Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Frank.? I wonder how they crossed the Atlantic?? Maybe those true "blimps" could be collapsed into a shipping container. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 10/14/2017 12:29 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >