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Die Jungfernfahrt der neuen Sonderform "Sonnenblume"
Welcome-Hotels Sonnenblume – D-OOWH – 5.543 m³
Höhe 32 m, Breite 27 m, Tiefe 16 m
2.508 m² Stoff - Gewicht der Hülle 274 kg
I rebuilt the blimp from the lego Indiana Jones 2 game. It is a cartoony version of the Hindenburg .
The MetLife blimp is in town for this weekend's football game between Mississippi State University and Texas A&M.
A Fuji-Film blimp is headed west along I-10 and the SP main line. Shot on Kodachrome Film of course 😈
"A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships (e.g. Zeppelins), blimps rely on the pressure of the lifting gas (usually helium, rather than hydrogen) inside the envelope and the strength of the envelope itself to maintain its shape." (thanks to the wonderful people of Wikipedia)
Goodyear's Aircraft Hanger is well over three football fields long. It sits on railroad tracks to expand and contract.
It is so large that it has it's own atmsopheric environment. It can actually rain on the inside while being dry outside. During WWII, it was painted black to be less visible from the sky. The Met Life blimp in the foreground gives some perspective as to it's size.
We got to go see and learn about a blimp and watch it take off. It was fascinating! Basically everything the pilot told us was a big surprise. I was startled when it took off to see that it takes off like a plane, as opposed to straight up like a helicopter or hot air balloon.
Another shot of the blimp. You may note the cord at the front end of the blimp that allows the opening to be adapted to the lens (max. diameter: 14 cm). It's a good idea to use the lens hood with the blimp because it prevents the (quite long) blimp from covering the front end of shorter lenses. The Sigma 17-70 should be regarded as a short lens under these circumstances, while a Tamron 70-300 is just long enough to be used without the hood.
As I was walking to the Cleveland Brown Staduim last Sunday to the Titans game the Goodyear blimp this particular one is the "Spirit of Goodyear" was flying over downtown Cleveland I'm not sure if it was heading some where, or was comming from some where. I've only seen the Goodyear blimp a couple of times I think it use to come to the Murfield Golf Tournament years ago and probably some Ohio State vs. Michigan games back in the day.
For 80 years, Goodyear blimps have adorned the skies as very visible corporate symbols of the tire and rubber company that began operations in 1898.
Today, these graceful giants travel more than 100,000 miles across the United States per year as Goodyear's "Aerial Ambassadors."
The blimp tradition began in 1925 when Goodyear built its first helium-filled public relations airship, the Pilgrim. The tire company painted its name on the side and began barnstorming the United States. Humble beginnings to an illustrious history.
Over the years, Goodyear built more than 300 airships, more than any other company in the world. Akron, Ohio, the company's world headquarters, was the center of blimp manufacturing for several decades.
During World War II many of the Goodyear-built airships provided the U.S. Navy with a unique aerial surveillance capability. Often used as convoy escorts, the blimps were able to look down on the ocean surface and spot a rising submarine and radio its position to the convoy's surface ships. . . in essence acting as an early warning system. Modern surveillance technology eventually eclipsed the advantages of the airship fleet, and in 1962 the Navy discontinued the program.
Today, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company no longer mass-produces airships. In the United States it operates three well-recognized blimps: the Spirit of Goodyear, based in Akron, Ohio; the Spirit of America, based in Carson, California; and the Spirit of Innovation, in Pompano Beach, Florida.
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Goodyear Blimp at Texas State Technical Institute, Waco, TX around 1983.
Photo replaced on 11 July 2018.
We got to go see and learn about a blimp and watch it take off. It was fascinating! Basically everything the pilot told us was a big surprise. I was startled when it took off to see that it takes off like a plane, as opposed to straight up like a helicopter or hot air balloon.