As the airship passed over Munich on its second trial flight the next afternoon, the city's Lord Mayor, Karl Fiehler, asked Eckener by radio the LZ129's name, to which he replied "Hindenburg".
Kada je na svom drugom probnom letu cepelin prošao preko Münchena, tadašnji gradonačelnik Karl Fiehler upitao je putem radija Eckenera za ime LZ129, na što je on odgovorio: "Hindenburg".