(The
blimps did not want to attract attention and were operating under strict radio silence.) Lange, who was in K- 123, accidently discharged his pistol and illuminated the dark night sky with a brilliantly colored display.
Gray sky was all we saw from the windows until the
blimp leveled itself.
Syngenta helped fulfill the program's mission to offer critically ill children a chance to believe in and focus on the future, rather than the stressful routine of hospital visits and treatments, by providing
blimp rides to children at nine airports near hospitals throughout the tour.
"There are many challenges to flying a
blimp in a closed environment like this.
The
blimp, however, will begin building brand awareness earlier, debuting at the 2007 Super Bowl.
The full-size
blimp is meant to be a relatively inexpensive disposable airship that would hover high over a military location for two to four weeks, sending pictures of activity on the ground and relaying communications, Neradka said.
The existing system, however, is a combination of cameras and surveillance equipment positioned on high towers and tethered, unmanned
blimps.
Data collected by the
blimp's sensor payload was also sent to an Army JLENS Battlefield Display Operations Center (BDOC) back at Freeway Airport for viewing by participants on the ground.
This process involves loading a heavy-lift
blimp with smaller UAVs that, in turn, are loaded with supplies.
Looming above college football games and state fairs last fall, the 1-800-MEDICARE
blimp gave critics the impression that Medicare was flying high and living large.
21st Century Airships has been testing and perfecting this ball-like
blimp since the mid-1990s.
We might fly off to Hawaii on a passenger
blimp or (for serious shudders) an atomic airplane.
Barney's editing technique then also enables the camera to move from macrocosmic to microcosmic scenario--from dancers on an open football field to grapes on the floor of a
blimp's claustrophobic cabin--and give them equal spatial value.