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
@Lostxanfound3 жыл бұрын
@Champion ain’t even big enough to notice
@nealsausen46513 жыл бұрын
@Berified ; hey not nice! Taylor happens to be a friend of mine And she’s an incredible incredible person!
@nealsausen46513 жыл бұрын
@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!
@hovanti3 жыл бұрын
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_Tint2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@sbrunner693 жыл бұрын
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.
@b3j83 жыл бұрын
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!
@davidrubio-lf5rc6 ай бұрын
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.
@pauld69674 жыл бұрын
His comment about how nice it is to feel the wind is one of the reasons I like flying in open cockpit biplanes. 🙂
@TheTraveler9763 жыл бұрын
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.
@elfgirlfriend30732 ай бұрын
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. :)
@Mary-o8r5 жыл бұрын
I would love to go for a ride in one😀
@theoavory35 жыл бұрын
mbigboyny BEST REPLY EVER!!!
@sided3014 жыл бұрын
Those are dangerous as hell
@josecarloscosta124 жыл бұрын
Me to
@alanhernandez46124 жыл бұрын
I’m low key scared of heights
@plushblueep4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@afvet50754 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Spring Texas where the Goodyear Blimp America was stationed. It was awesome. Had a little terminal.
@alexlindsay93934 жыл бұрын
blimps used to scare me as a kid
@riheg4 жыл бұрын
Its not a blimp its semi rigid
@Bellringercameron4 жыл бұрын
Why
@lexc.82804 жыл бұрын
1940‘s Kid?
@witheeeeeerx3 жыл бұрын
@@lexc.8280 Nah cuz it looks weird
@ljsmixbox443 жыл бұрын
Me too. lol
@aydenburris86314 жыл бұрын
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.
@themenendezbrothers23664 жыл бұрын
That is awesome!! I have never seen one. Do they actually look massive in the sky?
@aydenburris86314 жыл бұрын
@@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
@aydenburris86314 жыл бұрын
@@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
@themenendezbrothers23664 жыл бұрын
@@aydenburris8631 oh ok. Thanks for the info
@daveburch2354 жыл бұрын
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.
@honiideslysses1211 ай бұрын
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.
@tailtap22226 ай бұрын
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.
@mcren6781 Жыл бұрын
I would like to go for a ride on the co-pilot.
@whatsinthebox55044 жыл бұрын
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
@Palacemalicee4 жыл бұрын
This is actually really cool!! Very good quality too. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed!
@Massev68714 жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to go on one!!!
@arizonaalchemy75725 ай бұрын
This looks like a Fun Experience.
@jgdogg4414 жыл бұрын
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
@M60gunner19714 жыл бұрын
Co pilot is gorgeous.
@marcosrafaelfleitascohene87884 жыл бұрын
Yes
@skullcrusher65394 жыл бұрын
Simp
@daniel_plays52814 жыл бұрын
Skull crusher i was about to comment that lol
@Vishalsinghyt19804 жыл бұрын
She is so hot
@rexsexson53498 ай бұрын
Simp
@ryandonnelly75634 жыл бұрын
I love his excitement to be on the blimp
@rawhide1544 жыл бұрын
My aunt has one. She has the interior fitted like a van from the seventies.
@nickaddison3853 жыл бұрын
How does she have a blimp
@jorgepadilla345910 ай бұрын
Two yrs ago I saw one in LA stationoff the 405 they’re really huge.
@Matwiej192 жыл бұрын
The lady captain is really nice :)
@ExMachina70 Жыл бұрын
I took my 4yo out to watch the Goodyear blimp landing a couple years ago. That was a great day. 😀
@martinpintamalli14494 жыл бұрын
Everyone: Blimp! Airship! Me: Zeppelin 😂
@wogboi65884 жыл бұрын
Martin Pintamalli yeah my grandpa was a pilot of a zeppelin once He died in ww2😢
@wogboi65884 жыл бұрын
Martin Pintamalli jokes aside though there is a difference.
@ardisfaire4 жыл бұрын
Dirigible
@F17A4 жыл бұрын
Zeppelin is a blimp manufacturer.
@victorcentofanti20844 жыл бұрын
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.
@Melissa07745 жыл бұрын
What kind of qualifications do you need to fly a blimp? A regular pilot's license?
@DowntownCanon5 жыл бұрын
A pilot's license is a prerequisite.
@Melissa07745 жыл бұрын
@@DowntownCanon What type of pilot's license, though? That's what I wanted to know.
