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Related: About this forumMetLife Blimp gets shoved around by the wind over my house
It's not everyday you see a blimp over your house. I just drove in my driveway during lunch and heard a buzzing over my head. My first thought was, "Oh shit! A drone!!!"
Seriously, I was a bit concerned at first because it was a very gusty day and it looked to be having trouble maintaining control, but it looks to have flown on without further issue.
Oh, the humanity!
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)James48
(4,416 posts)I have about 40 hours of blimp piloting time What you saw there was some buffeting by winds aloft- but other than the fact that there is a whole lot of unstable air in that picture (indicating potential thunderstorms or rain showers- not great blimp weather.)
They had some turbulence in that video shot but they were ok.
Must have had a tight schedule to try and get someplace if they were flying in that.
Rhiannon12866
(203,041 posts)I've never seen one myself, lucky you caught it when you did! Glad to hear it went safely on its way with no incident - or threat to humanity.