What It Takes To Fly The $21 Million Goodyear Blimp

2019 ж. 18 Нау.
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We took a ride on the world-famous Goodyear Blimp as it flew above the Daytona International Speedway where it provided aerial coverage for NASCAR in February. Our journey began at the Blimp Base in Pompano Beach, Florida - from there, the Blimp flew 200 miles north to a small airport in New Smyrna, where it would call home for the weekend.
We got to spend about five hours in the Blimp, which was updated in 2014 in collaboration with the Zeppelin company. The new model isn't technically a Blimp, due to the internal structure inside its balloon, or envelope.
This is what it's like to fly on the iconic Goodyear Blimp, which isn't accessible to the public - only the crew and invited guests are allowed to go for a ride.
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What It Takes To Fly The $21 Million Goodyear Blimp

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  • 2:51 : "Six months to maybe a little over a year" So you need a goodyear of training to fly this thing?

    @buch3526@buch35265 жыл бұрын
    • Buch oh my

      @mateigavrila8412@mateigavrila84125 жыл бұрын
    • Haha nice one

      @gridgr1d258@gridgr1d2585 жыл бұрын
    • Haha

      @vibekestronstad7859@vibekestronstad78595 жыл бұрын
    • Buch lol nice one

      @diggleda2952@diggleda29525 жыл бұрын
    • r/excellentpuns

      @slaughtergang518@slaughtergang5185 жыл бұрын
  • “You know everyone wants to see a blimp.” GTA5 players: *pulls out rpg*

    @reinardjared@reinardjared5 жыл бұрын
    • Its annoying getting shot while joy flying ;-;

      @jettdiff5788@jettdiff57885 жыл бұрын
    • *Hindenburg flashbacks*

      @surfyplayer8231@surfyplayer82314 жыл бұрын
    • @@surfyplayer8231 *timeless flashbacks*

      @Frznwhrlpll@Frznwhrlpll4 жыл бұрын
    • reinardjared There’s a crazy thing called an invite-only session.

      @yammmit@yammmit4 жыл бұрын
    • TommyTom21 No, but you _can_ do them in a solo public session. I’d never do business stuff in a full lobby.

      @yammmit@yammmit4 жыл бұрын
  • My dad had a tire shop in the 70s...he was a big Goodyear dealer... pretty much exclusive. He was given tickets to fly on the blimp when it came to our city. For some reason, I was the only one to go up, not even my parents were with me. So we go up and I was invited to go up next to the pilot. It was quite cool but as a kid I didn't get the gravity of it. So there was this big wheel like a wheel on a ship between the two front seats...I asked if I could move it. He had his hand on it and said " yes , just very slow forward " ...well being 7 years old I reefed on it back and fourth...not a good idea evidently , I was sternly told to go back to my seat lol "...I still have my ticket. So, about 34 years latter ( 2014 ) my dad passed away from prostate cancer. My parents have a big piece of land and the following spring I was helping my mom with the garden...so we hear this brrrrrr...and here comes the Goodyear blimp. We hadn't seen it in our town for years and years. It gets closer and closer and is coming right in our direction. So veers off , turns sideways and comes in REAL low. Freakishly low. It goes by with the light up sign flashing " Goodyear " ...we were crying. We know someone high up remembered my dad. He was a good tire dealer ...did all the city fire, cops, regular city vehicles, contracts with local mills etc. So I can only think they remembered him and did a flyby. Their house isn't even in the city so they had to go out of the way to do this. It hadn't been in our town since the late 90s so...it had to be planned. Thank you Goodyear !

    @rcknrol7258@rcknrol72582 жыл бұрын
    • That’s incredible

      @croutons9590@croutons95902 жыл бұрын
    • Great story

      @muddybasilisk7526@muddybasilisk7526 Жыл бұрын
    • lol rip

      @itstoasty7089@itstoasty7089 Жыл бұрын
    • So nostalgic! Thanks for sharing such wonderful memories ❤️

      @MandaOh9@MandaOh93 ай бұрын
    • Religion is the cancer of humanity Please educate yourself

      @Istandby666@Istandby6663 ай бұрын
  • My dad worked 36 years at Brazil's Goodyear and one day he brought the whole family in a flight on this beauty. I'll never forget that

    @GFM_90@GFM_903 жыл бұрын
    • What. Did goodyear brought the blimp to Brazil?

      @CorredorDigital_@CorredorDigital_2 жыл бұрын
    • @@CorredorDigital_ Goodyear has 3 of them.

      @Kullioking@Kullioking2 жыл бұрын
    • WOW!

      @jonathanmcfarland288@jonathanmcfarland2882 жыл бұрын
    • How does one ever get a ride on the blimp? I see it everyday almost here in LA and it’s been on my bucket list for years!

      @ReelsCW@ReelsCW2 жыл бұрын
    • @@ReelsCW in 1990, my girlfriends Dad was a Vice President of marketing for a big grocery chain in San Francisco. Somehow, he was able to get my gf and I a ride on the Goodyear Blimp. It was crazy, the crew and us passengers were in a cockpit the size of a motor home. We could talk to the pilot from our seats. He flew us over the Oakland Collisium and dipped us down low over it. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done. They gave us signed cards that said we had flown in the blimp.

      @stevebond7387@stevebond7387 Жыл бұрын
  • When I was younger, I thought the people sat in balloon part

    @M4RSK11@M4RSK114 жыл бұрын
    • same LMAOO

      @zosia3304@zosia33044 жыл бұрын
    • Same 😂

      @Andressantiagooo99@Andressantiagooo994 жыл бұрын
    • acydic. I though they flew in the rudder or very tip

      @rileydc579@rileydc5794 жыл бұрын
    • Yall honestly stupid while kids

      @danielmariscal7599@danielmariscal75994 жыл бұрын
    • I still believed that until today .

      @jak7062@jak70624 жыл бұрын
  • heading over to see if spacex need any grass cutters

    @lolbots@lolbots5 жыл бұрын
    • lolbot same

      @museabc@museabc5 жыл бұрын
    • Nice one

      @glockedie@glockedie5 жыл бұрын
    • @Genipsis Space Agency What about Starship

      @glockedie@glockedie5 жыл бұрын
    • Heading over to Jeff Bezo for a grass cutter job

      @Nal1@Nal15 жыл бұрын
    • I think they just blew up their grassfields...

