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[BradyLS]

Used to have a model of a Goodyear blimp when I was a kid.

[NRx]

Very interesting. With all of our improved technology I’d love to see another attempt at passenger airships. That would be awesome for really long distance travel. Maybe a bit slower than a jet, but way more comfortable.

[ClearCase_guy]

Thank goodness! They were flying death traps. One passenger lights up a cigarette and BOOM! OH THE HUMANITY!

[Two Kids' Dad]

I wonder if there are any private companies that have flying homes planned. basically, a cross between a blimp and an RV. If a family has a decent sized spread of land they could tether it near their permanent home and then use the RVBlimp for vacations and such. I’d love to float one up to a nice high altitude to watch a sunset or just get some quiet time above it all.

[JoeProBono]

[PAR35]

A story that got it right. Most reporters don’t even know what a semi-rigid is. Goodyear probably always had a decent press packet, but finally a reporter bothered to read it?

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[piasa]

Interesting article about a poorly known air disaster:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-10-26/travel/9710260142_1_goodyear-blimp-dirigibles-lasalle-street

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I've actually been in that Blimp, have pics to prove it. It was based just off the 405, and easily visible as you drove past.

My co-worker Allen was obsessed with the Blimps and was (probably still) a regular fixture. He even got to drive it.

[truth_seeker]

Blimp, LTA, dirigible, airship

[mom4melody]

Wingfoot 2 lives 5 minutes from my house.

[Yaelle]

My kids grew up driving by the blimp’s “house. “ It was often pressed into service over the port after 9/11. We love that blimp. Plus the great exchange in Naked Gun.

“My fiancé was killed in a horrible New Year’s Day blimp
Accident at the Rose Bowl. “

“Good year?”

“(Sob) The worst!”

[wastedyears]

Here’s a (long) song about an airship disaster.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YbAhn7iKLPc

[wastedyears]

Here’s a (long) song about an airship disaster.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YbAhn7iKLPc

[Melian]

A relative works for Goodyear and has taken rides in the blimp. It is an amazing experience, according to him. I wonder if the new version will change the sound it makes in flight.

[Deplorable American1776]

Goodyear is not the only blimp nowadays...MetLife is floating around, too...

[Buckeye McFrog]

a semi-rigid dirigible.

All those sportscasters will have a lot of fun trying to spit THAT one out!