Goodyear Blimp Pilot VLOG!

[@radiomantodd]

More Melany!

[@Nghilifa]

I SECOND THAT! What a lady!

[@Republic3D]

We definately need more of her.

[@jj358mhz]

Nice blimps on that babe

[@MD-ve9eh]

THICC

[@robertdavis6708]

The Goodyear blimp is an American Icon for sure. It once came over our farm and the crew and passengers would wave to my family members. I loved the drone of those old engines.

[@lawnsalawn]

Hefty stash of blow @ 0:43! Great videos and Huge congrats on the 100K!

[@411sponge72]

Great video as usual Steve!! Almost 100,000 subs!!! Keep up the great work! We truly appreciate you taking us along on your adventures

[@triskellian]

These new Zeppelin NT airships are lovely to fly and ride in.My first time piloting one as a guest was the now former Eureka at Airship Ventures in Mountain View California.A current pilot can still have this experience in Friedrichshafen, Germany(Luftschiffbau Zeppelin's homebase).So sad that the Californian based company is gone but it's great that Good Year is flying these graceful aviation ambassadors.

[@Lsx_cuban]

great view at 3:57.....dayyyuuummm

[@martinmusiet9780]

Sebastian Kramer guilty

[@FarouqJanmohamed]

i was waiting for someone to say something about that :P you da man!

[@Dave.Cooper]

Check what the pilot (Even) was looking at at 3:57. Don't blame you man, that was fine!!

[@scorpionsedge]

Had to go back to look, I didn't even see him there.

[@BrokenRRT]

Florida Booty! It's lovely!

[@BenJosephWorld]

Woah... I just fell in love when i heard "Pilot melany"

[@Jon-nz3dm]

3:57 I could watch her walk up stairs all day LOL

[@karljacob6366]

nahhhhhh😂

[@dancraig4356]

Steveo, enjoying the trip at Staniel Cay. My wife and I appreciated the flights with Nick and yourself. It was great meeting you today, keep the great videos coming, a lot of us private pilots are living vicariously through your flying experiences!

[@steveo1kinevo]

+dan craig It was a lot of fun letting you fly up front with me today. I hope you and your wife enjoy your stay at Staniel Cay!

[@careylogan7639]

Stevevo, I'm not a pilot but I enjoy watching your VLOGs. I'm hooked. I just subscribed to your channel. I have only commented on KZbin once before. you are an impressive young man. I have always wanted to be a pilot but never had the resources to do so. Keep up the great work and keep 'em comin". thanks for all you are doing. I feel like I am in the cockpit with you. I still have a lot of videos of yours to watch to catch up with your progress. I really loved the video on how you got started into aviation as a career. thanks for taking the time to bring some joy into our lives. From some old scooter trash, "keep the leather up and the rubber down". thanks again.

[@chrisfinney1905]

I remember when it was based in Houston,Tx right near I-45. My parents would pull to the shoulder of the road to let us kids watch it takeoff and land. I always thought it was the neatest thing ever to see in person!

[@rudyhardy370]

Many years ago there was a Goodyear blimp based here in Houston. We still miss it!

[@kenshipley5404]

I grew up in Spring Texas right across the street from a good year blimp base. Years after it left the band Genesis rented it out to prepare for their world tour in the late 80's or early 90's. It was cool to go listen to them jam!

[@AndyBraithwaite1963]

That was cool. I managed to get 20 minutes flying the old blimp back in 1990. Before fly-by-wire the pitch control was a huge trim wheel as too much movement was needed for a column to work. Our Goodyear pilot gave an interesting demo, he pitched it about 20 degrees nose down and the airspeed decreased. It seems obvious afterwards that with an airship the lift and pitch are unrelated as they are in a fixed wing a/c.

[@InfluencersDeElite]

Awesome! Love this. ☺️

[@steveo1kinevo]

+Pilot Luana Thanks Luana, I look forward to seeing more of your videos!

[@hk15]

Pilot Luana me too, posta mais vídeo Luana, te sigo no insta tb! 😍

[@InfluencersDeElite]

Oi hk15, Que legal! Pode deixar que eu vou postar sim. Grande abraço

[@jake-rx9rs]

Wow your so beautiful and a pilot !!!

[@paulfuchs3686]

I had the pleasure to fly in the Weather channel blimp with the pilot in a "wheel Chair". No side stick on that old Weather Channel Blimp. Coolest ride I have ever had!

[@iglooo102videos]

A blimp from the air. See what it is like from the ground. Majestic.

[@chriswalters8110]

Learned a lot on the ballasting and engines. I live just a few miles from the airport where all this started in Goodyear, AZ. Ive seen the one stationed out here several times cruising around the vicinity of the airport.

