Blimp?

[smstonypoint]

Did any of you in MD/PA see the runaway blimp?

Military Blimp on the Ground in Pennsylvania: NORAD - NBC News

 

[riptides]

Quite an interesting story. The new reports were all over the place for a while. 16k feet of cable??? 6k of cable? Packed with radar??? A danger to most anything????

Crazy!

 

[Sprinklerman]

I use to see it on a sunny day from my house . Funny thing is , a buddy of mine built the blimp framework , not the cable that broke

 

[Wagtail]

Technically speaking, it's not a blimp but a 'tethered balloon'. ath:

Or non-tethered, in this case...

 

[MossRoad]

Did any of you in MD/PA see the runaway blimp?

View attachment 445508

Military Blimp on the Ground in Pennsylvania: NORAD - NBC News

That picture's got it all.... Amish, power lines, beluga whales...

 

[Wagtail]

That might not be a beluga whale...

 

[smstonypoint]

Technically speaking, it's not a blimp but a 'tethered balloon'. ath:

Or non-tethered, in this case...

I find "blimp" to be a woody type of word.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I see them on the way to work, only I didn't know what they were until now. They look like little clouds in the sky, on clear days.

 

[riptides]

I read up on them, seems like an incredible amount of money for a look-down radar system. One suppose to cost 235 million.

Now if one separates the tech, from the blimp, I wonder how much it costs?

 

[MossRoad]

$14.95

 

[Rustyiron]

Gubment must also cut back you know, the (HF) cable might have been free from China for doing so much borrowing from them. Kinda like getting a toaster from your bank for opening a new acct.:laughing:

 

[SPYDERLK]

The cable probably fatigued. Poor strain relief.

 

[smstonypoint]

The cable was cleft in twain.

Steve

 

[SPYDERLK]

The cable was cleft in twain.

Steve

No mention of terrorism.

 

[stuckmotor]

That picture's got it all.... Amish, power lines, beluga whales...

Guess I'd better brush up on the Amish, I didn't think they used power lines.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[Egon]

No mention of terrorism.

Clint out practicing!