Just won an auction for a ride on the Goodyear Blimp

Pretty excited.

That’s cool!
I got to sit in it one time, not a ride, just a tour while it was tied down. That was 35 years ago but I still remember thinking how small the cabin is.

The new blimp has a much larger gondola than the previous models. We've seen it up close a few times at their Toys for Tots event at the hangar in Akron. It's pretty cool.

Awesome, congratulations sounds fun.

I agree it definitely sounds like fun, congratulations!

Congrats. I remember seeing one sitting at the Youngstown airport in the late 70's.

What location?

I "flew" on one in the late 60's as a kid.

It was tethered at the Sebring race track for the races. They allowed us aboard for to take look. A big gust of wind came up and we got about 10' off the ground.

My uncle was a WW2 blimp pilot on the the US New England coast on sub patrol. One story he told me about in poor weather conditions, they took off and flew approx 1 hour out over the Atlantic, and then turned around, and it took 23 hours to return to base. Might want to take snack with you.

Akron - Wingfoot Lake

Cool thing but I have seen auctions go for over $2,000. Too rich for my taste .

Good thing I didn't use your money to bid on it.

Yo nutT...i got a call earlier from one of your “fans” “.....

He suggested .... let’s set up a GOFUNDHIM account to give him an ADDITIONAL RIDE ....

TO THE MOON ... with no return flight !

No way I said ... we would ALL miss that RAY OF SUNSHINE!

I have fans? Who knew?

There are boo-coo !

LOOK over on the ongoing insurance thread !

ROACH MOTEL !

There are no comments about me in that thread.

JUST the insurance biz in general...

Maybe they SHOULD BE number ONE on that list

The insurance business has done plenty of things to earn the reputation it has. The insurance business also hasn't done a lot of the things that people have accused it of doing. I'll correct flat-out wrong info when I see it, but I've also never denied that there have been some really [censored] things done by insurance companies.

Me too!

I have one of your posters in my bedroom!

Congratulations! That should be a blast! Once in a lifetime deal. Enjoy!

We're looking forward to it. Should be a lot of fun.

just DON'T JUMP ! ......... []

sounds like fun ! enjoy it !

That poster isn't on the ceiling is it?

If you get low on helium I know who can fill it up....As per our pm....

TO THE MOON .. with these FIENDLY oVeR paid moderators !

Oh, the humanity!

Me thimks we should ALL INSIST on a massive discount on this extensive OUT OF THIS WORLD trip for these mods - A PAIR !

No fueling expenses AT ALL

They have enuff gases coming out of BOTH ENDS ... for a trip to Saturn!

Pathetic

Congrats on the ride.
We had the GY blimp come in here to the local airport to film some sports event across the river in St. Louis.
Pretty impressive to see it come in and dock.
I can't find my pics.

Once upon a time there was a happy little island of monkeys. The monkeys were very happy and got along very well with each other,living in peace and harmony. One day a dirty lonely old mean monkey showed up and started throwing poop at all of the monkeys on the island for no reason at all. Many of the monkeys ignored the dirty old monkey and some even left due to the dirty old mean monkey flinging poop at the other monkeys.After many complaints the tribal elders had a meeting and decided to banish the dirty old mean monkey to another island. The happy island of monkeys soon got back to normal after the dirty old mean monkey was gone forever...

That sounds awesome! Once again the doc has nothing positive or useful to contribute.

I love happy endings.

Congrats to not_a_charger for his really big balloon ride!

Oh my gooooness..... a very much humorousLESS group here .....

Excusssssse me !

You're not funny.

LET IT GO Snoopy.... if you can’t see EVEN THE ATTEMPTED humor in my posts HERE on this thread ....

Just grab a tissue and a ESA ... and click the IGNORE option

Because it does not seem to be appreciated... I will not post anything more here on this thread

Remember the Hindenburg? Sounds like a fun ride.

If only they'd stopped using hydrogen in blimps...

Too soon?

Congrats. Be sure to wear your Led Zeppelin shirt when you go there.