What It Takes To Fly The $21 Million Goodyear Blimp
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2019
- We took a ride on the world-famous Goodyear Blimp as it flew above the Daytona International Speedway where it provided aerial coverage for NASCAR in February. Our journey began at the Blimp Base in Pompano Beach, Florida - from there, the Blimp flew 200 miles north to a small airport in New Smyrna, where it would call home for the weekend.
We got to spend about five hours in the Blimp, which was updated in 2014 in collaboration with the Zeppelin company. The new model isn't technically a Blimp, due to the internal structure inside its balloon, or envelope.
This is what it's like to fly on the iconic Goodyear Blimp, which isn't accessible to the public - only the crew and invited guests are allowed to go for a ride.
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What It Takes To Fly The $21 Million Goodyear Blimp
2:51 : "Six months to maybe a little over a year"
So you need a goodyear of training to fly this thing?
Buch oh my
Haha nice one
Haha
Buch lol nice one
r/excellentpuns
When I was younger, I thought the people sat in balloon part
same LMAOO
Same 😂
acydic. I though they flew in the rudder or very tip
Yall honestly stupid while kids
I still believed that until today .
My dad had a tire shop in the 70s...he was a big Goodyear dealer... pretty much exclusive. He was given tickets to fly on the blimp when it came to our city. For some reason, I was the only one to go up, not even my parents were with me. So we go up and I was invited to go up next to the pilot. It was quite cool but as a kid I didn't get the gravity of it. So there was this big wheel like a wheel on a ship between the two front seats...I asked if I could move it. He had his hand on it and said " yes , just very slow forward " ...well being 7 years old I reefed on it back and fourth...not a good idea evidently , I was sternly told to go back to my seat lol "...I still have my ticket.
So, about 34 years latter ( 2014 ) my dad passed away from prostate cancer. My parents have a big piece of land and the following spring I was helping my mom with the garden...so we hear this brrrrrr...and here comes the Goodyear blimp. We hadn't seen it in our town for years and years. It gets closer and closer and is coming right in our direction. So veers off , turns sideways and comes in REAL low. Freakishly low. It goes by with the light up sign flashing " Goodyear " ...we were crying. We know someone high up remembered my dad. He was a good tire dealer ...did all the city fire, cops, regular city vehicles, contracts with local mills etc. So I can only think they remembered him and did a flyby. Their house isn't even in the city so they had to go out of the way to do this. It hadn't been in our town since the late 90s so...it had to be planned.
Thank you Goodyear !
That’s incredible
Great story
lol rip
So nostalgic! Thanks for sharing such wonderful memories ❤️
Religion is the cancer of humanity
Please educate yourself
My dad worked 36 years at Brazil's Goodyear and one day he brought the whole family in a flight on this beauty. I'll never forget that
What. Did goodyear brought the blimp to Brazil?
@@CorredorDigital_ Goodyear has 3 of them.
WOW!
How does one ever get a ride on the blimp? I see it everyday almost here in LA and it’s been on my bucket list for years!
@@ReelsCW in 1990, my girlfriends Dad was a Vice President of marketing for a big grocery chain in San Francisco. Somehow, he was able to get my gf and I a ride on the Goodyear Blimp. It was crazy, the crew and us passengers were in a cockpit the size of a motor home. We could talk to the pilot from our seats. He flew us over the Oakland Collisium and dipped us down low over it. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done. They gave us signed cards that said we had flown in the blimp.
“You know everyone wants to see a blimp.”
GTA5 players: *pulls out rpg*
Its annoying getting shot while joy flying ;-;
*Hindenburg flashbacks*
@@surfyplayer8231 *timeless flashbacks*
reinardjared There’s a crazy thing called an invite-only session.
TommyTom21 No, but you _can_ do them in a solo public session. I’d never do business stuff in a full lobby.
heading over to see if spacex need any grass cutters
lolbot same
Nice one
@Genipsis Space Agency What about Starship
Heading over to Jeff Bezo for a grass cutter job
I think they just blew up their grassfields...
In the '80s when I was in high school, there was a Goodyear Blimp based right across the freeway from our school. I was on the yearbook staff and we requested a ride to photograph the campus from above. Goodyear was happy to oblige. When it was our turn, they put me in the co-pilot seat. We flew around, I took pictures, and then the pilot asked if I wanted to fly it. This was an older model with pedals for the rudders and a big wheel beside each seat for elevators. I'll never forget that day. For a few minutes, I got to fly the Goodyear blimp.
that sounds amazing
this is a very wholesome story thank you for sharing
that's incredible! a piece of aviation history, no doubt.