      @EdwardChan.999@EdwardChan.9995 жыл бұрын
  • In the '80s when I was in high school, there was a Goodyear Blimp based right across the freeway from our school. I was on the yearbook staff and we requested a ride to photograph the campus from above. Goodyear was happy to oblige. When it was our turn, they put me in the co-pilot seat. We flew around, I took pictures, and then the pilot asked if I wanted to fly it. This was an older model with pedals for the rudders and a big wheel beside each seat for elevators. I'll never forget that day. For a few minutes, I got to fly the Goodyear blimp.

    @0bscura@0bscura3 жыл бұрын
    • that sounds amazing

      @jimdog3024@jimdog30243 жыл бұрын
    • this is a very wholesome story thank you for sharing

      @ambulance_bass@ambulance_bass2 жыл бұрын
    • that's incredible! a piece of aviation history, no doubt.

      @samsam18200@samsam182002 жыл бұрын
    • Outstanding!

      @daviddiscenza3187@daviddiscenza3187 Жыл бұрын
  • The pilot who started off as a landscaper for good year. Amazing story, peoples dreams can come true

    @xlilnetx@xlilnetx3 жыл бұрын
    • Due to eye problems I could not find a shit to give. r/woosh me if ur gay

      @infinity5288@infinity52883 жыл бұрын
    • Hell Yeah! That is is the reason why he appreciates the work and effort of the people behind the scenes! Kudos to him and all those people who make this whole thing possible!

      @upworkwebdevelopmentinc9633@upworkwebdevelopmentinc96332 жыл бұрын
    • Yes I know a pilot who worked for Ryanair he's now a landscaper, Dreams are more often destroyed by corporate businesses

      @elguapo6225@elguapo6225 Жыл бұрын
  • I’m gonna piss people off at parties when I interject that the Goodyear Blimp is actually a semi-rigid airship.

    @nativeportlander@nativeportlander5 жыл бұрын
    • Julian Fullwiley talk about a fight starter lol

      @MOOMOO2728@MOOMOO27284 жыл бұрын
    • Almighty God George Soros #420 #GetRekd it’s a joke boomer

      @harley2816@harley28164 жыл бұрын
    • You'll be right.

      @-oiiio-3993@-oiiio-39933 жыл бұрын
    • Chaotic neutral

      @bentorres1623@bentorres16233 жыл бұрын
    • What a great idea

      @ZTM432@ZTM4322 жыл бұрын
  • “I didn’t even realize this job existed until I found it.” -Mr. BlimpMan

    @crispyrainbow@crispyrainbow4 жыл бұрын
    • Didn't realize they still fly blimps this openly in public.... Why still? it is unpredictably dangerous.

      @CaptainPilipinas@CaptainPilipinas3 жыл бұрын
    • @@1unartic probably has to be closed to the mainland too for easy rescue events.

      @CaptainPilipinas@CaptainPilipinas3 жыл бұрын
    • @@1unartic we think by now that we would already be building advanced airships by now.... *metal/titanium-built* airships.

      @CaptainPilipinas@CaptainPilipinas3 жыл бұрын
    • or just Spaceships to make things easier to imagine.

      @CaptainPilipinas@CaptainPilipinas3 жыл бұрын
    • @@1unartic I say it so because it is an easier popable giant oval-shaped balloon. even an average bird could do some pecking until it eventually combust (though that is probably just me being paranoid). Modern aerial jets are Far from Perfect, but they would be sturdier if ever one does crash into the Earth filled with a Hundred people inside it so long as the pilots does have a proper control and timing for they could emergency-land....

      @CaptainPilipinas@CaptainPilipinas3 жыл бұрын
  • I don’t know why it made me smile when they said that the blimp would spin around in circles at night while parked. Also I feel like a crash in that thing would feel like a gentle ground boop.

    @calebyork5004@calebyork50043 жыл бұрын
    • @@ranjan_v not the same. It's not hydrogen filled. But yeah prob not pleasant still 😂

      @softgoose7287@softgoose72872 жыл бұрын
    • @@ranjan_v Ever heard of helium?

      @richardmillhousenixon@richardmillhousenixon Жыл бұрын
    • It's very much true, I had a Good Year Airship operating from LPCS for Portugal's 1993 Formula One Grand Prix and the ship behaves just like a wind sock. It will rotate around the mast according to wind direction. I was Controller back then and later took a ride on her. 😀

      @duartesimoes508@duartesimoes50828 күн бұрын
  • That’s a big improvement from the previous generation blimps. I had an opportunity to look inside the cockpit of the older model and I was shocked at how small it was.

    @GRosa250@GRosa2503 жыл бұрын
    • Wrong wrong .look at USA Macon and uss Akron . I love it when they said it could only pick up a little bit.? Yeah buddy an aircraft carrier flying with planes inside. Being launched and captured. Anyway it'll be over soon

      @onewordhereonewordthere6975@onewordhereonewordthere69752 жыл бұрын
    • @@onewordhereonewordthere6975 Those are rigid airships, meaning that they can fit things inside the "balloon" due to using internal gas bags. A blimp or semi-rigid just could not do that, limiting internal capacity to just the cockpit.

      @allbirdsareedible@allbirdsareedible2 жыл бұрын
    • @@allbirdsareedible they're called a dirigible airship. Are you aware the USS Macon and the USS Akron crashed and did not blow up 70 sailors 6 planes galley , officers mess living living quarters and let's not forget 6 airplanes. Helium can never pick up that much weight. When the Hindenburg burnt up only the camera and the camera man was there . The so-called reporter ad-libbed. As a child and a young adult it terrified me and a whole lot of others . But no more. I know why they're lying and they are 100% LYING I really don't care if anybody believes me .

      @onewordhereonewordthere6975@onewordhereonewordthere69752 жыл бұрын
    • Yes I do care . But they're trolls will relentlessly we're down through tactics that are childish and Evil. It's not just the airship it is the fuel that despite what anyone says it's easy to make and safer than gasoline aviation fuel kerosene. It is the ultimate sustainable development it's byproduct is itself . Even better the process cleans it. People just believe what their mind-control says. Sorry govern ment . Along with Walt Disney the propaganda wing of the CIA.

