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Prallluftschiffe, auch Blimps genannt, sind Luftschiffe ohne starres inneres Gerüst. Die Luftschiffhülle ist dabei der Behälter für das Traggas sowie das tragende System zugleich, wodurch sich eine Ähnlichkeit zu Ballonen ergibt. Ihre aerodynamische Form erhalten diese Fluggeräte durch die Form der Hülle und einen leicht überhöhten Innendruck. Prallluftschiffe sind zu unterscheiden von Starrluftschiffen, deren Form durch ein starres Innenskelett aufrechterhalten wird.
Here is the wide view of the Blimp Hangar alcove a friend and I explored on Sept 21, 2019. The right side is 100 yards wide; the full width shown is 125 yards. We did not find any signs of habitation or visitation in this remote area of the Paria Plateau.
When I was a child, Baby Blimp was one of my constant companions. Baby Blimp is a hard rubber doll made by the UNEEDA Doll Co., Inc., date stamped 1967. I don't remember our introduction. For me, Baby Blimp always was. She was alway there--pleasant, silent, and plump. Neither her eyes, hair, arms, or legs move. Her mint green and white smock does not quite cover her stout belly and never will. The smock and its buttons, like everything about her, are permanent molding of durable rubber. I never questioned her immobility, her pale plastic-like skin, her gold locks, or her painted on blue eyes. I carried her--because of her girth--by the indention between her head and her gut. She is so round. There were many various and sundry dolls in my arsenal--many with dazzling features like blinking eyes, silk hair, and a decent change of clothes, but Baby Blimp is the one who remains. Today she is a symbolic reminder of childhood innocence. #MacroMonday #When I was a child...
Herb Cearley photo
Waiting for passengers, Pacific Electric "Blimp" 302 sits at the Bellflower station under dark skies. As of 2021, the track and the big electric car are gone, but the little depot remains.
Bellflower, CA
Mid-1950s
Train of the Day
2/13/21
Up, up, and Away!
A Massive Blimp for exploration and settlement construction on exoplanets and colonies.
The main unit for efficiently supplying newborn colonies, while exploring and prospecting.
It features a rather lagre observation deck which is ideal for topographic and geological surveys.
Follows a large uncovered cargobay which can hold small equipment such as rovers and diggers, supplies and small generators.
It also features a small docking bay on the side for scouts.
The 8 massive reactors propel this thing slowly and elegantly with a sweet humming noise.
Pilots of this thing reffer to it as the 'Rhino Unit' because of its massive size and the awkward positioning of the command deck.
365/2022 - Into the Light - Day 30 Jan 30
ODC - BRAND LOGO Thursday 27th Jan 22 - 2nd Feb 22 - Heard a noise outside the RV and looked out and saw this huge red blimp going by. It went past us then turned around and went right over my head.
The Goodyear Blimp made a two-day stop at our local airport, and I took a few shots of it with the A80. This was my favorite, a shot of the nose and the mooring post, which allows 360° movement around the post, and 180° movement over the post.
Desktop sized, so view it large!
Not one of my Hummers, thats for sure.
Glad She showed up today with clear skies, last time (a week or so ago) it was foggy overcast and did not get a good shot of her.
Marana, AZ. Traveling east.
5-15-22.
Photo by: Ned Harris
Note: When I saw this coming I called out "Blimp" to alert my friend. Actually this is not a blimp at all. It is a semi-rigid Zeppelin NT airship. It is built around a framework of high strength, lightweight carbon-fiber and aluminum. All of the ship's major components are mounted on the rigid structure.
In 1953, Oregon's Port of Tillamook Bay acquired a former WWII US Navy blimp base south of Tillamook and converted it into an industrial park. The deal made POTB a shortline operator - a five mile long spur connected the base to Southern Pacific's Tillamook Branch.
The Tillamook Branch's crossing of the Coast Range was an expensive railroad to operate and maintain, with ten tunnels and several large trestles. As continued SP operation of the Tillamook Branch became increasingly tenuous, POTB stepped up. In 1983, POTB began operating 31 miles from Tillamook to Batterson. Then, POTB secured trackage rights in 1986 to operate over SP from Tillamook to Hillsboro. After SP filed to abandon the line in 1989, the Port purchased the branch west of Schefflin siding (near Hillsboro) during 1990.
Naturally, the primary reason the Port purchased the line was to maintain freight rail service to TIllamook County. Before the right of way went inland, the branch ran through several tourist communities on the Oregon Coast. Once POTB started operating the SP line, it wasn't long before excursion trains hit the rails.
Some of the most spectacular trips on POTB went all the way over the Coast Range. On selected weekends in the fall, passengers could ride the 81 miles from Tillamook to Banks. Typically, the train ran east from the Coast on Saturday and returned on Sunday. On a fine fall morning, an eastbound train is rolling along Nehalem Bay near the town of Wheeler. This train from Tillamook will cross the mountains and terminate at the Tualatin Valley town of Banks.
Alas, trips over the Coast Range are no longer possible. A 1996 storm severely damaged the railroad and required millions of dollars to repair. This was followed by a storm in December 2007 that destroyed several miles of trackage in the mountainous Salmonberry River Canyon. Today, the line is out of service, and will likely never be rebuilt.
The Goodyear blimp, Mayflower, N4A.
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Produced from the original negative in my collection.
Wingfoot 2 succeeded The Spirit of Innovation at the Carson, California base in 2017.
Goodyear's website explains that Wingfoot 2 has an internal structure within its envelope and thus isn't technically a 'blimp,' but they will continue to use that term in the name.
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Happy Truck Thursday!
Can you see the truck? It's a tractor trailer that is dwarfed by the enormity of the Goodyear airship. Its advantage is that it can be driven to a chosen site in order to raise its pylon to moor the famous airship.
In the first photo within the comments we can see that the previous craft, The Spirit of Innovation and her predecessors were moored to a fixed pylon. A mobile pylon vehicle opens up many more choices of landing sites.