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Enterprise: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 8:00pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1938. "Goodyear Blimp at Washington Air Post." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Blimp rides $3!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 6:07pm.
I just read "The Pentagon: A History" by Steve Vogel and he describes the Goodyear blimp Enterprise being a fixture in the Washington skies. It was based at the Washington-Hoover Airport, future site of the Pentagon, and offered rides to tourists for $3. Must have been a lot of money back then though.
Perhaps the first documented instance
Submitted by Papa Bear on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 10:20pm.
of overbooking a flight.
NCC-1701
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 9:41pm.
....to slowly go where no man has gone before.....
Hazardous Duty
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 2:08pm.
The starboard engine had been shut down to allow passenger boarding, but the port prop is still turning just a few feet from the ground handlers. Ouch!
Enterprise Prototype
Submitted by Skip on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 1:55pm.
Give me warp speed NOW Mr. Scott!!
They Can't All Go!
Submitted by WoodsideParkBob on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 1:03pm.
There are a lot more people lining up than will fit in the passenger compartment!
I was a passenger in one of the Goodyear blimps in the early 1970s (a newer one than the one shown in 1938). As I remember it, it held only five or six people plus the pilot.
Helium v Hydrogen
Submitted by Jimmy Longshanks on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 6:41am.
Goodyear used helium starting with its first airship in 1925.
All aboard!
Submitted by Chris Albertson on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 9:10pm.
Well, let's hope that invitation wasn't extended!
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