Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those bring back memories! Back in the late 1970s /early ?80s we were Goodyear?s most successful Formula 1 Team and I got a ride in a blimp when it was over for the British GP. We flew over the ?dreaming spires? of Oxford - an unforgettable experience. cheers, Frank D. > On 14 Oct 2017, at 03:41, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Late today, the airport manager informed me that one of the Goodyear > Blimps was going to remain overnight at the Tullahoma Airport. It was > circling away from the airport, awaiting the arrival of the ground crew. > When I arrived at the airport, the blimp was west of the active area of > the airport. Camera around my neck, and an extra battery in my pocket, I > hiked about a half mile across the rough grass and one active runway to > the area where he was to be tied down. The crew saw that I wanted > pictures, and, with time on their hands, they circled and made approaches > to give me several angles. My biggest problem was that the setting sun > was in my face, and I didn't relish hiking another half mile to get the > sun to my back. So, what you see is what I was able to get. > > This is one of the new Goodyear craft, N1A, and is actually a German-made > Zeppelin, with some internal structure, not really a blimp, but is still > classified as a blimp. > > Cabin > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171013-DSCF5869.JPG.html > > Waiting for the ground crew > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171013-DSCF5895.JPG.html > > Circling above the Beech Party > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171013-DSCF5890.JPG.html > > In late afternoon sun > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171013-DSCF5875.JPG.html > > Still waiting at sundown > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171013-DSCF5900.JPG.html > > These may be viewed LARGE. > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information