@FirstnameLastname777775 жыл бұрын
@@Melissa0774 a standard cpl (commercial pilots license)
@nealsausen46514 жыл бұрын
You need a heavier than air rating (Or license) and a lighter than air rating! Goodyear trains all its pilots in house!
@dani54223 жыл бұрын
Comercial pilot license I guess you can’t transport people for a service will a private pilot license
@gambit67765 жыл бұрын
Damn it's so loud in there
@Blueshirt135 жыл бұрын
What happens if I shoot it will it pop or what
@bloodmoonyt19015 жыл бұрын
Would deflate, how fast it deflates depends on what gun you use.
@an63505 жыл бұрын
Please don't sir
@Blueshirt135 жыл бұрын
I feel like it would explode
@Kodeb85 жыл бұрын
It would deflate slowly. Would probably give the pilot enough time to find a place to land.
@carlkrebs6857 Жыл бұрын
You go to jail.
@riotdrone5 жыл бұрын
UHHHHMMM ACKSHUALLY ITS not A BLIMP ITS A semi rigid airship HRMPH
@rebeccawood94295 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@jamesalafayette82555 жыл бұрын
Archer
@randyholmquist4 жыл бұрын
It's a freaking blimp man, quit takin the fun outta crap!!!
@triple7marc4 жыл бұрын
Randy Holmquist Wow, you COMPLETELY missed the sarcasm there.
@riheg4 жыл бұрын
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
@lucasturner46834 жыл бұрын
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
@raptorgrade59193 жыл бұрын
Clicked for the cute pilot
@ChristophHemmerlein2 жыл бұрын
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.
@blueofthelightanddark62736 жыл бұрын
Nice. First video of Wingfoot Three, a day after it is christened.
@phoe85233 жыл бұрын
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.
@GamblingDegenUltra4 жыл бұрын
0:26 whats your job?... uhm nasa engineer
@kocsisjanos8503 жыл бұрын
The best ones yet to come! Called: "hybrid airships"!
@CategoricalImperative4 жыл бұрын
Just watched hoping to see the bathroom. Huzzah!
@philiprea8340 Жыл бұрын
So many questions... how fast do they go... what if there`s a big headwind, how high can they go to name a few
@arwindersingh6804 жыл бұрын
Sir what is name of lady capten
@aidenwinter11174 жыл бұрын
That’s a very strong blimp, can you watch movies and play games while riding on it?
@CookingWithKenny9183 жыл бұрын
Seen one today... crazy I haven't seen a good year blimp since middle school maybe even elementary
@seaweed_official3 жыл бұрын
seen one yesterday
@TobaccoRoadAI4 жыл бұрын
3:04 Can’t help but to think of the movie a view to a kill
@jblasutavario95494 жыл бұрын
Me too 😆 Gotta love Zorin and his henchmen.
@scpfoundation20404 жыл бұрын
People of the Commonwealth do not interfere we are the brotherhood of steel
@edwinayala1194 Жыл бұрын
In Florida i saw one of this in Orlando it was my first time seeing it
@harshithreddy35284 жыл бұрын
Wow, we can open windows
@danielhoffmann674 жыл бұрын
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.
@largol33t13 жыл бұрын
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.
@nealsausen46513 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@genem3785 Жыл бұрын
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!"
@imamsukoco12984 жыл бұрын
Very comfortable to fly with airship, but this ship difficult to take off and landing.
@joshuafischer6844 жыл бұрын
I'd imagine that landing is easier in an airship than in an airplane.
@imamsukoco12984 жыл бұрын
@@joshuafischer684 oh yes?.
@joshuafischer6844 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@imamsukoco12984 жыл бұрын
@@joshuafischer684 Thank you for your information.
@LessFusion7473 жыл бұрын
This remind me of the mummy cartoon flying blimp, from my childhood.
@ciaraoh91022 жыл бұрын
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,
@SalveMonesvol3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a good way to tour over a city. A 1 hour "ride" covering 15 km.
@juanpablomartinez47682 жыл бұрын
ALGUIEN SABE El Costco POR UN RAITE DE ESTO GRACIAS.
@Aernath Жыл бұрын
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)
@Masivemaster2 жыл бұрын
Why is it that massive? Whats inside that stuff?
@nephos1003 жыл бұрын
Lady pilot is gorgeous.
@GuiPurri3 жыл бұрын
THE WINDOWS OPEN ON THIS ONE!!
@kimberwoolridge60883 жыл бұрын
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
@elonmusket23062 жыл бұрын
I worked here fresh outta highschool. One of the cooler jobs I had
@24fletchdog2 жыл бұрын
Do blimps have any back up engine's
@EdRein3 ай бұрын
How many people can it carry?
