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Nice picture...
Having lived a few miles away from the Wingfoot Lake hanger, I picked up a few nice shots of four Goodyear blimps flying over our old house... that was before we had a digital camera, so I'll have go through the prints to find them.
Having lived a few miles away from the Wingfoot Lake hanger, I picked up a few nice shots of four Goodyear blimps flying over our old house... that was before we had a digital camera, so I'll have go through the prints to find them.
goaliedad
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when I was a youngster we were visiting my aunt and uncle in Flint MI- had a chance to see the Goodyear blimp land- what a sight! thanks for the reminder.
RobS
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Cool pic Dave! I take it the blimp was here for the game? I saw your new roundabout from the air the other day as I flew in, when is all that supposed to be done?
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I've got that same picture with the Fuji blimp, too. 
Every time I pull out of my driveway and turn left, I see something different in that spot. The big building is about 1/4 mile away and the blimp is about 3/4 mile past that.
It was in town two weekends ago to film the carnage that Michigan brought to Notre Dame!
When I was a kid, my dad took me to the Elkhart, Indiana airport to see the blimp on the ground. One of the gorund crew saw the look in my eye and asked if I wanted to sit in it. SURE! I was probably 5 or 6 years old at the time. I've been facinated by it since.
Rob,
There are two roundabouts now. My street has been permanently blocked off to the highway. That's good because it cuts down on traffic. There is one roundabout at the main airport entrance and another a half mile west at Mayflower, about 400 feet north of Edison. I thought things were going to be done by the end of October or early November. They are paving in a few places as rain permits. Traffic flow coming into town from the west will be very goofy, as they will have to curve south on Mayflower for a quarter mile, then take a roundabout to the right(roundabouts are always to the right in the good old USA) that will throw them 270 degrees to the left and then a 90 degree to the right, then another quarter mile and another 90 right, 180 degrees to the left and 90 degrees to the right before another curve to get back on the original highway. I expect multiple fender benders at the west roundabout. No fatalities as traffic will always go clockwise, but many fender benders. Let's wait and see.
Every time I pull out of my driveway and turn left, I see something different in that spot. The big building is about 1/4 mile away and the blimp is about 3/4 mile past that. It was in town two weekends ago to film the carnage that Michigan brought to Notre Dame!
When I was a kid, my dad took me to the Elkhart, Indiana airport to see the blimp on the ground. One of the gorund crew saw the look in my eye and asked if I wanted to sit in it. SURE! I was probably 5 or 6 years old at the time. I've been facinated by it since.
Rob,
There are two roundabouts now. My street has been permanently blocked off to the highway. That's good because it cuts down on traffic. There is one roundabout at the main airport entrance and another a half mile west at Mayflower, about 400 feet north of Edison. I thought things were going to be done by the end of October or early November. They are paving in a few places as rain permits. Traffic flow coming into town from the west will be very goofy, as they will have to curve south on Mayflower for a quarter mile, then take a roundabout to the right(roundabouts are always to the right in the good old USA) that will throw them 270 degrees to the left and then a 90 degree to the right, then another quarter mile and another 90 right, 180 degrees to the left and 90 degrees to the right before another curve to get back on the original highway. I expect multiple fender benders at the west roundabout. No fatalities as traffic will always go clockwise, but many fender benders. Let's wait and see.
PitbullMidwest
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Goodyear has a hose plant in Mt Pleasant, Ia and about 2 years ago the plant set a safety record of 1,000,000 work hours w/o a lost time accident. To celebrate they brought the blimp and each employee and their immediate family got to take a ride.
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Oh, man! Blimp rides!!!
I read somewhere that out east you can rent blimps for rides, parties, etc... I think I saw one last week that had rudder problems and the pilot had to put it down in some woods. No injuries. It just kind of sat down there.
When I saw that one when I was a kid, I also remember seeing the helium truck. It was a big semi trailer with lots of long green tanks and I remember hearing lots of engine noise... probably a pump or something. That was 40 years ago, so it is kind of fuzzy. It was evening and things were lit up pretty nice.
I read somewhere that out east you can rent blimps for rides, parties, etc... I think I saw one last week that had rudder problems and the pilot had to put it down in some woods. No injuries. It just kind of sat down there.
When I saw that one when I was a kid, I also remember seeing the helium truck. It was a big semi trailer with lots of long green tanks and I remember hearing lots of engine noise... probably a pump or something. That was 40 years ago, so it is kind of fuzzy. It was evening and things were lit up pretty nice.
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It was the hood blimp on the way to Fenway park. Pilot lost rudder control, was trying to put in on the beach before he was blown out to sea, but ended up in the woods.
Here are some pix cbs4
Here are some pix cbs4
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That's the one. Thanks for the extra pictures.
