We took a ride on the world-famous Goodyear Blimp as it flew above the Daytona International Speedway where it provided aerial coverage for NASCAR in February. Our journey began at the Blimp Base in Pompano Beach, Florida — from there, the Blimp flew 200 miles north to a small airport in New Smyrna, where it would call home for the weekend. 

We got to spend about five hours in the Blimp, which was updated in 2014 in collaboration with the Zeppelin company. The new model isn’t technically a Blimp, due to the internal structure inside its balloon, or envelope.

This is what it’s like to fly on the iconic Goodyear Blimp, which isn’t accessible to the public — only the crew and invited guests are allowed to go for a ride. 

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What It Takes To Fly The $21 Million Goodyear Blimp

37 Comments

  1. Such a goofy thing but I’ll never forget seeing one at a 4th of July parade. Just kinda engraved in my memories.

  2. Me on the other hand here flying around a blimp in GTA 5 on my own in Los Santos 🎡

  3. "Everyone knows the good year blimp"….No.. or i wouldn't be here wondering 'what the hell is the good year blimp? do they like, only fly it once a year on good year day?'…

  4. I really wish we could travel like that once again. That was always my favorite part in the movie Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. People just hanging out at a dinner table enjoying the view and watching Nazi's getting punched. A dinner and a show lol.

  5. they should shape it like a whale so it looks like a flying whale. that would capture peoples attention.

  6. Good year blimp was always in Akron Ohio where the HQ is but know things change but the blimp is a big part of good year.

  7. What I still don't understand is why this aircraft had so little success. If I had had enough capital, I would have marketed and used it for worldwide safaris. Too bad!

  8. No pun intended…..well yeah, $21M ….for a gas bag. That's inflation……..that's inflation. Must be a government project

  9. Ahh I remember the good old days when I was 5 years old and I would shoot at them with a bb gun every time they flew over my house

  10. Hello we are wondering what happened to our California Goodyear blimp in the city of Carson California we haven't seen it for almost 6 months now does anyone know what happened to it and why we haven't seen it in our city

  11. YEAH
    I need the below sentences in the Goodyear Blimp this year.

    "SAMIRAN LOVE'S RESHU
    It's SAM _ MARRY you "

    Please do that for me, media coverage especially India all news channels and paper

    Aum mane padma hum l
    J℅™®©†G

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