Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The New Goodyear...Zeppelin?

The new "Goodyear Blimp" isn't a blimp.

"Wingfoot One" is semi-rigid, with a partial frame and pressurized envelope. Germany's ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik built Wingfoot One, which Goodyear then assembled over the past year.
It's a Zeppelin.

But not this kind:


4 comments:

Nangleator said...

I had the good fortune, in my limited aviation career, to hear the Beverly tower controller say, "Traffic is the Goodyear Blimp," to which I responded, "Tallyho," from a fair distance away.

Eck! said...

I have the fortune of sharing the pattern at KBED with said Goodyear blimp back in the day.

The controller who both knew me and had a good sense of humor (and a light load) comments Cessna XXX number on in the pattern keep you speed up traffic is a blimp...

C150: Roger, will peddle hard.


Eck!

CenterPuke88 said...

Called traffic to a SWA pilot today, "Traffic is 1 o'clock, 3 miles, 1000 feet below your assigned altitude, company B-737. He's also going to Hobby and the reason I slowed you down." Pilot came right back, "Traffic in sight, how about we race him for pink slips?"

Stewart Dean said...

Where's the Blimp noise? I was expecting a blimp noise recording...maybe a takeoff with full afterburners....