The Blimp!!The Goodyear Blimp (or Airship, as they like to be called) has a base here in South Florida. I love when the blimp is out and about, it always makes me smile. The Goodyear blimp is based north of my home by about 20 miles. Lucky for me, I live near a municipal airport that hosts other blimps year round, such as the Metlife blimp, Direct TV, Ginn, Fujifilm, and Outback- to name a few. In February of 2005 I was lucky enough to ride on the Goodyear Stars and Stripes Airship.
Bringing the Blimp in for a landing.
Note our pilot with his hand out the window!
All tucked in for the evening.
We were up in the blimp for about 90 minutes, going up the Atlantic coast from Pompano into Palm Beach county and back. It was truely one of the best experiences ever!
Sadly, this blimp- the Stars and Stripes, crashed in a thunderstorm and is no more. There is a replacement blimp now, the Spirit of Innovation, which looks exactly like the old one.
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Wow, lucky you and brave you, too.
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