      @onewordhereonewordthere6975@onewordhereonewordthere69752 жыл бұрын
  • It's all good until it got attacked by pigeons using Blitzkrieg tactic

    @zuko1569@zuko15695 жыл бұрын
    • Or by Banzai burgers

      @firepower7017@firepower70175 жыл бұрын
    • That one dark kid in class

      @noiwont3068@noiwont30685 жыл бұрын
    • Lol actually pigeons r smart

      @Splashdavap@Splashdavap5 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @rhodesianwojak2095@rhodesianwojak20955 жыл бұрын
    • @MoC Chaos what?

      @Swukelz@Swukelz5 жыл бұрын
  • *_I wonder if the Blimp Tires are Goodyear_*

    @BobMcCoy@BobMcCoy5 жыл бұрын
    • *lol*

      @titan9259@titan92595 жыл бұрын
    • Why do you always *SCREAM THE COMMENTS!!??!*

      @JustJohn505@JustJohn5055 жыл бұрын
    • Nah man, there Lego

      @zainkhwaja8688@zainkhwaja86885 жыл бұрын
    • Didnt you hear, its not a blimp

      @MrCTruck@MrCTruck5 жыл бұрын
    • Of course not, they re chinese lol

      @klauspendolo1393@klauspendolo13935 жыл бұрын
  • somehow it gives me an "aww" feeling when it took off. as nostalgic as a Disney cartoon in the 50s

    @Mralmostpig@Mralmostpig3 жыл бұрын
  • Blimp: *appears* WWI Veteran Reincarnated: _aww sh t here we go again_

    @12gs1@12gs13 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂😂

      @dumitrulangham1721@dumitrulangham17213 жыл бұрын
    • Can’t believe there aren’t any WWI vets anymore.

      @Science-ev1he@Science-ev1he3 жыл бұрын
    • Edo tensei

      @seanmichael1795@seanmichael17953 жыл бұрын
    • LOL

      @Fruitsmymainispomgranates@Fruitsmymainispomgranates3 жыл бұрын
    • @mohammedpilote669 haddad their all dead

      @jayus2033@jayus20333 жыл бұрын
  • Probably took them a Good Year to build it.

    @sl4383@sl43835 жыл бұрын
    • Underrated

      @eggwithsubscriberwithoutvideo@eggwithsubscriberwithoutvideo4 жыл бұрын
    • Id say maybe a good decade

      @goliathyeti1669@goliathyeti16694 жыл бұрын
    • Pun

      @bobyletsplay9661@bobyletsplay96614 жыл бұрын
    • goliath yeti maybe a good century

      @margotrobbie7101@margotrobbie71014 жыл бұрын
    • Celine Payton or a good millennium

      @thetrueairbornefca@thetrueairbornefca4 жыл бұрын
  • The music was impeccable.

    @PeymanSayyadi@PeymanSayyadi5 жыл бұрын
    • Haha I was wondering why no one is taking about the music .

      @RajdeepBorgohainRajdeep@RajdeepBorgohainRajdeep5 жыл бұрын
    • im high rn and its really chillin me out

      @nick-vm6qx@nick-vm6qx5 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, really gives off a "classic airship" vibe.

      @sonoftanavast8916@sonoftanavast89165 жыл бұрын
    • German engineering is the best! Way better than the USA!

      @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un5 жыл бұрын
    • @@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw Wait. That's illegal

      @largesoda1729@largesoda17295 жыл бұрын
  • One time I thought there was a huge ass flying saucer over my house. It was late evening. The sun was going down. Bottom covered by trees. Nearly gave me a heart attack. Then it turned. Goodyear. The blimp was floating only about 100 feet above my house.

    @supercomputer0448@supercomputer04483 жыл бұрын
  • Living in Arizona we see the Goodyear blimps quite frequently. Needless to say it's always amazing to see

    @t1tan145@t1tan1453 жыл бұрын
    • Honestly, being from Akron, I never realized it was special as a kid, I just thought that every city had their own blimp and never batted an eye

      @geneticemo@geneticemo2 жыл бұрын
  • As a kid i thought people would ride inside the round thing

    @az5339@az53395 жыл бұрын
    • God Mode In the big Airships of the 30s the Passenger cabins were actually in the lower section of the Lifting Body

      @canopus5498@canopus54985 жыл бұрын
    • Bro same

      @CornbreadOperator@CornbreadOperator5 жыл бұрын
    • As a kid I knew that passengers would ride in the gondola and not in the body of the airship, but I was always wondering how airships like the Hindenburg could carry 87 people if the gondola was so small. So actually passenger airships did have cabins inside the body.

      @alinalexandru2466@alinalexandru24665 жыл бұрын
    • LMAO SAME

      @assassin7250@assassin72505 жыл бұрын
    • They don't???

      @lordamvmurda406@lordamvmurda4065 жыл бұрын
  • To put the 21 mil in perspective, a passenger airplane costs about 200 - 300 mil...

    @KS-xd6ql@KS-xd6ql5 жыл бұрын
    • Kevin M. Smet the most common narrowbody planes seat 150 and cost $50 mil after discounts ($100 mil list price)

      @raz3000@raz30005 жыл бұрын
    • Most plans seat 300 humndred

      @mohitpatel4313@mohitpatel43135 жыл бұрын
    • @@mohitpatel4313 larger wide bodies do, not the majority narrow body or any single isle

      @MarksTournaments@MarksTournaments5 жыл бұрын
    • you can buy a Boeing 747 for just over 2 million, but you have to pay for maintenance...

      @kuick6814@kuick68145 жыл бұрын
    • Kuick No you can’t

      @jakeroot2247@jakeroot22475 жыл бұрын
  • Back in the late 90's we had some kind of a blimp fever in Argentina, and we had different blimps flying across the country, including _Good Year_ and _La Serenísima_ blimps... It was amazing to see them floating in the distance. XOXO

    @EzequielFerrari22@EzequielFerrari223 жыл бұрын
  • I played enough GTA to know how to comandeer this

    @roy04@roy043 жыл бұрын
    • alright now crash it into fort zancudo

      @history1a@history1a2 жыл бұрын
  • When a camera is worth more than your house

    @jdwolf55@jdwolf555 жыл бұрын
    • Just a random channel when a balloon is x30 your house.