[@JC_Aviator]

Is anybody else asking them self why the blimp pilot was holding an Air Horn? @jc_flyer

[@matt_waddy]

I was about to post this same comment. Since it's basically secured only by the nose, I was wondering if it's to somehow alert the crew if he notices some sort of emergency with it getting free while they're inside. Otherwise, I'm stumped.

[@kirklandelectricicnc]

It's to wake up their passengers when they start to doze off.

[@JC_Aviator]

My guess will be to scare birds away. I did flight training out of PMP for a little and they have a lot of bird activity in the airfield, I think they are attracted by the landfill just NW of the airport.

[@bellagio1066]

I thought it was an air freshener when he went into the toilet!

[@JohnSmith-iz8wg]

Is anyone asking them self what they would do with Melanie all the way up there for 10 hours.......

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Blimps are awesome :D

[@therobloxianeclipse3924]

Haii

[@fredy-nw9xz]

Well it’s the only one that’s flying around

[@braydensnonsence50637]

Sure are.

[@MikeKobb]

This is a Zeppelin NT, built in Germany. Unlike the old Goodyear blimps, the structure is actually rigid, and there are bags inside to hold the helium. There was a company in the San Francisco area called Airship Ventures, and they gave tourist rides on a Zepplin NT like this one. Unfortunately the rides were kind of expensive and I think they weren't able to make the business work so it no longer exists. I was fortunate to go for a 1-hour ride on the Zeppelin NT, and it was absolutely fantastic. It's very quiet inside compared to a typical small airplane. The windows open, and when we were flying over Oakland you could hear the sounds of the city below. You're right, Steve, by the way, the view from that seat in the back is amazing.

[@Jolinator]

Fantastic video Steveo really interesting to see the behind the scenes on the Goodyear blimp!

[@FlyersDistrict]

N1A - Love flying at Pompano when the blimp is flying.

[@breathoffreshair245]

Really cool upload!! I know your a busy guy, and posting stuff on youtube isn't the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning, but i'd LOVE to see some more videos pop up! 1 video per week is literally such a long wait! Even if it's about what you do on your off time, when your not flying, or other interesting things you might not have told us about!:) If you see this, at least think about it :) Cheers buddy! love your videos btw!

[@NeverGiveUp8080]

Blimps are awesome!

[@TheFreightBeast]

Cool video Steveo! I really enjoy watching your TBM and Cessna flight Vlogs. Keep up the good work!

[@Garcansdad]

The original 1 Alpha was stationed here in Houston in the seventies. There were no Go Pros back then but I took the tour like you did and shot lots of still pictures. Man has the technology changed. Great video, Steve.

[@jaronsherwood1501]

Oh my gosh!! Embry-Riddle!! That’s where I’m going to school next year baby!!! Woohoo

[@jonathanweimer8439]

These are really cool the Goodyear ones were assembled in Akron using the zeppelin kits. I was there a month ago they have one being assembled and one working one in Akron.

[@joshuasoom7960]

Just here to look at the comments about 3:57... Rewatched it 7 times now. Am not ashamed.

[@stevenkukene9970]

Very cool! Thanks for taking us along.

[@timflynn2136]

Cool 👍!!! My Father flew on the USS Shenandoah ZR-1 Airship. He was a Machinist Mate.

[@beavisandbutt-head3735]

Steve, you should definitely incorporate "Pilot Melanie" in more vids. I suddenly have the urge to take a ride in the blimp!

[@skoots6303]

“Buttmuch” 😂😂😂

[@jakeempey8146]

Steveo Congrats on 100,000 subs man! Keep up the good work!

[@andrewanane9715]

TATTOO! Good job Airbus, you've made flying so easy!

[@dphotos007]

I did a photo story of a Goodyear Blimp in Los Angeles in the 90's. Got to go for an hours ride. Very cool. I remember the pilot who's name was Nick used a big wheel in the center for the pitch of the elevator.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

dphotos : It was Nick Nicholaides. He and Tom Matus were Goodyear airship captains at Carson in the '80s and '90s.

[@ogdumplings8196]

I just helped one of the zippline to do database update today, beautiful machine that's why I'm here.

[@frankshirleyjr3841]

thanks Steveo for the look inside ,very interesting and especially the sit and view from your on personal office.

[@jackboschen2604]

Congrats on 100K subscribers Steveo!

[@mikelee980]

Totally agree!! Best view of the whole vid!!!!!

[@rleach40]

I golfed there and saw the blimp take off tons of times! It was awesome!

[@legris06]

Great video and presentation of the blimp. Thanks.

[@flyohioaviation1198]

Awesome video, so cool seeing Wingfoot One, I was at its christening ceremony, which was about 5 min from me in Suffield, Ohio!

[@ericheaf]

Congratulations on your 100k subscribers!!!

[@MegaDeansy]

Melany's the higlight in this even though she never got the chance or invite to say a word !

