Go for a Ride in Goodyear's Newest Blimp

Join WKSU's Mark Arehart for a ride on Goodyear's newest airship, Wingfoot Three.

[@Davy-eo7pr]

who also has a weird liking for airships?

[@insertaliashere1379]

I do.

[@saturnproductions1827]

Me they just seem super cool

[@strawberryflavoredsadness]

i like them bc of henry stickmin

[@james7804]

Me

[@FoamFlingingHS]

Yeah me, they look so funny

[@Mike-01234]

When you see them up close they are massive I could not imagine what the large ones looked like in person back in the early 20th century

[@Lostxanfound]

@Champion ain’t even big enough to notice

[@nealsausen4651]

@Berified ; hey not nice! Taylor happens to be a friend of mine And she’s an incredible incredible person!

[@nealsausen4651]

@Berified ;Yes she is and a very nice person to boot! TAYLOR and the Other pilots at the Carson California base, if they’re not busy, They will take you up to the AIRSHIP and let you walk around it and explain the features to you and even let you sit in the cabin in the Pilots seat, if they’re not busy! All very nice people, very friendly! I am very lucky to know them!

[@hovanti]

I've often wondered what it would be like to have seen the Hindenburg (approx. 803' long.) I believe the Goodyear blimp is about the size of one of the Hindenburg's vertical stabilizers.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

@@hovanti Please use Metric! Your measure system is stupid. Check this math magic: The Hindenburg is 245 meter long what is 24500 centimeter what is 245000 millimeter. You don't know how I did that do you? It's European magic. Now check this: The Hindenburg is 803.805774 feet long or 803 feet 943⁄64 inches if you like this way better.

[@sbrunner69]

When I was maybe 6 or 7 my twin sister and I were fortunate enough to ride on a Goodyear blimp. It was in Texas around 1976. Amazing experience that I will never forget. I still remember the big trim wheel, and the pilot let us spin it and see the blimp pitch up and down.

[@elfgirlfriend3073]

Thank you so much for posting this! I'm writing a D&D campaign where my players get on an airship and this is the closest thing, this is helping add to the experience. :)

[@b3j8]

I remember the 30 yrs back while swimming at Center Lake in Warsaw Indiana one Saturday, a Goodyear blimp appeared and was passing by when it veered and flew directly overhead. As it did so the words "Hello Warsaw from the Goodyear blimp America" flashed along the side. People went crazy yelling and waving, me included! So cool of that Captain to do that!

[@pauld6967]

His comment about how nice it is to feel the wind is one of the reasons I like flying in open cockpit biplanes. 🙂

[@arizonaalchemy7572]

This looks like a Fun Experience.

[@davidrubio-lf5rc]

We have a Goodyear blimp here in Gardena, Calif. I live 6 minutes from there. My house is a long the typical flight path. So, we see her fly over several times a week.

[@TheTraveler976]

Oh wow I’ve always wanted to do this. I remember when I was little and use to see them in my neighborhood & loved seeing the Goodyear & Budweiser Blimps. Listed in my bucket-list.

[@aydenburris8631]

This blimp used to fly over my house all the time. I lived about 2 miles from the hangar. It's at wingfoot lake near Akron Ohio. I recognize the shot at 2:10, the building with the green roof on the shore of the lake is the Springfield Ohio fire/police department.

[@themenendezbrothers2366]

That is awesome!! I have never seen one. Do they actually look massive in the sky?

[@aydenburris8631]

@@themenendezbrothers2366 they aren't as big as they look in video. Seeing one up close will probably catch you off guard because they're about twice the size of a hot air balloon. Actually got air balloons are probably taller than it

[@aydenburris8631]

@@themenendezbrothers2366 you could probably land three of them on a football feild with some extra space. The goal posts would be almost as tall as the blimps

[@themenendezbrothers2366]

@@aydenburris8631 oh ok. Thanks for the info

[@daveburch235]

I detoured from a trip to Cleveland to see the giant airship hangar near Akron. I think it's still among the world's largest buildings by volume.

[@whatsinthebox5504]

I spent my summers in the shadows of the Goodyear Airdock. always a dream to ride in one. Ive seen them more times than I can count. but wow what an experience

[@afvet5075]

I grew up in Spring Texas where the Goodyear Blimp America was stationed. It was awesome. Had a little terminal.

[@honiideslysses12]

I can remember as a child growing up in northwest Houston back in the late 70's/early eighties and the blimp would buzz our subdivision quite often. You could hear it coming from miles away. I had a friend who's dad knew someone and we got to take a ride around. Lots of fun.