      @jamiegoddard1781@jamiegoddard17815 жыл бұрын
    • @@jamiegoddard1781 oof

      @jdwolf55@jdwolf555 жыл бұрын
    • I was expecting them to say something bigger like $800k to 1mil. The importance of the events it covers and there being only one on the ship I bet its an incredible piece of equipment.

      @kilikus822@kilikus8225 жыл бұрын
    • Kilikus nah, just slap a Galaxy s10 on a mount and call it a day.

      @jdwolf55@jdwolf555 жыл бұрын
    • Shotover makes them

      @NicholasLittlejohn@NicholasLittlejohn5 жыл бұрын
  • I haven’t seen a blimp for like seven years

    @isaiahrobertson7040@isaiahrobertson70404 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @teags7069@teags70694 жыл бұрын
    • my age is what u said

      @IamCute-po8dx@IamCute-po8dx4 жыл бұрын
    • Isaiah Robertson seen one in the summer while traveling where they’re standing in the video, it’s beautiful

      @shortymm2093@shortymm20934 жыл бұрын
    • I've never seen one. Do they look big?

      @diegotr6701@diegotr67014 жыл бұрын
    • go to a popular beach during the summer here in NJ they pop by all the time from late spring until late summer

      @Commodus43@Commodus434 жыл бұрын
  • Wow, I sat through this entire clip without skipping. I Enjoyed this Clip!

    @lutherfrank6864@lutherfrank68643 жыл бұрын
  • I've seen the Goodyear Blimp many times over the beaches of Cape Cod, and even over Olympic Park just before London 2012. But I honestly learned so many things in this short film that I had no idea about!

    @KatTheFoxtaur@KatTheFoxtaur2 жыл бұрын
  • ive seen it at my elementary school several times, looking back it was just so cool knowing theirs only 15-20 blimps left and ive seen this one multiple times, the Goodyear blimp.

    @legendary_moocow4605@legendary_moocow46054 жыл бұрын
    • i didnt know it was so rare, I live close to one, its right next to the 405 freeway

      @amara7163@amara71633 жыл бұрын
    • @@amara7163 I’m from oc so I see it on the way to lax all the time!

      @ianepperson5049@ianepperson50493 жыл бұрын
    • @@amara7163 they are so rare because they are absurdly expensive, even most rich people can't afford it. And yes, I have never heard from no one that I know that have seen it nor myself, except of videos and old movies.

      @mythocrat@mythocrat2 жыл бұрын
    • theres actually thousands of things that are basically blimps but dont classify as one. This Goodyear blimp isnt even a blimp

      @Jigolopuff@Jigolopuff6 ай бұрын
  • I bet he says ”damn it was a good day” everytime he clocks out

    @MrSecretMan2010@MrSecretMan20104 жыл бұрын
    • I gotta say this year was a goodyear

      @jtof9371@jtof93714 жыл бұрын
    • At the end of each year, I bet he says it’s been a good year while he’s saying hello to his 6 figures

      @byg2na249@byg2na2494 жыл бұрын
    • And then he calls me and tells me I’m a pimp

      @dababy3368@dababy33683 жыл бұрын
    • ICE CUBES A PIMP

      @karenoakes6858@karenoakes68583 жыл бұрын
    • @Benjamin Schmitt I bet he must be TIREd after work

      @skinnycacitas66@skinnycacitas663 жыл бұрын
  • I am being honest i liked it.But there was something that made me like it even more, that background music perfectly synced with slow moving plane with relaxing atmosphere.

    @leslimendonsa6316@leslimendonsa63163 жыл бұрын
  • Wow, the new "Blimps" are a far cry from the old GZ-20's that were in service when I worked for Goodyear Canada Inc. The old versions were only 192 feet long, had hardly any passenger capacity, and were much less tech oriented, but they were fun to fly. As an employee I had the opportunity to fly in them on 3 occasions, and actually took control of the craft for several minutes on one of the flights, and have a certificate of provenance that made me an honorary Blimp Pilot.

    @stevenchurma1156@stevenchurma11562 жыл бұрын
  • 2 snipe shots in gta and your 20 mil is gone 😂

    @ZSHJWSWBCWSWBC@ZSHJWSWBCWSWBC5 жыл бұрын
    • It is not hydrogen based it's helium based . It can leak but can not blast

      @anshulsharma9424@anshulsharma94245 жыл бұрын
    • i once hit this kid from far away from a building he was in a insurgent he crashed i took the shot and killed him it was so awesome he was so pissed off he chased me down lol

      @Eugenepanels@Eugenepanels5 жыл бұрын
    • @@Eugenepanels Oh wow you hit a target standing still, thank you hollywood 899 very cool!

      @camper1749@camper17495 жыл бұрын
    • It doesn't blow that easily in gta

      @_x_8761@_x_87615 жыл бұрын
    • Maxilimianmus when a famous basketball player thinks your comment is funny.....

      @antoniowombdiska3073@antoniowombdiska30735 жыл бұрын
  • The newest branch of the military: Balloon Bois

    @yeeturmcbeetur8197@yeeturmcbeetur81975 жыл бұрын
    • NPC #7048164 Been around since the civil war

      @andrewstotallynormallife4915@andrewstotallynormallife49155 жыл бұрын
    • How about the German Zeppelin in WW1?

      @dios5618@dios56185 жыл бұрын
    • Actually they recently came up with a new design which would be able to carry quite a bit of weight

      @zacheryhowell4230@zacheryhowell42305 жыл бұрын
    • now THAT i’d be willing to pay taxes for

      @cadenschmidt6877@cadenschmidt68774 жыл бұрын
    • Zeppelins were used during WW1 to gather intelligence

      @Daniel-ps9nw@Daniel-ps9nw4 жыл бұрын
  • N1A Wingfoot 1 is based here in Pompano Beach Florida! Where this film was shot. As a 40 year resident of Pompano Beach, I can tell you we are very possessive about OUR blimp! We are used to seeing it in the sky every day. N1A is VERY quiet compared to the old blimps. You could hear the old blimps coming N1A sneaks by. The light-sign on the side of the blimp is as much of the Holidays as Christmas lights. We would really miss it if it leaves!

