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Update: Fiery Goodyear Blimp Crash Caught on Video
- Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:57pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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As we reported earlier today, a Goodyear blimp on loan from Lightship Europe Limited crashed in a ball of flames in Germany on Sunday. The pilot died while saving three other passengers. Now, new video has emerged showing the incredible incident.
While the audio is in German, the video says it all:
Another YouTube video purports to show the blimp just hours before the the fateful crash (according to a Google translation of the video’s description):
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LH1321
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 1:11pmcomeandtakeit 78, have you ever heard of Goodyear Tires and Rubber Co.?
Report Post »hojo
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 10:15amSome of the responses about helium illustrate what a woeful job our public school system is doing especially in the science arena.No wonder why so many people believe in man made global warming.
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 7:03amThat was a Reenactment of the Hindenburg.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 3:43amThe humanity! (sorry, I couldn’t help it)
Report Post »Da Kingfish
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 2:56amThe shovel ready jobs Obummer refers to, is new hires walking behind the White House Circus, cleaning up all the poop.
Report Post »GadsdenPatriot
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 2:18amIts a bird, its a plane, its….. its Michelle Obama!!!
Report Post »HOOT
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:26pmThe krauts finally get revenge for the hindenberg.
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:21pmGermans and Zeppelins don’t mix.
Report Post »daveposh
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:09pmThe pilot is a true hero, he yelled for the passengers to jump when he could have jumped first himself.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 12:41amIt‘s really a shame they didn’t all jump at once. The pilot stayed on his job to the end and went down with the ship.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:05pmGood on the pilot!
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:53pmDoes anyone else start hearing “Whole Lotta Love” whenever seeing a shot remotely like this?
Report Post »Concerned Patriotic Grandpa
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:17pmThink I’ll go with a different brand of tire next time.
Bad Year for “Goodyear”
Pilot was a hero.
Report Post »comeANDtakeIT_78629
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 5:24amwhat does the blimp crashing have to do with tires?
Report Post »Doug in Seattle
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:48pmNote the logo on the blimp – “Safety Together”
Wow, can you get more wrong than that?
Report Post »HOOFHEARTED
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:13pmI thought blimps were filled with helium instead of the highly flamable hydrogen?
Report Post »TJexcite
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:18pmHelium is as flamable as hydorgen but more stable. Also safer when in strorage, when you have the large amount you need for a blimp. You need less Heluim than Hydorgen for the same lift as well.
Report Post »daveposh
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:06pmYou are right about helium being non-flammable. It is inert – doesn’t react chemically with anything. The fire was caused from the fuel used by the engines. And also, it takes more helium than hydrogen to lift the vehicle. Hydrogen has atomic weight of 1 (one proton) while helium has atomic weight of 4 (2 protons, 2 neutrons).
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:46pmIt was noted though, all crew and passengers sounded like Alvin and the Chipmonks.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 12:39amDaveposh-Yes, but the hydrogen molecule has two atoms, while helium does not form a molecule. So, the proper comparison would be H2 to He, with weights of 2 and 4 respectively.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:13pmNo. Sec. Gates is a good man.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:12pmNice!! I agree!
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:00pmHindenburg’s revenge.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:58pmKinda looks like Obama’s economy stimulus plan.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:04pmThe pilot is a hero. He had something sorely lacking in our POTUS.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:06pmMaybe his entire presidency.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:29pmThe Pilot was a Hero. I am glad the other people got out and so sorry the pilot did not. May he rest in peace and prayers go out for his family and friends.
Hi. 82D hope everything is good.
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:35pmPerhaps my angle isn‘t as distorted as your’s. I don’t see anything like an “ecomomic stimulus” at all.
All I can see is a place where a very brave pilot did what was neccessary to save 3 lives, and paid with his own. I’m sure his family, friends, and co-workers will morn his loss. I think he was more than a political punch-line
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:36pmSomething large, filled with Hot Air and promoting a Good Year crashes. The perfect anology for the Obamanomics. But it did create a shovel ready job, for the clean up crew and Pilot.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:45pmThe Pilot is sitting by God’s side for what he did.
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 1:37amSince the last article, I looked for online schematics for the Goodyear blimp.
No such luck, the best I could find is this schematic, it only give the rudimentary
design. Of course it is not in English either.
http://goodyearblimp.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Blimp-drawing.jpg
If anyone has better luck finding schematics, give a comment and post a link.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 6:16pm@David, the Constitutional Libertarian
David, you ask you shall receive… be sure and take the virtual tour
http://www.goodyearblimp.com/cfmx/web/blimp/basics/controls.cfm
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