[@tailtap2222]

I live in S FL, and my father was working for WINZ news radio and WCIX channel 6 back in the 1980s. We went for a ride in the GOODYEAR blimp. It was very memorable.

[@Palacemalicee]

This is actually really cool!! Very good quality too. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed!

[@Mary-o8r]

I would love to go for a ride in one😀

[@theoavory3]

mbigboyny BEST REPLY EVER!!!

[@sided301]

Those are dangerous as hell

[@josecarloscosta12]

Me to

[@alanhernandez4612]

I’m low key scared of heights

[@plushblueep]

Me too!

[@ExMachina70]

I took my 4yo out to watch the Goodyear blimp landing a couple years ago. That was a great day. 😀

[@martinpintamalli1449]

Everyone: Blimp! Airship! Me: Zeppelin 😂

[@wogboi6588]

Martin Pintamalli yeah my grandpa was a pilot of a zeppelin once He died in ww2😢

[@wogboi6588]

Martin Pintamalli jokes aside though there is a difference.

[@ardisfaire]

Dirigible

[@F17A]

Zeppelin is a blimp manufacturer.

[@victorcentofanti2084]

Wingfoot 1, 2, and 3 are semi-rigid airships made by the Zepplin company. The previous Goodyear blimps did not have a rigid metal frame, they were blimps, made by Goodyear.

[@lucasturner4683]

I’ll never forget the time in fourth grade when one flew over my school at recess and all the teachers made us watch it, the camera doesn’t do it justice of how big they actually are

[@jgdogg441]

I live nearby Wingfoot, love seeing the blimp every time it goes up :), was interesting trying to spot the different areas nearby from the perspective of the blimp :D

[@M60gunner1971]

Co pilot is gorgeous.

[@marcosrafaelfleitascohene8788]

Yes

[@skullcrusher6539]

Simp

[@daniel_plays5281]

Skull crusher i was about to comment that lol

[@Vishalsinghyt1980]

She is so hot

[@rexsexson5349]

Simp

[@Massev6871]

I would LOVE to go on one!!!

[@ryandonnelly7563]

I love his excitement to be on the blimp

[@alexlindsay9393]

blimps used to scare me as a kid

[@riheg]

Its not a blimp its semi rigid

[@Bellringercameron]

Why

[@lexc.8280]

1940‘s Kid?

[@witheeeeeerx]

@@lexc.8280 Nah cuz it looks weird

[@ljsmixbox44]

Me too. lol

[@blueofthelightanddark6273]

Nice. First video of Wingfoot Three, a day after it is christened.

[@calvinnickel9995]

BF Goodrich: “You know the guys with the blimp? We’re the other guys!”

[@boligard]

I used to live on the street right in front of this blimp base, it was always cool to see the blimp flying around.

[@raptorgrade5919]

Clicked for the cute pilot

[@LessFusion747]

This remind me of the mummy cartoon flying blimp, from my childhood.

[@rawhide154]

My aunt has one. She has the interior fitted like a van from the seventies.

[@nickaddison385]

How does she have a blimp

[@CategoricalImperative]

Just watched hoping to see the bathroom. Huzzah!

[@genem3785]

Larry Burns "I grew up in an orphanage, and then I got a job at the souvenier stand. Oh, and once I saw a blimp!"

[@nealsausen4651]

Why would 40 people not like this video? They probably miss the old Blimps! I miss them too ! But thank God we have these new ships for us to finagle rides on! 😂

[@ChristophHemmerlein]

The Zeppelin NT is just an incredible piece of engineering and I really hope to get two tickets around lake Constance (Germany), the place in in the world with the highest number of regular flights in the world, and not so far from my hometown.

[@aidenwinter1117]

That’s a very strong blimp, can you watch movies and play games while riding on it?

[@scpfoundation2040]

People of the Commonwealth do not interfere we are the brotherhood of steel

[@CookingWithKenny918]

Seen one today... crazy I haven't seen a good year blimp since middle school maybe even elementary

[@nameisn_vr]

seen one yesterday

[@Melissa0774]

What kind of qualifications do you need to fly a blimp? A regular pilot's license?

[@DowntownCanon]

A pilot's license is a prerequisite.

[@Melissa0774]

@@DowntownCanon What type of pilot's license, though? That's what I wanted to know.

[@FirstnameLastname77777]

@@Melissa0774 a standard cpl (commercial pilots license)

[@nealsausen4651]

You need a heavier than air rating (Or license) and a lighter than air rating! Goodyear trains all its pilots in house!