    @victorcentofanti2084@victorcentofanti20843 жыл бұрын
  • Was poking around through the cobwebs on my bookshelf last night and pulled a small hardback from one of the dusty layers. Instantly a rush of joy filled my mind. It was Dr. Paul Litchfield's "Why Has America No Rigid Airship?" Few corporations have a sense of vision, or especially a sense of national vision. Perhaps nowadays vision is considered a costly luxury, hardly justifiable. But by the mid 20th century, after people had mostly given up on big rigid airships as a good (transportation industry) idea, Goodyear CEO Dr. Litchfield remained fast to his personal vision. In my mind, his vision is legendary. Thank you so much, Goodyear, for keeping that lighter-than-air idea up and going.

    @zuutlmna@zuutlmna2 жыл бұрын
  • My brother and I rode in this in the 70's. I recall it being very loud inside the cabin.

    @TheCoachMc@TheCoachMc5 жыл бұрын
    • That was the Goodyear blimp. This is the Zeppelin NT.

      @conveyor2@conveyor25 жыл бұрын
    • Good point. I’ll always think of it as the ‘blimp’, though.

      @TheCoachMc@TheCoachMc5 жыл бұрын
    • wp r it’s still called the Goodyear blimp by everyone is including Goodyear themselves

      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606@loganbaileysfunwithtrains6065 жыл бұрын
    • The pilots are wearing QC35s (noise canceling head phones) so probably

      @5cupsofcoffee104@5cupsofcoffee1045 жыл бұрын
    • I rode it back before they moved the propellers to the balloon, and it was noisy as hell.

      @MaximillionBucks@MaximillionBucks4 жыл бұрын
  • I remember in elementary school everything would stop when the good year blimp was flying through

    @skiddycelery2382@skiddycelery23825 жыл бұрын
    • I’m in elementary and rarely anyone notices it

      @Blahblaubaljablaj@Blahblaubaljablaj5 жыл бұрын
    • ToxicCS on earth

      @Blahblaubaljablaj@Blahblaubaljablaj5 жыл бұрын
    • Pixel for real?

      @JesseLatourrette@JesseLatourrette5 жыл бұрын
    • @@Blahblaubaljablaj you're a liar

      @ih8chz@ih8chz5 жыл бұрын
    • @@Blahblaubaljablaj there was no mobile phones and internet not too long ago

      @ElisPalace@ElisPalace5 жыл бұрын
  • In my Home town during the summertime, one of the Goodyear blimps always flies over for events happening in the cities around me.

    @montypythonize@montypythonize3 жыл бұрын
  • I first seen it in the late 90s when I was a kid... it’s one of those things you’ll never forget

    @umarscamartistjohnson1784@umarscamartistjohnson17843 жыл бұрын
  • 'Sees a blimp' GTA 5 players takes out sniper rifle.

    @xxcronomaxx7986@xxcronomaxx79864 жыл бұрын
    • rpg* but sniper is good too

      @stasepusi2540@stasepusi25404 жыл бұрын
    • @@sex_therapist no wtf

      @stasepusi2540@stasepusi25404 жыл бұрын
    • Николић Кристијан why not

      @jeb7262@jeb72624 жыл бұрын
    • Player : Alrighty then. 3...2...1...[GUNSHOT]

      @VK-jy3pi@VK-jy3pi4 жыл бұрын
    • 5? Ppl were doing that since Vice City

      @psychedelicpain420@psychedelicpain4203 жыл бұрын
  • 5:50 I just learned to fly a blimp in over 10 seconds

    @irobinhood5529@irobinhood55294 жыл бұрын
    • Time to fly into a school

      @euntoe3379@euntoe33794 жыл бұрын
    • But did you learn how to land

      @jedrayne3636@jedrayne36364 жыл бұрын
    • GTA 😂

      @Charlizzie@Charlizzie4 жыл бұрын
    • K 😂

      @blair7001@blair70014 жыл бұрын
    • Sounds like an Osprey with extra cubic feet of helium

      @serruredelespace@serruredelespace4 жыл бұрын
  • This is amazing and nostalgic...I spotted one yesterday for the first time since I was a child.. blimps intrigue me 😎

    @bryanharris1418@bryanharris1418 Жыл бұрын
  • The best ride of my life, thanks so much!

    @njcaveexplorer@njcaveexplorerАй бұрын
  • When i was little i loved blimps. My mom wrote them asking if me and my brothers could come aboard. They said sure free of charge and took us over the bay area. One of the coolest experiences of my life.

    @GuhbsBeats@GuhbsBeats4 жыл бұрын
    • I asked and I too was afforded the opportunity to board w my family. A experience I’ll never forget! The story the pilot shared w me has never left me! They told me how they glided across the country at slow speeds w a crew that follows them to land. I’ll for ever dream wishing I could have that experience if I ever win the lotto. That will be my first experience. Thank you Goodyear for giving me and my family the opportunity to experience this ride

      @rolandos64@rolandos643 жыл бұрын
  • "The enemy is being reinforced with an airship" Sure the competition hears this in their minds.

    @JonatasAdoM@JonatasAdoM5 жыл бұрын
    • JonatasAdoM bf1 reference?

      @CarlosLopez-sx4kt@CarlosLopez-sx4kt5 жыл бұрын
    • JonatasAdoM *seven nation army in distance*

      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial@TheEmeraldMenOfficial4 жыл бұрын
    • *KIROV REPORTING*

      @MikoyanGurevichMiG21@MikoyanGurevichMiG213 жыл бұрын
    • @@CarlosLopez-sx4kt battlefield 1

      @silentshadow1429@silentshadow14293 жыл бұрын
    • peapol of the common wealf we are brother hood of stell

      @gunners6531@gunners65312 жыл бұрын
  • Hello, and Thank you, for such a Great and Informative Video Tour. While on vacation in Florida, in 1958, the general public was allowed to ride on the Goodyear Blimp. I believe then, the cost was around $5.00 to $10.00. The wind was quite gusty, on that day, so flights were cancelled. At least I was able to view the blimp, at a fairly close distance of a few hundred feet! Thanks again.

