Goodyear Blimp Crash Kills Pilot
erco
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http://jalopnik.com/5811406/goodyear-blimp-in-fiery-crash-pilot-dies-saving-three-video
I'm not the only airship fan here, so I thought I'd share this sad story. For many years, Goodyear had a perfect safety record, like not even a scratch to a passenger. But they have had a few crashes in the last several years, but no casualties; this one killed the pilot. Sketchy details, but clearly the fire was gasoline-related since everybody flies with helium now.
Goodyear just announced last month that thery were going to replace their blimp fleet with the latest zeppelins from Germany, ironically where this tragedy happened.
I'm not the only airship fan here, so I thought I'd share this sad story. For many years, Goodyear had a perfect safety record, like not even a scratch to a passenger. But they have had a few crashes in the last several years, but no casualties; this one killed the pilot. Sketchy details, but clearly the fire was gasoline-related since everybody flies with helium now.
Goodyear just announced last month that thery were going to replace their blimp fleet with the latest zeppelins from Germany, ironically where this tragedy happened.
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Prayers up for the brave man's family.
It seems like airships have been cursed throughout their history.
Sorry to hear this!
Clearer photos of the catastrophe. Way bad.
Edit: The pilot very heroically got his 3 passengers out alive before he perished. In the ultimate irony, the name of the ship was "Spirit of Safety 1".