@boligard4 жыл бұрын
I used to live on the street right in front of this blimp base, it was always cool to see the blimp flying around.
@robertvanderzalm44645 ай бұрын
Imagine crossing the Atlantic in that!!! It would take days not hours.
@chetmyers70419 ай бұрын
I wonder if the 20 million dollars was for one airship, or the entire fleet of three.
@grimftl3 жыл бұрын
So, a bog-standard bog - except that it has a window. Which might occasionally come in handy.
@lvsqcsl Жыл бұрын
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.
@asddsdfsh Жыл бұрын
Blimps are real!
@valberm3 жыл бұрын
Fine pilot 😍
@gahhdbbdhdjxjnxbx82363 жыл бұрын
Is that a Hindenburg built in 2014
@sergelioutyi3 жыл бұрын
How loud was it compared to sitting in an airline?
@darkcs69 Жыл бұрын
Davey how ya doin?
@riheg4 жыл бұрын
If its semi rigid its not a blimp So I don’t understand why its presented as such?
@AlexR26484 жыл бұрын
Because it's most widely known as the Goodyear Blimp, and the average person doesn't really care about the distinction.
@riheg3 жыл бұрын
@@8107chapelmanorlane to each his own I suppose
@martinrose63574 жыл бұрын
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.
@omni85684 жыл бұрын
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
@martinrose63574 жыл бұрын
@@omni8568 look it up! They have dream meaning about the blimps, though not about these specific GoodYear blimps.
@nealsausen46513 жыл бұрын
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
@martinrose63573 жыл бұрын
@@omni8568 I dreamt of it again today!!!
@martinrose63573 жыл бұрын
@@nealsausen4651 that's definitely what happened pal.
@hungryutkarsh3 жыл бұрын
How do you get a cool job like this?
@calvinnickel99958 ай бұрын
BF Goodrich: “You know the guys with the blimp? We’re the other guys!”
@nealsausen46514 жыл бұрын
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! 😂
@ChrisJohnson-hk6es2 жыл бұрын
Was it smooth riding? Any turbulence?
@dorothygale58963 жыл бұрын
Isn't it a Zeppelin semi-rigid and not a true blimp?
@24fletchdog2 жыл бұрын
What city is that in
@excitingmarmot28203 жыл бұрын
Why this is not a thing anymore? Its cool af
@harvestmoon10333 жыл бұрын
Right . I’d rather get in this than a helicopter
@FLP903 жыл бұрын
I just saw one a week ago above Hollywood LA
@kocsisjanos8503 жыл бұрын
Made in Friedrichshafen?
@ashutoshdixit97903 жыл бұрын
She is soo cute❤️
@aryanarjule4 жыл бұрын
Blimps ki speed Kam hoti hai naa yeah tez nhi jaa sakte hai
@EricaYE62 жыл бұрын
I'm jealous. I wanna ride on the Goodyear blimp. :(
@user-wc8lf5km8k3 жыл бұрын
Man I want to ride in that blimp. Looks like fun.
@LOLmusics3 жыл бұрын
wouldve been funny if a bunch of bugs went into his mouth when he opened it lookin out the window XD
@collectiblesnrandomstuff5442 жыл бұрын
Imagine the balloon popped mid air 😮 3:29
@itzcrispydonut71232 жыл бұрын
I never knew blimps had a cockpit i thought it just has a steering wheel
@akb70863 жыл бұрын
Is there a shitter on there or do people just shit an piss out the windows
@cintulator24 жыл бұрын
So, no steak and wine?
@FutonStories4 жыл бұрын
4:20 I see Phyllis!
@sailorconan3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, really want to try it!!!!
@mickeycrilly18392 жыл бұрын
I would live and travel the world in this if I was possible
@phillyman24105 жыл бұрын
how's the turbulence?
@seaweed_official3 жыл бұрын
it came by my house yesterday
@paulwoodhead50013 жыл бұрын
The man at 0:50 sounds exactly like Don. Jr
@barbarossa95913 жыл бұрын
Airship ready
@Papajankypot5 жыл бұрын
Where’s the bathroom?
@Papajankypot5 жыл бұрын
Never mind
@nerfninja6614 жыл бұрын
Get you a plastic bag and you are now the brown bomber
@guccibuckethat907 Жыл бұрын
YMH brought me here
@nickirwin6521 Жыл бұрын
Takeoff didn't look as bad as bert made it out to seem