    @frankpeck1448@frankpeck14483 жыл бұрын
  • It looks so peaceful when it flys it just makes you happy :)

    @serairesana6600@serairesana66003 жыл бұрын
  • I wish we had Airship Cruise liners

    @jaridkeen123@jaridkeen1234 жыл бұрын
    • Steampunk fantasy 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

      @dumitrulangham1721@dumitrulangham17213 жыл бұрын
    • The Emirates a380 is the closest thing

      @vikashpatel155@vikashpatel1553 жыл бұрын
    • We used to

      @jimmysavile69@jimmysavile693 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah we did, until Hindenburg

      @CosmicRelativity@CosmicRelativity3 жыл бұрын
    • Yes!

      @speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe87833 жыл бұрын
  • I remember falling in love with Blimps back in 2003. At the National Museum of the USAF in Ohio, 4 Blimps came to fly together to celebrate 100 years of flight! The four Blimps were the Goodyear blimp, Saturn Blimp, MetLife Blimp, and the Fuji Film blimp. And my love for this particular Goodyear "Airship" in the video began in 2015 when it visited Oshkosh, WI during EAA AirVenture!

    @kittyhawk3831@kittyhawk38315 жыл бұрын
    • Tf?

      @jeremiah1164@jeremiah1164 Жыл бұрын
  • Wonderful! When I was a kid I could board an older version that visited Italy.

    @michelemarcolin2548@michelemarcolin25482 жыл бұрын
  • The fact that he gave credit to the crew made the video great 💯

    @CosmoVlog@CosmoVlog2 жыл бұрын
  • I throughly enjoyed this video! When I was a child, if the Goodyear was spotted, my mother would load me and my sister into the car to chase it. Literally! She would hop curbs, go off road in our '70 Chevelle. She would only stop when trees, or a fence blocked our passage, or until the muffler was ripped off the car! This happened numerous times throughout our childhood! Good times!

    @acapps6341@acapps63414 жыл бұрын
  • I wish there were blimps everywhere. The world would really start looking like an utopia.

    @BltchErica@BltchErica4 жыл бұрын
    • They could reduce emissions in aviation

      @mrboomward@mrboomward4 жыл бұрын
    • oh vey

      @integre23@integre234 жыл бұрын
    • True fam

      @ded__@ded__4 жыл бұрын
    • @@mrboomward no

      @bammetjepindakaas@bammetjepindakaas4 жыл бұрын
    • the pfp pic tho

      @wldude1527@wldude15274 жыл бұрын
  • I live in Orlando and I remember walking outside my house a few years ago and seeing that in the sky!

    @camdenmacleod16@camdenmacleod163 жыл бұрын
  • Whoever chose the music for this did a great job. Very on point at all times

    @JavaoftheLava@JavaoftheLava3 жыл бұрын
  • I used to see alot of blimps as a kid, how come I don't see them anymore!?

    @maxl5112@maxl51125 жыл бұрын
    • I saw them in 2OII, but in 2OI3 they suddenly stopped :(

      @titan9259@titan92595 жыл бұрын
    • The Hindenburg disaster kinda killed the industry

      @tectubedk@tectubedk5 жыл бұрын
    • @@tectubedk In all seriousness apparently the Hindenburg was absolutely massive. It was 4 times longer than the Goodyear blimp.

      @dylandreisbach1986@dylandreisbach19865 жыл бұрын
    • Old Turtle same

      @tsmdukaja6743@tsmdukaja67435 жыл бұрын
    • TheModelFlightChannel oh. In Maryland I would see them all the time, not anymore :(

      @maxl5112@maxl51125 жыл бұрын
  • In 1978, the Goodyear Blimp was selling rides on it for $15.00! As I was on vacation in Miami, I went to the Blimp base to ride on it! Unfortunately, when I got there & the blimp was right in front of me, I was told that rides were suspended for today because they were shooting a documentary film over the Everglades! Being a lifelong Airship lover, I left downhearted since I was going home the next day & knew that would probably be my only chance to ride on one!

    @rongendron8705@rongendron87052 жыл бұрын
    • You would have to fly over to Germany. The Zeppelin Company in Friedrichshafen offers rides on their Zeppelins.

      @Eddie220263@Eddie2202637 ай бұрын
  • Props too you mate! Started out cutting grass and ended up flying the flagship of the whole damn operation! Hard work pays.

    @davidmccall860@davidmccall8602 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine seeing a 'Good Year' blimp flying over in 2020

    @mohammedbilal977@mohammedbilal9773 жыл бұрын
    • Lol!

      @TechReview2000@TechReview20003 жыл бұрын
    • I would appreciate the optimism.

      @Keonyn@Keonyn3 жыл бұрын
    • the joke here is that 2020 is not a "good year"

      @MrMcfish@MrMcfish3 жыл бұрын
    • maybe the fact that it hasn't flown is why 2020 hasn't been a good year 😶

      @despairdoll@despairdoll3 жыл бұрын
    • LOL you need to start a meme channel

      @selloutgaming8146@selloutgaming81463 жыл бұрын
  • So it's not just a floating advertisement?

    @JackIsNotInTheBox@JackIsNotInTheBox5 жыл бұрын
    • No Jack, it's a floating adventure.

      @saffakanera@saffakanera5 жыл бұрын
    • @@saffakanera best answer ever

      @LucasRodmo@LucasRodmo4 жыл бұрын
  • I used to watch the Pompano Goodyear blimps fly overhead. Such a beautiful sight to see. Could see it for miles in any direction

    @aaronb3024@aaronb30242 жыл бұрын
  • They brought the Good Year Blimp Wednesday night to Tupelo, Mississippi. They own Cooper Tire which was hit months ago. They brought the blimp to show the appreciation for the hard work that the employees did to try to get back on track. It was amazing watching this in person. After work I drove about 30 minutes just to watch it and be able to record my own videos of it. I knew they came from Florida because I saw the tag on one of the maintenance vehicles.

