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Feb 16, 2020 09:44:41   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
Toment wrote:
Beautiful ship
Thanks for sharing


You are welcome.

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Feb 16, 2020 10:15:54   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Nice shot, Jan. I guess you had to be a distance away to get it all in the frame.

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Feb 16, 2020 10:23:42   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
kpmac wrote:
Nice shot, Jan. I guess you had to be a distance away to get it all in the frame.


Thanks Ken. I think I was about 100 Yds away. I shot this at 49mm.

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Feb 16, 2020 17:33:57   #
vonzip Loc: cape cod
 
Makes "Fat Albert" another aircraft look small. vz

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Feb 17, 2020 05:21:22   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
SpyderJan wrote:
"Wingfoot Two" is one of Good Year's blimp fleet here to cover the Daytona 500 race today (Feb. 16,2020).

The Wingfoot Two is actually a semi-rigid airship, also known as a dirigible. From the outside, it may not differ much from Goodyear’s blimps of the past, but the newer edition is built with a structured frame. That feature allows the Wingfoot Two to maintain its shape whenever helium is drained from its interior.

She is seen here from US 1 at the New Smyrna Beach Airport. If the wind is right, she will fly over my house on the way to Daytona.
"Wingfoot Two" is one of Good Year's bli... (show quote)

Right out of Akron

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Feb 17, 2020 05:26:35   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
Good shot.

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Feb 17, 2020 07:18:07   #
docshark Loc: Millersville, PA
 
SpyderJan wrote:
"Wingfoot Two" is one of Good Year's blimp fleet here to cover the Daytona 500 race today (Feb. 16,2020).

The Wingfoot Two is actually a semi-rigid airship, also known as a dirigible. From the outside, it may not differ much from Goodyear’s blimps of the past, but the newer edition is built with a structured frame. That feature allows the Wingfoot Two to maintain its shape whenever helium is drained from its interior.

She is seen here from US 1 at the New Smyrna Beach Airport. If the wind is right, she will fly over my house on the way to Daytona.
"Wingfoot Two" is one of Good Year's bli... (show quote)


Great shot Jan. I'll bet it was a sight to see. One used to fly over our house in PA and teather at the Reading Airport for the air show or on the way to the race at Pocono.
-Doc

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Feb 17, 2020 07:47:47   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
Beautiful image of an impressive vehicle - thanks for sharing!

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Feb 17, 2020 08:02:29   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Nice shot of the blimp.

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Feb 17, 2020 09:02:40   #
Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida
 
Jan, it’s really cool that you spotted this. Great shot of the big bird at rest!

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Feb 17, 2020 10:12:25   #
lsaguy Loc: Udall, KS, USA
 
It was the autumn of 1954, I was not yet three years old. My folks had a little apartment above a garage just south of the old state fair grounds in Sacramento, CA. I was playing in my sandbox when the roar of engines and a giant shadow came over me. I looked up to see a US Navy dirigible overhead. Obviously, it made a big impression on me. Never get tired of looking at blimps, the just seem so elegant.
Thanks for digging up that memory for me. I hope they did fly over your house.

Rick

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Feb 17, 2020 10:12:30   #
Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida
 
SpyderJan wrote:
"Wingfoot Two" is one of Good Year's blimp fleet here to cover the Daytona 500 race today (Feb. 16,2020).

The Wingfoot Two is actually a semi-rigid airship, also known as a dirigible. From the outside, it may not differ much from Goodyear’s blimps of the past, but the newer edition is built with a structured frame. That feature allows the Wingfoot Two to maintain its shape whenever helium is drained from its interior.

She is seen here from US 1 at the New Smyrna Beach Airport. If the wind is right, she will fly over my house on the way to Daytona.
"Wingfoot Two" is one of Good Year's bli... (show quote)


Nice image of that airship. Thanks.

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Feb 17, 2020 10:48:34   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
vonzip wrote:
Makes "Fat Albert" another aircraft look small. vz


Thanks for the comment Erik.

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Feb 17, 2020 10:50:09   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
angler wrote:
Good shot.


Thank you Jim.

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Feb 17, 2020 10:52:51   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
docshark wrote:
Great shot Jan. I'll bet it was a sight to see. One used to fly over our house in PA and teather at the Reading Airport for the air show or on the way to the race at Pocono.
-Doc


Thanks Doc. It flies over my house several times a year. I am on the final leg coming in for a landing if the wind is out of the North. I usually hear it long before I see it.

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