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Title: Goodyear Blimp Crashes
Post by: rpm on June 17, 2005, 02:49:28 AM

link (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-blimp-down,0,823716.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines)

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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- A Goodyear blimp crash-landed Thursday in an industrial park and the two people aboard were trapped inside while electrical crews cleared the site, authorities said.

The "Stars & Stripes" blimp may have gotten tangled in power lines when it went down near Pompano Beach Air Park, where it's based, said Coral Springs police spokesman Mike Moser.

The two people on board weren't injured, said Kathleen Bergen, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. FAA investigators were on the scene.

Authorities said bad weather might have forced the blimp down. There were thunderstorms in the area at the time.

The blimp is one of three Goodyear blimps based in the United States. Goodyear leases about 32 acres at the air park as a blimp base, according to the park's Web site.

The other two are the Spirit of Goodyear, based in Akron, Ohio, and the Spirit of America, based in Carson, Calif.

Title: Goodyear Blimp Crashes
Post by: Holden McGroin on June 17, 2005, 03:36:37 AM

Oh, the humanity!

Title: Goodyear Blimp Crashes
Post by: RTSigma on June 17, 2005, 05:22:48 AM

Dom Delouise?


Dean Martin: "Awwww don't worry about him, its the blimp, the blimp you gotta watch out for. Once he puts on that g-d dammed mask he'll blow your f***ing doors off!"

Title: Goodyear Blimp Crashes
Post by: skernsk on June 17, 2005, 07:02:59 AM

Who cares about the blimp story.  McGroin's avatar is awsome!:D

Title: Goodyear Blimp Crashes
Post by: Ripsnort on June 17, 2005, 07:44:42 AM

Ah crap....I thought this was going to be an article of Rosie O'Donnell-lingus getting rear ended by a car driven by Elton John.