[@dani5422]

Comercial pilot license I guess you can’t transport people for a service will a private pilot license

[@jorgepadilla3459]

Two yrs ago I saw one in LA stationoff the 405 they’re really huge.

[@Matwiej19]

The lady captain is really nice :)

[@riotdrone]

UHHHHMMM ACKSHUALLY ITS not A BLIMP ITS A semi rigid airship HRMPH

[@rebeccawood9429]

LMAO

[@jamesalafayette8255]

Archer

[@randyholmquist]

It's a freaking blimp man, quit takin the fun outta crap!!!

[@triple7marc]

Randy Holmquist Wow, you COMPLETELY missed the sarcasm there.

[@riheg]

Yeah but why insisting on being wrong though? maybe its an American thing not to be bothered by facts and details. Too much lead in the water I suppose and that’s unfortunate

[@Aernath]

I randomly saw this video and now I'm in love with that Lady Captain. Find me Lady! (I'm broke and I live in other side of the world, come get me with that blimp! :P)

[@elonmusket2306]

I worked here fresh outta highschool. One of the cooler jobs I had

[@robertvanderzalm4464]

Imagine crossing the Atlantic in that!!! It would take days not hours.

[@philiprea8340]

So many questions... how fast do they go... what if there`s a big headwind, how high can they go to name a few

[@nephos100]

Lady pilot is gorgeous.

[@LOLmusics]

wouldve been funny if a bunch of bugs went into his mouth when he opened it lookin out the window XD

[@edwinayala1194]

In Florida i saw one of this in Orlando it was my first time seeing it

[@GuiPurri]

THE WINDOWS OPEN ON THIS ONE!!

[@gambit6776]

Damn it's so loud in there

[@aplanespain9075]

0:26 whats your job?... uhm nasa engineer

[@kocsisjanos850]

The best ones yet to come! Called: "hybrid airships"!

[@valberm]

Fine pilot 😍

[@TobaccoRoadAI]

3:04 Can’t help but to think of the movie a view to a kill

[@jblasutavario9549]

Me too 😆 Gotta love Zorin and his henchmen.

[@harshithreddy3528]

Wow, we can open windows

[@ciaraoh9102]

I wish they could bring these things back for commercial service. Even if it were for something like an evening dinner tour around a city,

[@mickeycrilly1839]

I would live and travel the world in this if I was possible

[@martinrose6357]

I'm here after I dreamt of this specific GoodYear blimp. But in my dream, this thing had a long tail and it flew so fast! I remember it crashed near the river that flows through our village, and I did want to go there on my motorbike to see if it crashed as close as I thought it did, but I was reluctant to do it and I just ended up not going. Eventually, I saw on a radar that its remains had quickly been moved away by the Government or whoever. Moral of the story: Don't consume dairy if you're sensitive to it; it makes you have wild dreams. It's very fun though - better than reality. And btw, this is not the first time I dream of this specific GoodYear blimp. I don't even know how I know about them apart from seeing one of them on Grand Theft Auto as a kid way back in 2006. But they didn't have the GoodYear logo on them so idk.

[@omni8568]

I also had a dream with a blimp! I dreamt that the Hindenburg airship was traveling over some large grass land and I realized what was gonna happen and I ran away but it didn’t end up crashing lol

[@martinrose6357]

@@omni8568 look it up! They have dream meaning about the blimps, though not about these specific GoodYear blimps.

[@nealsausen4651]

You were not having “wild dreams” you were Actually being abducted by extraterrestrials and the “ AIRSHIP.” / “BLIMP” was actually a crashed Or landed UFO disguised as a Blimp! Sometimes when people are abducted by extraterrestrials, They sometimes disguise themselves iAs wildlife or some terrestrial structure that we can relate to

[@martinrose6357]

@@omni8568 I dreamt of it again today!!!

[@martinrose6357]

@@nealsausen4651 that's definitely what happened pal.

[@Foxy-hallway1987]

Common wealth be blessed by the brotherhood of steel

[@SalveMonesvol]

Looks like a good way to tour over a city. A 1 hour "ride" covering 15 km.

[@EricaYE6]

I'm jealous. I wanna ride on the Goodyear blimp. :(

[@danielhoffmann67]

This isn't a Blimp. It's a "Zeppelin NT". A true german invention. That's a big difference because it's semi rigid and therefore the engines can be fitted on the hull which means better maneuverability and less noise inside the cabin. So this type of airships can be bigger (they are currently the biggest operating airships in the world) and you need less people to handle them on the ground.