Outstanding!
The pilot who started off as a landscaper for good year. Amazing story, peoples dreams can come true
Due to eye problems I could not find a shit to give.
r/woosh me if ur gay
Hell Yeah! That is is the reason why he appreciates the work and effort of the people behind the scenes! Kudos to him and all those people who make this whole thing possible!
Yes I know a pilot who worked for Ryanair he's now a landscaper,
Dreams are more often destroyed by corporate businesses
Probably took them a Good Year to build it.
Underrated
Id say maybe a good decade
Pun
goliath yeti maybe a good century
Celine Payton or a good millennium
I’m gonna piss people off at parties when I interject that the Goodyear Blimp is actually a semi-rigid airship.
Julian Fullwiley talk about a fight starter lol
Almighty God George Soros #420 #GetRekd it’s a joke boomer
You'll be right.
Chaotic neutral
What a great idea
I don’t know why it made me smile when they said that the blimp would spin around in circles at night while parked. Also I feel like a crash in that thing would feel like a gentle ground boop.
@@ranjan_v not the same. It's not hydrogen filled. But yeah prob not pleasant still 😂
@@ranjan_v Ever heard of helium?
It's very much true, I had a Good Year Airship operating from LPCS for Portugal's 1993 Formula One Grand Prix and the ship behaves just like a wind sock. It will rotate around the mast according to wind direction. I was Controller back then and later took a ride on her. 😀
Blimp: *appears*
WWI Veteran Reincarnated:
_aww sh t here we go again_
😂😂😂😂😂
Can’t believe there aren’t any WWI vets anymore.
Edo tensei
LOL
@mohammedpilote669 haddad their all dead
It's all good until it got attacked by pigeons using Blitzkrieg tactic
Or by Banzai burgers
That one dark kid in class
Lol actually pigeons r smart
Lol
@MoC Chaos what?
“I didn’t even realize this job existed until I found it.”
-Mr. BlimpMan
Didn't realize they still fly blimps this openly in public....
Why still? it is unpredictably dangerous.
@@1unartic probably has to be closed to the mainland too for easy rescue events.
@@1unartic we think by now that we would already be building advanced airships by now....
*metal/titanium-built* airships.
or just Spaceships to make things easier to imagine.
@@1unartic I say it so because it is an easier popable giant oval-shaped balloon. even an average bird could do some pecking until it eventually combust (though that is probably just me being paranoid).
Modern aerial jets are Far from Perfect, but they would be sturdier if ever one does crash into the Earth filled with a Hundred people inside it so long as the pilots does have a proper control and timing for they could emergency-land....
One time I thought there was a huge ass flying saucer over my house. It was late evening. The sun was going down. Bottom covered by trees. Nearly gave me a heart attack. Then it turned.
Goodyear. The blimp was floating only about 100 feet above my house.
That’s a big improvement from the previous generation blimps. I had an opportunity to look inside the cockpit of the older model and I was shocked at how small it was.
Wrong wrong .look at USA Macon and uss Akron . I love it when they said it could only pick up a little bit.? Yeah buddy an aircraft carrier flying with planes inside. Being launched and captured. Anyway it'll be over soon
@@onewordhereonewordthere6975 Those are rigid airships, meaning that they can fit things inside the "balloon" due to using internal gas bags. A blimp or semi-rigid just could not do that, limiting internal capacity to just the cockpit.
@@allbirdsareedible they're called a dirigible airship. Are you aware the USS Macon and the USS Akron crashed and did not blow up 70 sailors 6 planes galley , officers mess living living quarters and let's not forget 6 airplanes. Helium can never pick
up that much weight. When the Hindenburg burnt up only the camera and the camera man was there . The so-called reporter ad-libbed. As a child and a young adult it terrified me and a whole lot of others . But no more. I know why they're lying and they are 100% LYING I really don't care if anybody believes me .
Yes I do care . But they're trolls will relentlessly we're down through tactics that are childish and Evil. It's not just the airship it is the fuel that despite what anyone says it's easy to make and safer than gasoline aviation fuel kerosene. It is the ultimate sustainable development it's byproduct is itself . Even better the process cleans it. People just believe what their mind-control says. Sorry govern ment . Along with Walt Disney the propaganda wing of the CIA.
*_I wonder if the Blimp Tires are Goodyear_*
*lol*
Why do you always *SCREAM THE COMMENTS!!??!*
Nah man, there Lego
Didnt you hear, its not a blimp
Of course not, they re chinese lol
The music was impeccable.
