I flew the Goodyear Mayflower blimp in 74' over Miami Beach. I was 14 & visiting family in Miami. I called every day between 8-8:15am for a reservation to go for a ride, but no luck. Finally, I got thru. They said we can take 1 small person less than 125lbs- be here in 20 minutes. I conned a city bus driver to let me off in the middle of a causeway near the field. I ran & ran. I finally made it on board where Captain Chambers let me take the controls for a minute. I'll never forget it. AWESOME!
America N10A, based in the now closed Spring, TX Goodyear Base, This was the first GZ-20 blimp GY built. She was also known as the Ghost Blimp because her car was part of a US Navy blimp that crashed in a town in California in the 1940s, but the two pilots were missing.
I flew the Goodyear Mayflower blimp in 74' over Miami Beach. I was 14 & visiting family in Miami. I called every day between 8-8:15am for a reservation to go for a ride, but no luck. Finally, I got thru. They said we can take 1 small person less than 125lbs- be here in 20 minutes. I conned a city bus driver to let me off in the middle of a causeway near the field. I ran & ran. I finally made it on board where Captain Chambers let me take the controls for a minute. I'll never forget it. AWESOME!
guitartec 10 months ago
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DoubleDutchBust 2 years ago
Thank you for this! I grew up watching the Good Year Blimp flying over my house. What a memory!!!
Roboprop 3 years ago
That was great. Nice soundtrack too!
SenhordoBonfim 3 years ago
America N10A, based in the now closed Spring, TX Goodyear Base, This was the first GZ-20 blimp GY built. She was also known as the Ghost Blimp because her car was part of a US Navy blimp that crashed in a town in California in the 1940s, but the two pilots were missing.
007InMiami 4 years ago
I love this Goodyear Blimp clip !
Thank you for uploading this video!
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nonstop511 4 years ago