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Goodyear Blimp Just Crashed
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| 12/3/2003
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Posted on 12/03/2003 11:04:14 PM PST by EUPHORIC
Reporting on local news is that the Goodyear Blimp just crashed after it got away from the ground crew in a wind gust. Cameraman hurt but not life threatening and the pilot is ok.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California; Unclassified; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aircraft; aircrash; goodyearblimp; lighterthenair; ohthehumanity; starjones
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To: Petruchio
Next you will be telling us that terrorists were behind it, and they bounced off a building nine times . . .
Whoa! How did you know?!?!?!?!
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:13:59 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
Goodyear Blimp.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:15:16 PM PST
by
Consort
To: pete anderson
ROFLOL
To: EUPHORIC
Reminds me of a joke from The Naked Gun. Priscilla says to Drebin that her boyfriend died in a blimp accident on New Year's Day. Drebin asks, "Goodyear?" Her response: "The worst."
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:16:05 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Consort
It's the Goodrich Blimp.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:16:20 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Are you blind with an IQ under 50? Then you too can be an ACC football referee.)
To: Yaelle
Happened in a Nursery (plant type) not far from the landing site north of the 91.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:16:41 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: Consort
Damm. I just drove by it 3 days ago. Wish I'd pointed it out to my kids.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:17:13 PM PST
by
null and void
(Even sheep have their limits.)
To: dfwgator
It's the Goodrich Blimp.
Blimp had "Good Year" on the side and is called "The Good Year Blimp".
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:18:58 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: EUPHORIC
A wind gust?
We have Fog coming in from the beach down here with not a hint of any wind!
I am south of Longbeach and some distance from the beach.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:20:19 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Davis is now out of Arnoold's Office , Bout Time!!!!)
To: EUPHORIC
The Blimp in happier times...
To: oyez
Was Snoopy o.k.?
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:24:30 PM PST
by
thesummerwind
(like painted skies, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
To: pete anderson
The entire crew is now talking like Donald Duck.HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!GASP!
I'm sorry but, pardon my typing, HAHAHAHA, I'm still trying to, HAHAHAHAAHA, clean off my keyHAHAHAHAHAHAboard, after that one!
I DO hope nobody was injured.
I recall back in the early '90's I had the opportunity to fly "The Goodyear Blimp" and it WAS an experience that is unforgettable
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:32:25 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
A wind gust?
That is what was said on public service radio. We shall see what develops but it sorta fits. How else would the blimp "get away" from the crew?
If you think about it that thing presents a HUGE cross section to any wind and there is NO way any number of people holding onto ropes will be able to restrain it if the wind overpowers the blimps engines and maneuvering abilities. It acts like a big windvane even when tethered.
I suspect they were low on fuel and HAD to come in or end up like a toy balloon in the wind that wanted to fall to earth... Blimp is almost neutral bouyant and needs powered forward movement to stay aloft after enough flight time for the initial positive bouyance helium load to leak off.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:36:47 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: Nightmare
This is just breaking.... Fox News has video. Crashed nose down in Carson, California. Crashed into a nursery.
To: EUPHORIC
Flat Tire.... I told them not to use Firestone, but no one ever listens...
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:41:20 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel it's true warmth!)
To: socal_parrot
The Blimp in happier times...
Sad to see it crash. Nothing but minor bumps until now to my knowledge. And for an Aircraft I've seen since I was a child (long time) that is an impressive record.
Sure hope they fix it and fly it again.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:42:41 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: ETERNAL WARMING
Ummm... a little kid nursery, or a plant type nursery thingie?
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:43:06 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel it's true warmth!)
To: EUPHORIC
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:48:11 PM PST
by
Porterville
(No communist or french)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel it's true warmth
DRUGS are like the hershey squirts. Only you can feel their effect but everyone else can SMELL YOU.
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:56:12 PM PST
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: EUPHORIC
Niiiiiiice ROTFL...
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posted on
12/03/2003 11:57:01 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel it's true warmth!)
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