Anyone here ever piloted an airship?

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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Just curious if anyone reading this group has ever piloted an airship.

I've piloted airships for 1000's of hours, in all weather, all over the
world. I once landed the Norge at the base of Mt. Erebus in a white out
blizzard. Many are the hours I've plied a dirigible over the placid blue
waters of the Mediteranean, dolphins leaping beneath the bow. How well I
remember navigating through the Grand Canyon. Once I even flew the Goodyear
Blimp under the Golden Gate Bridge, and landed it on the USS Hornet while it
was at anchor in Alameda. Of course, it was all in Microsoft Flight
Simulator, but that's really the same thing (maybe even better) than doing
it in the 3-D real world. If you have any questions, let me know - someone
as experienced at airship operations as I am can pretty much answer any
questions you have. Glad to be able to help!


(and for the humor impaired - it's a joke, son - Ya supposed ta laff!)
--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants

"Lee K. Gleason" wrote:
I've piloted airships for 1000's of hours, in all weather, all over the
world. I once landed the Norge
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(and for the humor impaired - it's a joke, son - Ya supposed ta laff!)

As soon as I read the name Norge I knew immediately you were joking (or
mighty damn old! So, what was Roald Amundsen really like? ;-))

Yes, I have read a bit on the history of airships and the Norge is justly
famous in the annals of that history.