    @RaymundoLopezH@RaymundoLopezH9 ай бұрын
  • It’s so adorable with the music it just makes me laugh🤣🤣 and that’s how they do those shots

    @freitagder1321@freitagder13215 жыл бұрын
    • haha yea the music makes it funny when it takes off

      @enriqueregalado4450@enriqueregalado44504 жыл бұрын
  • The real question is does it have WiFi?

    @coolminer6242@coolminer62425 жыл бұрын
    • You can probably get mobile coverage

      @nirbhaythacker6662@nirbhaythacker66625 жыл бұрын
    • no, but it does have cigarette lighters

      @philtripe@philtripe5 жыл бұрын
    • Yes cuz it’s broadcasting

      @sanjarsocool@sanjarsocool5 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, it's broadcasting live

      @osaroosayande2666@osaroosayande26665 жыл бұрын
    • And cup holders

      @NickMagee208@NickMagee2085 жыл бұрын
  • Earth: Has a helium shortage Blimp: Hold my beer

    @IPv4Address@IPv4Address3 жыл бұрын
    • Its safer than hydrogen I guess 😨

      @dewifrancis1299@dewifrancis12993 жыл бұрын
  • Living in Akron, I see them at least once a year. Sometimes they'll have two flying about. You can hear them rumbling above you when you're in the house so odds are, you know it's a blimp. I like to see them best at night when they have lighted pictures & ads on the sides.

    @pinkfreud62@pinkfreud623 жыл бұрын
  • *"Such a big piece of aviation history"* *Such a small piece of aviation history"* *Which one should I take?*

    @theotherside931@theotherside9315 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @midgetman4206@midgetman42064 жыл бұрын
    • The first one sounds better

      @JustJohn505@JustJohn5054 жыл бұрын
  • The world would be better with more of these. The people have spoken. They evoke such a curiosity as no other vehicle does. We need more.

    @gormauslander@gormauslander4 жыл бұрын
  • I remember when I was 4 years old in 1968, dad had a new car and we travelled to Florida to visit relatives. He pointed out the Goodyear blimp at Opa Locka, Florida. I wonder if these new semi-rigid airships are manufactured by the same company that built the Hindenburg? Great video.

    @lvsqcsl@lvsqcsl3 жыл бұрын
    • Indeed, both were built by the Zeppelin company.

      @gfmmi@gfmmi3 жыл бұрын
  • I remember going to the Indianapolis Speedway and seeing the Goodyear Blimp flying overhead; I used to think that was so cool!!! I still do! Whenever I see the Goodyear Blimp now it reminds me of spending time with my dad, grandpa and brother.

    @warriorlink8612@warriorlink86122 жыл бұрын
  • *Explosive Sniper* : I'm gonna end this blimps whole career

    @AyyK@AyyK5 жыл бұрын
    • Akumjit Sohal Helium isn’t explosive.

      @birbez8903@birbez89034 жыл бұрын
    • DoodlezThe Golden yeah its gta online reference

      @noohirm6918@noohirm69184 жыл бұрын
    • DoodlezThe Golden Whoooosh

      @thelegendaryseal1234@thelegendaryseal12344 жыл бұрын
    • @@birbez8903 gta v reference

      @KaiOnCoke@KaiOnCoke4 жыл бұрын
    • Kaly Bukovich gta online reference

      @soloshort600@soloshort6004 жыл бұрын
  • Proud to have been part of the Airship Operation for almost 8 years. True professionals from the Ground Crew to the Techs, to the Pilots. (A lot of fun also).

    @michaelkirby5938@michaelkirby59385 жыл бұрын
  • I have memories of seeing it flying over Long Island. My dad worked for Grumman. He would take me over to the field to see it when it was tethered to the pole parked in the field.

    @rpm2night@rpm2night Жыл бұрын
  • Cool video. Grew up on east coast of FL saw the blimp all the time but never knew anything about it.

    @ballpython324@ballpython3242 жыл бұрын
  • What's the difference between a tyre and 365 condoms? One is a Goodyear and the other is a very good year.

    @johngreer6689@johngreer66895 жыл бұрын
    • Leap year?

      @heronumbertwo3171@heronumbertwo31715 жыл бұрын
    • tire*

      @UnseenVids@UnseenVids5 жыл бұрын
    • John Greer tyre is American, tire is British

      @goldyshark8061@goldyshark80615 жыл бұрын
    • @@goldyshark8061 wtf im American and I use tire.

      @fhsjdjskkshi@fhsjdjskkshi5 жыл бұрын
    • @@goldyshark8061 wrong way round. Here in Scotland it's Tyre.

      @LDTjbph@LDTjbph5 жыл бұрын
  • so basicly it isn't a Blimp any more, but a Zeppelin.

    @CarthagoMike@CarthagoMike5 жыл бұрын
    • Not really a true Zeppelin either. Those had a fully rigid frame. With its semi-rigid frame the Zeppelin NT is somewhere between a blimp and a Zeppelin.

      @hzzlrp10@hzzlrp105 жыл бұрын
    • @@hzzlrp10 A Blimplin!

      @hisroyalfatness8430@hisroyalfatness84305 жыл бұрын
    • hzzlrp10 What’s the difference between a zepplin and a dirigible?

      @eggrollsoup@eggrollsoup5 жыл бұрын
    • @@eggrollsoup None. A Zeppelin was a dirigible made by a specific company. In other words all Zeppelins were dirigibles, thought not all dirigibles were made by the Zeppelin company.

      @hzzlrp10@hzzlrp105 жыл бұрын
    • @@hzzlrp10 Were? You know that the Zeppelin company still exists, right?