Haha I was wondering why no one is taking about the music .
im high rn and its really chillin me out
Yeah, really gives off a "classic airship" vibe.
German engineering is the best! Way better than the USA!
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw Wait. That's illegal
somehow it gives me an "aww" feeling when it took off. as nostalgic as a Disney cartoon in the 50s
Living in Arizona we see the Goodyear blimps quite frequently. Needless to say it's always amazing to see
Honestly, being from Akron, I never realized it was special as a kid, I just thought that every city had their own blimp and never batted an eye
When a camera is worth more than your house
Just a random channel when a balloon is x30 your house.
@@jamiegoddard1781 oof
I was expecting them to say something bigger like $800k to 1mil. The importance of the events it covers and there being only one on the ship I bet its an incredible piece of equipment.
Kilikus nah, just slap a Galaxy s10 on a mount and call it a day.
Shotover makes them
2 snipe shots in gta and your 20 mil is gone 😂
It is not hydrogen based it's helium based . It can leak but can not blast
i once hit this kid from far away from a building he was in a insurgent he crashed i took the shot and killed him it was so awesome he was so pissed off he chased me down lol
@@Eugenepanels Oh wow you hit a target standing still, thank you hollywood 899 very cool!
It doesn't blow that easily in gta
Maxilimianmus when a famous basketball player thinks your comment is funny.....
Back in the late 90's we had some kind of a blimp fever in Argentina, and we had different blimps flying across the country, including _Good Year_ and _La Serenísima_ blimps... It was amazing to see them floating in the distance. XOXO
I played enough GTA to know how to comandeer this
alright now crash it into fort zancudo
As a kid i thought people would ride inside the round thing
God Mode In the big Airships of the 30s the Passenger cabins were actually in the lower section of the Lifting Body
Bro same
As a kid I knew that passengers would ride in the gondola and not in the body of the airship, but I was always wondering how airships like the Hindenburg could carry 87 people if the gondola was so small. So actually passenger airships did have cabins inside the body.
LMAO SAME
They don't???
To put the 21 mil in perspective, a passenger airplane costs about 200 - 300 mil...
Kevin M. Smet the most common narrowbody planes seat 150 and cost $50 mil after discounts ($100 mil list price)
@Mohit Patel larger wide bodies do, not the majority narrow body or any single isle
you can buy a Boeing 747 for just over 2 million, but you have to pay for maintenance...
Kuick No you can’t
Jake Root USED 747s* sold by airlines who have previously used them
Wow, the new "Blimps" are a far cry from the old GZ-20's that were in service when I worked for Goodyear Canada Inc. The old versions were only 192 feet long, had hardly any passenger capacity, and were much less tech oriented, but they were fun to fly. As an employee I had the opportunity to fly in them on 3 occasions, and actually took control of the craft for several minutes on one of the flights, and have a certificate of provenance that made me an honorary Blimp Pilot.
Wow, I sat through this entire clip without skipping. I Enjoyed this Clip!
I haven’t seen a blimp for like seven years
Same
my age is what u said
Isaiah Robertson seen one in the summer while traveling where they’re standing in the video, it’s beautiful
I've never seen one. Do they look big?
go to a popular beach during the summer here in NJ they pop by all the time from late spring until late summer
The newest branch of the military:
Balloon Bois
NPC #7048164 Been around since the civil war
How about the German Zeppelin in WW1?
Actually they recently came up with a new design which would be able to carry quite a bit of weight
now THAT i’d be willing to pay taxes for
Zeppelins were used during WW1 to gather intelligence
I am being honest i liked it.But there was something that made me like it even more, that background music perfectly synced with slow moving plane with relaxing atmosphere.
Was poking around through the cobwebs on my bookshelf last night and pulled a small hardback from one of the dusty layers. Instantly a rush of joy filled my mind. It was Dr. Paul Litchfield's "Why Has America No Rigid Airship?" Few corporations have a sense of vision, or especially a sense of national vision. Perhaps nowadays vision is considered a costly luxury, hardly justifiable. But by the mid 20th century, after people had mostly given up on big rigid airships as a good (transportation industry) idea, Goodyear CEO Dr. Litchfield remained fast to his personal vision. In my mind, his vision is legendary. Thank you so much, Goodyear, for keeping that lighter-than-air idea up and going.
