with a trailing aerial wire hundreds of feet long. This guide covers wireless aboard the great airship - scheduled reports, passenger traffic, and aviation's rehearsal. Quick facts Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg Radio room in the control car Aerial trailing wire Traffic positions, weather Final flight 6 May 1937 Airship wireless was aviation's rehearsal: scheduled reports, disciplined watches, navigation by bearing. The practice survived the airships and became the skeleton of air communication; the code it spoke outlasted the hydrogen age entirely. Start now: morsecodeworks.com Morse Code Works - free Morse code tools and guides. Reference chart