Blimp

[Jeremiah McCarthy]

I worked with an engineer years ago who spent his military time in the Navy's blimp service and hated every minute of it...He had a colorful description, "----bags"...He confirmed Eric's apt description of the ride, but he called it "porpoising"...

Jerry, wa2dkg
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[Gil Stacy]

About 15 years ago, I went up in the old Stars and Stripes at Pompano Beach.
  According to my Goodyear Blimp Club Card it was piloted by Capt. Dick Esh.
  The cockpit was cramped and noisy, but the view was terrific.    Here's a
link to what really happened in Lakehurst NJ in 1937.  
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/
(courtesy of Lloyd Lachow).

73, Gil NN4CW


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I can relate to porpoising in a blimp. Friends of mine were volunteer pilots of the Fujifilm blimp, and I got to fly it twice. There's a yoke control for pitch and rudder steering, and to keep it flying level, you are always moving the yoke slowly--often to full extremes--to counter the natural unstable wanderings of the nose in two axes. Even without any boost, moving the garage-door-size elevators and rudders at the 26-knot cruising speed was not difficult, but it sure isn't anything like flying an airplane. The British AKS-600 Fujifilm blimp was the largest blimp ever manufactured, and the company is out of business now.
--Dave Martin, W6KOW, K2 05120
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[k6dgw]

Gil Stacy wrote:
> Here's a link to what really happened in Lakehurst NJ in
> 1937.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/
> (courtesy of Lloyd Lachow).

A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an antenna morphs into a
large, somewhat sluggish shallow-water mammal on fire. Who'd of thunk?

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
K2 #4398 (+KAT2, KPA100, KAT100, and a KSB2 I still haven't got working)
KX1 #897 (+autotuner and 30m)
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[Ron D'Eau Claire-2]

Fred, K6DGW wrote:
A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an antenna morphs into a
large, somewhat sluggish shallow-water mammal on fire. Who'd of thunk?

-----------------

My fault, Fred. I was involved in a thread on another reflector that had
touched on airships and confused a post about antenna-lifting balloons here
with that thread. Only when my reply showed up here did I remember to check
the addresses involved.

You must know how it goes at times: Ready, FIRE!, Aim...

Ron AC7AC

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[Dan Barker]

I was wondering if anybody else noticed. The original comment was to use
balloons to loft string over the trees by which to haul up wire antennas
(tree supported).

Then came a flood of reasons why balloons can't be reasonable antennas.

  a) They Can, and
  b) nobody was talking about that.

c) I really enjoyed the Manatee picture too!

Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456 / No mammals on fire here

<snip>
confused a post about antenna-lifting balloons here with that thread. Only
when my reply showed up here did I remember to check the addresses involved.

You must know how it goes at times: Ready, FIRE!, Aim...
</snip>

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[Clark B. Wierda]

OF course, I missed the error as I read both lists.
--
Clark B. Wierda
N8CBW



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[k6dgw]

Not complaining, just an observation.  I think it's interesting how
these things happen.  And, for me it's usually, "FIRE Ready? Oh nuts,
there goes another pair of sneakers."

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Fred, K6DGW wrote:
> A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an antenna morphs into a
> large, somewhat sluggish shallow-water mammal on fire. Who'd of thunk?
>
> -----------------
>
> My fault, Fred. I was involved in a thread on another reflector that had
> touched on airships and confused a post about antenna-lifting balloons here
> with that thread. Only when my reply showed up here did I remember to check
> the addresses involved.
>
> You must know how it goes at times: Ready, FIRE!, Aim...
>
> Ron AC7AC

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