'Sees a blimp'
GTA 5 players takes out sniper rifle.
rpg* but sniper is good too
@@sex_therapist no wtf
Николић Кристијан why not
Player : Alrighty then. 3...2...1...[GUNSHOT]
5? Ppl were doing that since Vice City
I bet he says ”damn it was a good day” everytime he clocks out
I gotta say this year was a goodyear
At the end of each year, I bet he says it’s been a good year while he’s saying hello to his 6 figures
And then he calls me and tells me I’m a pimp
ICE CUBES A PIMP
@Benjamin Schmitt I bet he must be TIREd after work
I've seen the Goodyear Blimp many times over the beaches of Cape Cod, and even over Olympic Park just before London 2012. But I honestly learned so many things in this short film that I had no idea about!
The fact that he gave credit to the crew made the video great 💯
ive seen it at my elementary school several times, looking back it was just so cool knowing theirs only 15-20 blimps left and ive seen this one multiple times, the Goodyear blimp.
i didnt know it was so rare, I live close to one, its right next to the 405 freeway
@@amara7163 I’m from oc so I see it on the way to lax all the time!
@@amara7163 they are so rare because they are absurdly expensive, even most rich people can't afford it. And yes, I have never heard from no one that I know that have seen it nor myself, except of videos and old movies.
theres actually thousands of things that are basically blimps but dont classify as one. This Goodyear blimp isnt even a blimp
5:50 I just learned to fly a blimp in over 10 seconds
Time to fly into a school
But did you learn how to land
GTA 😂
K 😂
Sounds like an Osprey with extra cubic feet of helium
N1A Wingfoot 1 is based here in Pompano Beach Florida! Where this film was shot. As a 40 year resident of Pompano Beach, I can tell you we are very possessive about OUR blimp! We are used to seeing it in the sky every day. N1A is VERY quiet compared to the old blimps. You could hear the old blimps coming N1A sneaks by. The light-sign on the side of the blimp is as much of the Holidays as Christmas lights. We would really miss it if it leaves!
It’s oddly majestic how it just gracefully floats through the sky
I wish we had Airship Cruise liners
Steampunk fantasy 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
The Emirates a380 is the closest thing
We used to
Yeah we did, until Hindenburg
Yes!
I wish there were blimps everywhere. The world would really start looking like an utopia.
They could reduce emissions in aviation
oh vey
True fam
@@mrboomward no
the pfp pic tho
Earth: Has a helium shortage
Blimp: Hold my beer
Its safer than hydrogen I guess 😨
I wish cities would have an airship just for the heck of it. Such an inspiring piece.
My brother and I rode in this in the 70's. I recall it being very loud inside the cabin.
That was the Goodyear blimp. This is the Zeppelin NT.
Good point. I’ll always think of it as the ‘blimp’, though.
wp r it’s still called the Goodyear blimp by everyone is including Goodyear themselves
The pilots are wearing QC35s (noise canceling head phones) so probably
I rode it back before they moved the propellers to the balloon, and it was noisy as hell.
I remember in elementary school everything would stop when the good year blimp was flying through
I’m in elementary and rarely anyone notices it
ToxicCS on earth
Pixel for real?
@@Blahblaubaljablaj you're a liar
@@Blahblaubaljablaj there was no mobile phones and internet not too long ago
In my Home town during the summertime, one of the Goodyear blimps always flies over for events happening in the cities around me.
I first seen it in the late 90s when I was a kid... it’s one of those things you’ll never forget
"The enemy is being reinforced with an airship"
Sure the competition hears this in their minds.
JonatasAdoM bf1 reference?
JonatasAdoM *seven nation army in distance*
*KIROV REPORTING*
@@CarlosLopez-sx4kt battlefield 1
peapol of the common wealf we are brother hood of stell
The real question is does it have WiFi?
You can probably get mobile coverage
no, but it does have cigarette lighters
Yes cuz it’s broadcasting
Yes, it's broadcasting live
And cup holders
In 1978, the Goodyear Blimp was selling rides on it for $15.00! As I was on vacation in Miami,
I went to the Blimp base to ride on it! Unfortunately, when I got there & the blimp was right
in front of me, I was told that rides were suspended for today because they were shooting
a documentary film over the Everglades! Being a lifelong Airship lover, I left downhearted
since I was going home the next day & knew that would probably be my only chance to
ride on one!
You would have to fly over to Germany. The Zeppelin Company in Friedrichshafen offers rides on their Zeppelins.
It looks so peaceful when it flys it just makes you happy :)
Imagine seeing a 'Good Year' blimp flying over in 2020
Lol!