      @chaowingchinghongfingshong3109@chaowingchinghongfingshong31095 жыл бұрын
  • This is just the latest incarnation of this marvellous aircraft. The original flew over my school in May 1975 when it really WAS a 'blimp' . The tragedy was, these machines had just shaken off the wartime prejudices of the Zeppelin raids of The Great War when the Hindenburg disaster happened. Thankfully we now use helium and such things are rare, though not unheard of. But the accident potential is much less. One day we might see these beautiful, graceful machines once again take their place in our skies eh? Peace to all....TJ the DJ

    @TonyWilliams-bc6du@TonyWilliams-bc6du3 жыл бұрын
  • What a relaxing experience to fly

    @dropOut1982@dropOut19823 жыл бұрын
  • Didn't know that was worth that much

    @TacoStacks@TacoStacks4 жыл бұрын
    • Yea you could buy 132 of my houses for the price of one blimp

      @bderrick4944@bderrick49443 жыл бұрын
    • @@bderrick4944 youre saying your house costs 160k , where can I find houses like that lol.

      @danikbas5426@danikbas54263 жыл бұрын
    • @@danikbas5426 Southwestern Ohio I suppose.

      @bderrick4944@bderrick49443 жыл бұрын
    • @@77l96 for example an A320 passenger liner (180 seats and a medium range) costs almost 100 million

      @rusuproductions7474@rusuproductions74743 жыл бұрын
    • @@gencu9730 no they don’t bud, you don’t need to lie in the internet.

      @benjamin-rn5zn@benjamin-rn5zn3 жыл бұрын
  • 5:17 *"piss empowered"* that's a bad ass ship 😂

    @removestress664@removestress6645 жыл бұрын
  • I wish cities would have an airship just for the heck of it. Such an inspiring piece.

    @ihsanauliarahman1057@ihsanauliarahman10572 жыл бұрын
  • Best wishes to all of the crew 😃👌👏👏👏❤️🇺🇸

    @terrystephens1102@terrystephens11022 жыл бұрын
  • This is one of the most wholesome videos and comment section I have ever seen

    @skinnycacitas66@skinnycacitas664 жыл бұрын
    • yeah just don't watch the hindenburg disaster then

      @kitma9@kitma93 жыл бұрын
    • @@kitma9 Yeah that's what I came from lol

      @skinnycacitas66@skinnycacitas663 жыл бұрын
  • beautiful work!

    @kallebsantos932@kallebsantos9322 жыл бұрын
  • I saw it a few times when I was a small child in Seattle during the 90s. I was hooked when I saw it.

    @CheddarCheeseBandit@CheddarCheeseBandit Жыл бұрын
  • Great video and great choice in background music

    @birdoben50@birdoben505 жыл бұрын
  • 6:30 Formula 1 helicopter camera crew: *Amatures..*

    @rickdubbink@rickdubbink5 жыл бұрын
    • Lmao

      @wibb53@wibb535 жыл бұрын
    • LilRickie lmao I’ve been thinking about this

      @samhesketh@samhesketh5 жыл бұрын
    • Have you ever seen WRC’s helicopter camera crews? Those guys are mad men

      @GamingBros36@GamingBros365 жыл бұрын
    • @@GamingBros36 meh, but yeah still a lot harder than Nascar

      @rickdubbink@rickdubbink5 жыл бұрын
    • LilRickie well lol.

      @kylebuschhasover200winsinn5@kylebuschhasover200winsinn55 жыл бұрын
  • It’s oddly majestic how it just gracefully floats through the sky

    @masterdiecaster2959@masterdiecaster2959 Жыл бұрын
  • I remember seeing the Goodyear blimp over San Francisco I lived by ocean beach in the Sun Set district over 30years ago it was amazing to see

    @friscoHub415@friscoHub4153 жыл бұрын
  • Who else finds blimps really fascinating?

    @lungsmen8641@lungsmen86415 жыл бұрын
    • Me!

      @martinpintamalli1449@martinpintamalli14494 жыл бұрын
    • Crackhead.Cammy honestly, they look like shit and boring as hell

      @sogekingfromsniperisland7033@sogekingfromsniperisland70334 жыл бұрын
    • I got so interested in them in world war 2, the giant menacing masses just flying around mounted with guns

      @mrhippo3610@mrhippo36103 жыл бұрын
    • Mr Hippo uh

      @kaisersergei1680@kaisersergei16803 жыл бұрын
    • Mr Hippo wrong war

      @kaisersergei1680@kaisersergei16803 жыл бұрын
  • Saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp, And it read Ice Cube's a pimp.

    @bloatedsodium7301@bloatedsodium73015 жыл бұрын
    • no u didnt

      @LegitPenguinIcyP@LegitPenguinIcyP5 жыл бұрын
    • I WAS GONNA COMMENT THIS MAN

      @azdobrosavljevic4024@azdobrosavljevic40245 жыл бұрын
  • god dang this video was so much fun to watch

    @n3k0lai@n3k0lai3 жыл бұрын
  • I wish they still made blimps, they were so beautiful.

    @DarthKanye@DarthKanye3 жыл бұрын
  • For those of you wondering the proper way to reference the Ice Cube song would be to comment- I suppose the ability to write “Ice Cube’s a Pimp” would be one thing! Thanks and remember that remembering a reference is half of it. You have to still write something humorous using the reference.

    @bltvd@bltvd5 жыл бұрын
  • GTA 5 Goodyear DLC is looking good!

    @zergrieft2006@zergrieft20065 жыл бұрын
  • Every once in a while, I will see the Goodyear Blimp land at our local runway. It is a small airport, 2nd longest/largest runway in Illinois, and a perfect place to land the Goodyear Blimp.

    @ethandoll9877@ethandoll98773 жыл бұрын
  • Go Goodyear! Wonderful!!

    @rosariolongoria7604@rosariolongoria76043 жыл бұрын
  • This video is so casual. I love it!

    @0for022@0for0225 жыл бұрын
  • I'm glad they made this blimp be so convenient for the pilots.

    @adolfhitler2026@adolfhitler20265 жыл бұрын
    • Hold up...

      @stayfrosty6290@stayfrosty62905 жыл бұрын
    • r/Rimjobsteve

      @explosiverift2037@explosiverift20375 жыл бұрын
    • whats wrong with you

      @philtripe@philtripe5 жыл бұрын
    • stickloaf what?

      @explosiverift2037@explosiverift20375 жыл бұрын
    • Explosive Rift Username.

      @andicarusfell8387@andicarusfell83875 жыл бұрын
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