[@tmm83093]

It flew right over my grandpas house in palm beach, it was awesome!

[@wbuttry1]

that is one of the items on my bucket list for sure that would be a awesome expierence just to ride much less fly one . Awesome vid thanks for posting that one for sure.

[@sopilote56]

Watch for EAA 1929 Ford Tri-Motor scheduled to give rides at Pompano Airpark (Home of the Blimp) Thursday March 9 through Sunday March 12th. Steveo ask them to let you fly right seat! Bring your logbook.

[@pedroluizcarneiro7455]

Great! I hope to see you flying the blimp some day.

[@dwohio6398]

Excellent! Greetings from Akron, Ohio.

[@Baschtel6666]

Nice german technology you have there ;) Those blimps are build around 10km from my home at the beautiful Lake of Constance in southern Germany. Maybe one day you come visiting Europe and have a look inside the "Zeppelin Werft" as we call it here. Or flying some trips around the alps :) Greetings from Meersburg, Germany

[@maxchilla732]

TT0 ist das ein Zeppelin NT? bin mit dem schon geflogen.

[@Baschtel6666]

max chilla ja ist es ;) sagt er sogar im Video

[@triskellian]

A trip to the airfield there would be a great reason to go to Germany for an airship ride!

[@franzamann1]

I have family who live in uberlingen and have been to the Zeppelin museum many times

[@1997bluetiger]

you're right, but the technology is from Germany and the first three Blimps of this type were built in Friedrichshafen at the so called "Zeppelin Werft"at the lake of constance.

[@danharris6449]

I flew the Eagle in 2000 in the Los Angeles area several times. Was a blast!!

[@theav8rs45]

Awesome Video! Love this channel!

[@phcnh]

Ive ridden on the goodyear blimp many a times.

[@MatthewMiller716]

Pretty cool to see you with some Riddle folks. I'm a Riddle grad

[@r.l.sewall7944]

Steve: Thanks for this video of the G Y Blimp. Got it on the list to come down to Pompano from Boynton Beach and take that tour.

[@michelemarcolin2548]

I went on board an older version, many years ago, when it came in Italy!

[@bigspence724]

Embry-Riddle in the house, Go Eagles! #Alumni

[@sonikhanem]

what an awesome video you guys!!!! 1. it makes me realize how little i knew about blimps and 2. that i need to stop working on the weekends so i can join in on the fun!!! now, how are we celebrating????

[@GiulioBerti]

That's a biiiig windsock! Nice one Steveo!

[@BrokenRRT]

Blimp pilots are a rare breed. Less than 2 dozen in the USA. Over 800 applicants with at least 40,000 hours will apply for the one position. I'm not sure about this pilot but one of them is a former F16 Thunderbirds pilot. To me this pilot also seems to be ex military. Maybe that's the 8 years experience in flying he mentioned.

[@MajorCaliber]

PMP is mah home-base!... it was in Summer of 2005 that duh GY Blimp crashed in nearby Coral Springs, FL, caught in the downdraft of a thunderstorm. It was left draped across the roof of a self-storage warehouse, completely deflated, and looking, from the air, like a giant used condom, LOL! (No injuries, I can lol, no emails, please...)

[@mikecoffee100]

Heeey Hello from Canada used to luv the visits from Cali up to Vancouver Canada every Summer.

[@StevenHwang0312]

Hay Steveo! Love them videos!!! I'm currently doing my private pilot license at KFXE and seems like I always miss you when your preparing at watermaker. HAHA! HOPE I GET TO RUN INTO YOU SOMEDAY. Cool to see that Embry Riddle was part of this! I'll be going there this May! Go Eagles! HAHA!

[@ryanhampson673]

Flew next to them last month when I was instructing at lantana, not often you get to do an approach parallel to a blimp :)

[@UncleKennysPlace]

I've been in one of these, tethered, when the tail went up. All you can do is wait!

[@blumac9801]

I live in palm beach, good to see that your doing things chose to my home

[@khcopter]

Chains sprockets and gears . Proven reliability for over 100 years. Fly by wire not so much. So Evan I hope you never have any problems with your fly by wire!!

[@peterellison2220]

Embry riddle! I was thinking of going there. Looks like a great univeristy

[@shemphoward6274]

Dang! I was hoping we would get to see Stevo get a checkout in the Blimp.

[@jumping438]

jfc more Melany please! wow!

[@DrThomasMcClellan]

Love the channel. One of my favorites. Love the exuma flying as well. I totally thought you were gonna get the captain to flash "Stevo1kinevo's a pimp" on the side of the blimp. Next time...

[@gewglesux]

hahha nice one....

[@JimPaar]

Wow, cool video. What if you get helium in the cockpit does your voice change and how will ATC react hearing a child's voice?