I would appreciate the optimism.
the joke here is that 2020 is not a "good year"
maybe the fact that it hasn't flown is why 2020 hasn't been a good year 😶
LOL you need to start a meme channel
I throughly enjoyed this video! When I was a child, if the Goodyear was spotted, my mother would load me and my sister into the car to chase it. Literally! She would hop curbs, go off road in our '70 Chevelle. She would only stop when trees, or a fence blocked our passage, or until the muffler was ripped off the car! This happened numerous times throughout our childhood! Good times!
What a relaxing experience to fly
Props too you mate! Started out cutting grass and ended up flying the flagship of the whole damn operation! Hard work pays.
When i was little i loved blimps. My mom wrote them asking if me and my brothers could come aboard. They said sure free of charge and took us over the bay area. One of the coolest experiences of my life.
I asked and I too was afforded the opportunity to board w my family. A experience I’ll never forget! The story the pilot shared w me has never left me! They told me how they glided across the country at slow speeds w a crew that follows them to land. I’ll for ever dream wishing I could have that experience if I ever win the lotto. That will be my first experience. Thank you Goodyear for giving me and my family the opportunity to experience this ride
I used to see alot of blimps as a kid, how come I don't see them anymore!?
I saw them in 2OII, but in 2OI3 they suddenly stopped :(
The Hindenburg disaster kinda killed the industry
@@tectubedk In all seriousness apparently the Hindenburg was absolutely massive. It was 4 times longer than the Goodyear blimp.
Old Turtle same
TheModelFlightChannel oh. In Maryland I would see them all the time, not anymore :(
I live in Orlando and I remember walking outside my house a few years ago and seeing that in the sky!
I used to watch the Pompano Goodyear blimps fly overhead. Such a beautiful sight to see. Could see it for miles in any direction
I remember falling in love with Blimps back in 2003. At the National Museum of the USAF in Ohio, 4 Blimps came to fly together to celebrate 100 years of flight! The four Blimps were the Goodyear blimp, Saturn Blimp, MetLife Blimp, and the Fuji Film blimp.
And my love for this particular Goodyear "Airship" in the video began in 2015 when it visited Oshkosh, WI during EAA AirVenture!
Tf?
Wonderful! When I was a kid I could board an older version that visited Italy.
Whoever chose the music for this did a great job. Very on point at all times
So it's not just a floating advertisement?
No Jack, it's a floating adventure.
@@saffakanera best answer ever
The world would be better with more of these. The people have spoken. They evoke such a curiosity as no other vehicle does. We need more.
This is amazing and nostalgic...I spotted one yesterday for the first time since I was a child.. blimps intrigue me 😎
They brought the Good Year Blimp Wednesday night to Tupelo, Mississippi. They own Cooper Tire which was hit months ago. They brought the blimp to show the appreciation for the hard work that the employees did to try to get back on track. It was amazing watching this in person. After work I drove about 30 minutes just to watch it and be able to record my own videos of it. I knew they came from Florida because I saw the tag on one of the maintenance vehicles.
It’s so adorable with the music it just makes me laugh🤣🤣 and that’s how they do those shots
haha yea the music makes it funny when it takes off
What's the difference between a tyre and 365 condoms?
One is a Goodyear and the other is a very good year.
Leap year?
tire*
John Greer tyre is American, tire is British
@@goldyshark8061 wtf im American and I use tire.
@@goldyshark8061 wrong way round. Here in Scotland it's Tyre.
Living in Akron, I see them at least once a year. Sometimes they'll have two flying about. You can hear them rumbling above you when you're in the house so odds are, you know it's a blimp. I like to see them best at night when they have lighted pictures & ads on the sides.
I have memories of seeing it flying over Long Island. My dad worked for Grumman. He would take me over to the field to see it when it was tethered to the pole parked in the field.
*"Such a big piece of aviation history"*
*Such a small piece of aviation history"*
*Which one should I take?*
Yes
The first one sounds better
Didn't know that was worth that much
Yea you could buy 132 of my houses for the price of one blimp
@@bderrick4944 youre saying your house costs 160k , where can I find houses like that lol.
@@danikbas5426 Southwestern Ohio I suppose.
@@77l96 for example an A320 passenger liner (180 seats and a medium range) costs almost 100 million
@@gencu9730 no they don’t bud, you don’t need to lie in the internet.
The best ride of my life, thanks so much!
I remember going to the Indianapolis Speedway and seeing the Goodyear Blimp flying overhead; I used to think that was so cool!!! I still do!
Whenever I see the Goodyear Blimp now it reminds me of spending time with my dad, grandpa and brother.
