Author Topic: Four Goodyear Blimps just flew over my house (Read 355 times)

eskimo2 · « **on:** September 08, 2002, 08:36:36 AM »

We live a few miles north of the airdock on Wingfoot Lake.

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2002, 08:46:38 AM »

RUN LITTLE GIRL !! RUN RUN !!!

Urchin · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:41:38 AM »

Ma, thats a big little girl. Like Girlzilla.

"Run run!! Its commmmiiiinngggggg!!!!"

Thrawn · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:53:33 AM »

LMAO!!!:D

MRPLUTO · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2002, 03:51:10 PM »

Great shot Eskimo! Thanks for sharing it.

A few years ago, near Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, I was at the recycling center when I heard the unmistakable rumble of large radial engines.

I looked up and coming at me at about 2,000 feet in formation were a B-17 and Heinkel 111.

After they passed, a father and son showed up and I excitedly told them, "A B-17 and Heinkel 111 just flew overhead!" They looked at me like I was some kind of nut.

Well, maybe I am.

MRPLUTO VMF-323 ~Death Rattlers~ MAG-33

P.S. Looks like something we used to do with Zeppelins in Dawn of Aces!

eskimo2 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2002, 04:28:09 PM »

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Originally posted by MRPLUTO
Great shot Eskimo! Thanks for sharing it.

A few years ago, near Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, I was at the recycling center when I heard the unmistakable rumble of large radial engines.

I looked up and coming at me at about 2,000 feet in formation were a B-17 and Heinkel 111.

After they passed, a father and son showed up and I excitedly told them, "A B-17 and Heinkel 111 just flew overhead!" They looked at me like I was some kind of nut. Well, maybe I am.

MRPLUTO VMF-323 ~Death Rattlers~ MAG-33

P.S. Looks like something we used to do with Zeppelins in Dawn of Aces!

Those two prolly belong to the CAF out of Arizona, I've seen them too.

The lead Goodyear blimp in the photo was just christened this week, and one of the other four is going to be decommisioned in a couple of weeks. They have been flying in formation all over the area for the past week, and its been all over the news. They said it's the first time that they have had four of them together in over four decades.

We live close to the Kent State airport. Whenever there is an airshow in the area we get a lot of rare birds flying around our home. I've seen B-17s fly by as many as 5 times in a day, they fly low enough to see a lot of detail. I just got back from work and my father in law said that he saw a B-25H fly by. 2 days ago we saw a C-47, with D-day stripes, fly over. They were both at the Kent State air show today.

eskimo

eskimo2 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2002, 04:30:05 PM »

P.S.

The girl in the photo is my daughter Svea, she just turned 3. My wife took the picture as I held her up.

eskimo

Pongo · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2002, 05:20:42 PM »

someone selected "formation" when they took off.

Sabre · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2002, 07:06:59 PM »

They looked over-modeled to me. Nice shot, eskimo. Glad to see you four are alive and well, out east.

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2002, 07:24:52 PM »

There was one that flew over Canberra sometimes at night a couple of years ago and glows in the dark. Looks like a cigar shaped "glowy" thing lol. Belongs to a chocolate company im told.

Sends all the people with chronic pysch disorder people nuts with Space ship calls flooding the 000 lines.

I think the poor buggers recieved a lot of complaints about it and the flights stopped over Canberra.

Shame as it was pretty impressive and unusual in the skies at night.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2002, 08:06:20 AM »

They all flew over Ohio Stadium during the Ohio State game too.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020905/168/272pq.html

Wlfgng · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2002, 09:53:12 AM »

oh... the humanity!

midnight Target · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2002, 10:38:50 AM »

Little girl too cute... Obvious Photo Shop pic.

vorticon · « **Reply #13 on:** September 09, 2002, 01:10:26 PM »

hmmm now zepplins would be fun in bombing (they can hold more bombs than a lanc and you just hover over what you want to die :-) i think they used em right at the begining of the war to

Masherbrum · « **Reply #14 on:** September 09, 2002, 01:17:28 PM »

That would have been a good time to sight in my .30-06.

Karaya2