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Oct 28, 2015 14:19:44 #
Got a humongus military blimp loose in central PA, currently floating 16,000 ft, being followed by a couple of F-16s. Could be a pretty good photo op.
Oct 28, 2015 14:35:52 #
Michael Hartley wrote:
Got a humongus military blimp loose in central PA, currently floating 16,000 ft, being followed by a couple of F-16s. Could be a pretty good photo op.
Supposedly worth 1.5 BILLION $ Just came untied, and floated off.
Oct 28, 2015 14:41:13 #
Michael Hartley wrote:
Got a humongus military blimp loose in central PA, currently floating 16,000 ft, being followed by a couple of F-16s. Could be a pretty good photo op.
Received a email notification from the local news about that! (via app) Was very curious what was going on!
Andy
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Oct 28, 2015 14:46:22 #
Michael Hartley wrote:
Got a humongus military blimp loose in central PA, currently floating 16,000 ft, being followed by a couple of F-16s. Could be a pretty good photo op.
Just saw that on my Yahoo news. Didn't know it was worth $1.5 Billion. I thought the F-16s would just pick a desolate area and shoot it down, but not if it's worth that much.
Oct 28, 2015 14:54:09 #
Indi wrote:
Just saw that on my Yahoo news. Didn't know it was worth $1.5 Billion. I thought the F-16s would just pick a desolate area and shoot it down, but not if it's worth that much.
For that cost, you would think they would have been sure it was properly tied down!
Andy
Oct 28, 2015 16:06:16 #
AndyCE wrote:
For that cost, you would think they would have been sure it was properly tied down!
Andy
Andy
:thumbup:
Oct 29, 2015 07:05:49 #
Indi wrote:
Just saw that on my Yahoo news. Didn't know it was worth $1.5 Billion. I thought the F-16s would just pick a desolate area and shoot it down, but not if it's worth that much.
This is a Military blimp after all. It can probably be replaced for less than $5000 by a kit purchased from the back of Popular Aviation magazine. It's like the toilet seats they use to buy.
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Oct 29, 2015 07:37:15 #
AndyCE wrote:
For that cost, you would think they would have been sure it was properly tied down!
Andy
Andy
Yeah, someone's in trouble. I think the rule is one rope per $ billion, so they thought they were okay. :D
Oct 29, 2015 08:06:45 #
It's obvious that it was simply fit to be tied......so it ran away !
Oct 29, 2015 08:51:56 #
JennT
Loc: South Central PA
It is my understanding that it has been'captured' and taken home----
I live in Central PA and the day did not promise good visibility for toggers--
I live in Central PA and the day did not promise good visibility for toggers--
Oct 29, 2015 09:59:03 #
JennT wrote:
It is my understanding that it has been'captured' and taken home----
I live in Central PA and the day did not promise good visibility for toggers--
I live in Central PA and the day did not promise good visibility for toggers--
I read where it has some sort of deflation device (controlled remotely?) and that it had deflated but not when it was expected.
I don't know if it was taken home, but re-inflating it would be some task or transporting something that huge would also be difficult but not impossible.
News reports said that the tether hitting on power lines caused 18,000 outages.
Oct 29, 2015 10:39:49 #
# 1 You have to be very naïve to believe you are getting the facts from the controlled media, and military. Do you really think that the bloated toilet seats were not re applied to another purchase order. Have any of you actually been in the military, if so you must know very little truth ever get's out to the public, or maby I was in an illusion unit.The waste I saw was a dream.
Oct 29, 2015 10:53:42 #
yeah it landed in Pa. we lost power from 130pm tp 800pm good to see who paying for all of this..
Oct 29, 2015 11:17:59 #
[quote=brittainsas1]It's obvious that it was simply fit to be tied......so it ran away 
Michael Hartley wrote:
Got a humongus military blimp loose in central PA, currently floating 16,000 ft, being followed by a couple of F-16s. Could be a pretty good photo op.
Need one helluva telephoto lens to capture it at 16,000 feet though,
BTW the $2 billion was the cost of the total program. The blimp itself was something like $186 million or so.
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