*Explosive Sniper* : I'm gonna end this blimps whole career
Akumjit Sohal Helium isn’t explosive.
DoodlezThe Golden yeah its gta online reference
DoodlezThe Golden Whoooosh
@@birbez8903 gta v reference
Kaly Bukovich gta online reference
Proud to have been part of the Airship Operation for almost 8 years. True professionals from the Ground Crew to the Techs, to the Pilots. (A lot of fun also).
Heh, here in germany that blimp is flying like all day
Hello, and Thank you, for such a Great and Informative Video Tour. While on vacation in Florida, in 1958, the general public was allowed to ride on the Goodyear Blimp. I believe then, the cost was around $5.00 to $10.00. The wind was quite gusty, on that day, so flights were cancelled. At least I was able to view the blimp, at a fairly close distance of a few hundred feet! Thanks again.
so basicly it isn't a Blimp any more, but a Zeppelin.
Not really a true Zeppelin either. Those had a fully rigid frame. With its semi-rigid frame the Zeppelin NT is somewhere between a blimp and a Zeppelin.
@@hzzlrp10 A Blimplin!
hzzlrp10 What’s the difference between a zepplin and a dirigible?
@@eggrollsoup None. A Zeppelin was a dirigible made by a specific company.
In other words all Zeppelins were dirigibles, thought not all dirigibles were made by the Zeppelin company.
@@hzzlrp10 Were? You know that the Zeppelin company still exists, right?
6:30
Formula 1 helicopter camera crew: *Amatures..*
Lmao
LilRickie lmao I’ve been thinking about this
Have you ever seen WRC’s helicopter camera crews? Those guys are mad men
@@GamingBros36 meh, but yeah still a lot harder than Nascar
LilRickie well lol.
Not me seeing a blimp and then watching this whole video in awe of blimps
I saw it a few times when I was a small child in Seattle during the 90s. I was hooked when I saw it.
This is one of the most wholesome videos and comment section I have ever seen
yeah just don't watch the hindenburg disaster then
@@kitma9 Yeah that's what I came from lol
I now feel blessed to have seen blimps flying in the sky in my childhood
I remember when I was 4 years old in 1968, dad had a new car and we travelled to Florida to visit relatives. He pointed out the Goodyear blimp at Opa Locka, Florida. I wonder if these new semi-rigid airships are manufactured by the same company that built the Hindenburg? Great video.
Indeed, both were built by the Zeppelin company.
5:17 *"piss empowered"* that's a bad ass ship 😂
Who else finds blimps really fascinating?
Me!
Crackhead.Cammy honestly, they look like shit and boring as hell
I got so interested in them in world war 2, the giant menacing masses just flying around mounted with guns
Mr Hippo uh
Mr Hippo wrong war
My mom took me on a goodyear blimp when I was 6 months old. She convinced the operators to let us on, no idea how, but I've got pictures to prove it.
I wanna see a blimp again 😭 I saw them as a kid a lot more
Saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp,
And it read Ice Cube's a pimp.
no u didnt
I WAS GONNA COMMENT THIS MAN
Great video and great choice in background music
This is just the latest incarnation of this marvellous aircraft. The original flew over my school in May 1975 when it really WAS a 'blimp' . The tragedy was, these machines had just shaken off the wartime prejudices of the Zeppelin raids of The Great War when the Hindenburg disaster happened. Thankfully we now use helium and such things are rare, though not unheard of. But the accident potential is much less. One day we might see these beautiful, graceful machines once again take their place in our skies eh? Peace to all....TJ the DJ
I wish they still made blimps, they were so beautiful.
GTA 5 Goodyear DLC is looking good!
For those of you wondering the proper way to reference the Ice Cube song would be to comment-
I suppose the ability to write “Ice Cube’s a Pimp” would be one thing!
Thanks and remember that remembering a reference is half of it. You have to still write something humorous using the reference.
beautiful work!
Best wishes to all of the crew 😃👌👏👏👏❤️🇺🇸
I'm glad they made this blimp be so convenient for the pilots.
Hold up...
r/Rimjobsteve
whats wrong with you
stickloaf what?
Explosive Rift Username.
Lmao imagine ur in a plane and u see the blimp at 10000 feet
Planes fly at 17000 feet
WiardiVK planes fly between 25,000 and 35,000 feet
@VeteranPilot I think so
Lmao imagine ur in a p51 and you see the blimp without security
Imagine you are on an airliner...
ABOUT TO HIT THIS GIANT F*****G THING!
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