[@stevenpam]

lol

[@christopherfriedley2079]

Thanks for the vid Steveo!

[@barrysmith5306]

That certainly was different thanks for sharing

[@OhioSergeant962]

Outstanding and very interesting! Thank you!

[@AnandKumar-er9tv]

That's my brother (Evan) from another mother @steveo1kinevo, fantastic vlog!

[@Ataylor0]

Great video. Would love to see a blog of it inflight!

[@jamesfeisley2810]

Great content of professional quality!!

[@crooked-halo]

As a commercial pilot with an instrument rating I have technical questions. Do you fly IFR...ever? If so what are ILS approaches like? Do planes have to wait a long time & be sequenced to fly the approach behind the blimp? What's it like in the soup? Is spatial disorientation just the same on the blimp?

[@bobbuchanan2626]

That was very interesting, thanks Steveo.

[@flytbrowne1073]

Thanks for the amazing video

[@johnisaac8520]

I would love to see some footage shot from the GoodYear blimp in flight up and down the coast. Either way this video is great. Keep it up Steveo!

[@wbanach100]

I have a lot of history with the Good Year Blimp. :) I lived just blocks from Midway Airport and one day in the 60's while riding my bike the weather was dark and ominous all of sudden the air raid siren started whaling and I looked up and not 100 yards away was the old Good Year blimp coming down towards me. I thought it was Ming the merciless from the flash Gordon TV show. Special effects in those days weren't the best so the blimp looked exactly like the space ships and they flew just as slow. Man I was really scared until I read the name Good Year. The siren went off as a test in those days the cold war was full on. Mom would always tell us that when we heard that siren get home because it meant the devil was coming. Our neighborhood was in the glide path for the blimp which is why it was coming down. pretty awesome. Years later I ended fueling the blimp for Butler Aviation. Back then it was 5 gallon jerry cans two at a time to fill it. I do remember the wheel chair like he was saying. The new ones have come a long way. Thanks for the memories Steveo

[@ontheroadwithjohn]

There is something he can do when he see's the sharks. He has a keyboard that he can write anything on. HEY LOOK BEHIND YOU SHARKS.....

[@LeasyB]

Hahaha good point 😂👌🏼

[@justinsimpson2335]

John Rybka Then watch as the whole beach panics!

[@ontheroadwithjohn]

Yer and great vantage point to watch

[@davecrupel2817]

Justin Simpson oh my god that would be horrible hahaha 👌😂👌😂

[@froggie6608]

You probably would not be able to see the LED display during the day.

[@gewglesux]

I saw in the paper today that they're taking on the of the blimps out service- decommissioning if you will..

[@travelwithus750]

Cool vid Steveo. Awesome footage of blimp. U think that would be scary to fly in more so than a plane lol. It's a balloon lol. Can't get pic out of my head of that one that burned lol.

[@grandpa1955]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

[@ettsn]

That's cool. I'd love to Pilot that thing. Wonder what kind of ratings it needs? Lighter than air? A specific type rating?

[@jamesfarnham1976]

That was cool, very informative. Thank you!!

[@robertross804]

thanks for the behind the screen look from liberty ky

[@bhmintdax5759]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@nkennethdaniel]

Great Video! Keep it up.

[@towing76]

Is the horse pasture still next to the blimp base? I had some friends that kept horses over there. I watched that thing leave and come home alot. Well thats the new 1. The old 1 that went down in Springs is the 1 I used to see.

[@ktmalpha7787]

@3:57 Just follow Melanie.

[@shaunlionudakis8251]

Ktm Alpha she is so sexy my god Why is here always hot woman around anything that flies I a helicopter pilot and also work for a major airline and drive past the FBO at HNL ever day and night and seems there is always gorgeous girls around 😎 Only tells me one thing...we need more things that fly in this world 😝

[@shaunlionudakis8251]

There Not here dam auto correct

[@mrkarpaa3520]

shes lesbian

[@codyfalkner3261]

J L mile high club with her

[@victorcentofanti2084]

@@shaunlionudakis8251 that's a blimp ass!

[@lookingforwookiecopilot]

🎵 Hey there blimpy boy, flyin' through the sky so fancy free 🎵

[@Schipholinminecraft]

Great video again Steve!

[@2004JETTA]

Early congrats on 100k subscribers :) any plans to celebrate?

[@steveo1kinevo]

+2004JETTA thanks! I am pretty excited to hit my goal. It's been a fun ride so far.

[@lmontas5916]

Amazing artefact! Now 2 questions Can the blimp stay quiet (static) in the air? If it's yes! for how many time? Why is it so noisy? 🤔 They're going to have to copy the tech from the one who was in NJ. Zero noise! ​​😉😊

[@ChrisB257]

Fascinating Steve - that is quite a machine. :)