[@largol33t1]

Did the brand that made the first Wingfoot go bankrupt? Nothing wrong with asking the Germans to build one, they have pleeenty of experience in that area anyway.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@largol33t1 : did the company that made the first Wingfoot (Wingfoot1) go bankrupt I don’t think so? Not the company that operates in anyway that would be GOOD YEAR T&R As far as I know Goodyear is still alive and well Now….as a company in Germany company in Germany that built the AIRSHIP (zeppelin New Technologies), I do not know about them, I think they’re still around Goodyear just leased a “WING FOOT” TypeAIRSHIP from them in Europe to use for advertising! I hope “N T ZEPPELIN” is still around!

[@asddsdfsh]

Blimps are real!

[@Masivemaster]

Why is it that massive? Whats inside that stuff?

[@24fletchdog]

Do blimps have any back up engine's

[@user-wc8lf5km8k]

Man I want to ride in that blimp. Looks like fun.

[@EdRein]

How many people can it carry?

[@Blueshirt13]

What happens if I shoot it will it pop or what

[@bloodmoonyt1901]

Would deflate, how fast it deflates depends on what gun you use.

[@an6350]

Please don't sir

[@Blueshirt13]

I feel like it would explode

[@Kodeb8]

It would deflate slowly. Would probably give the pilot enough time to find a place to land.

[@carlkrebs6857]

You go to jail.

[@ChrisJohnson-hk6es]

Was it smooth riding? Any turbulence?

[@kimberwoolridge6088]

I scroll to the comments and I couldn't find anyone that asks what does it cost to find one and how might you obtain tickets

[@arwindersingh680]

Sir what is name of lady capten

[@mcren6781]

I would like to go for a ride on the co-pilot.

[@ashutoshdixit9790]

She is soo cute❤️

[@imamsukoco1298]

Very comfortable to fly with airship, but this ship difficult to take off and landing.

[@joshuafischer684]

I'd imagine that landing is easier in an airship than in an airplane.

[@imamsukoco1298]

@@joshuafischer684 oh yes?.

[@joshuafischer684]

@@imamsukoco1298 Airplanes are moving very quickly when they land, even with flaps down. Airships are slow by design, so I'd figure landing would be easier because of it.

[@imamsukoco1298]

@@joshuafischer684 Thank you for your information.

[@michaelinzo]

Damn what a beauty 😍

[@nealsausen4651]

Wyehwood 40 people not like this video they miss the old blimp? I miss The “G Z -20’s” too but thank God we have these ships now to try to finagle rides on to! LOL

[@lvsqcsl]

Even though Goodyear still refers to its airships as "Blimps" they aren't blimps at all. The last Goodyear Blimp was retired in 2017. This is a Goodyear Zeppelin because it has a rigid airframe. Cool fact: It was built by the same German company that built the HIndenburg back in the day.

[@chetmyers7041]

I wonder if the 20 million dollars was for one airship, or the entire fleet of three.

[@sailorconan]

Ahhh, really want to try it!!!!

[@sergelioutyi]

How loud was it compared to sitting in an airline?

[@grimftl]

So, a bog-standard bog - except that it has a window. Which might occasionally come in handy.

[@gahhdbbdhdjxjnxbx8236]

Is that a Hindenburg built in 2014

[@hankkingsley2976]

The WIFO 105.5 Blimp approves.

[@itznathz9496]

I missed it today My parent called me over for something but I didn’t know a blimp passed

[@24fletchdog]

What city is that in

[@itzcrispydonut7123]

I never knew blimps had a cockpit i thought it just has a steering wheel

[@darkcs69]

Davey how ya doin?

[@MrOramato]

Bucket List

[@hungryutkarsh]

How do you get a cool job like this?

[@Larkinchance]

I'm having an anxiety attack..

[@phoe8523]

This ist NOT a blimp! For better understanding: A Blimp is a specific TYPE of airship, not a name. All Blimps are Airships, not all Airships are Blimps. A Blimp is a non-rigid airship. I has no internal structure The Zeppelin NT HAS an internal structure. The Zeppelin NT is an semi-rigit-airship, NOT a Blimp.

[@nameisn_vr]

it came by my house yesterday

[@barbarossa9591]

Airship ready

[@kocsisjanos850]

Made in Friedrichshafen?

[@hl5217]

Looks cool

[@paulwoodhead5001]

The man at 0:50 sounds exactly like Don. Jr

[@rogeriolopes6297]

Nice!

[@dorothygale5896]

Isn't it a Zeppelin semi-rigid and not a true blimp?

[@dewaltxrp7889]

long haul blimps here by 2023

[@NeoRipshaft]

Yooo that's cool as hell

[@avanbowen7487]

Cool video!