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Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight
« on: March 15, 2017, 11:58:56 pm »
John Rogers
AP
March 14, 2017

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Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company's flight program will continue.

About two dozen employees were on hand early Tuesday to witness the deflation of California-based Spirit of Innovation.

But shed no tears, blimp fans, you'll still see a familiar blue-and-gold form floating over your favorite sports event or awards show.

Although the blimp's replacement, Wingfoot Two, will look about the same when it arrives at Goodyear's airship base in Carson later this year, it will be a semi-rigid dirigible.
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Re: Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2017, 02:22:53 am »
semi-rigid dirigible.

Don't they have a pill for that?

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Re: Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2017, 03:00:25 am »
So, at the decommissioning party, did everyone sound like Donald Duck or Alvin and the Chipmunks?
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Re: Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2017, 01:00:38 pm »
Comparison table between old blimp and new dirigible

http://www.goodyearblimp.com/behind-the-scenes/current-blimps.html

Twice the seating capacity, higher speeds, more lift, more range, much quieter...
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Re: Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2017, 01:27:43 pm »
Cool!

It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide