peacefuljeffrey 0 #1 April 24, 2005 If they used to dock blimps on that spike atop the Empire State Building, but the people rode in the little gondola under the middle of the blimp... ...how in the hell did they ever get the people down from there?! -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorangemd 0 #2 April 24, 2005 easy, ever heared of a hop 'n pop? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #3 April 24, 2005 i'm not sure if they ever successfully docked a blimp there, the mast was added to increase the height of the building, but it was too tricky to dock on it. good question though, if they had managed, i have no idea how they figured on getting people out."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heidihagen 0 #4 April 24, 2005 i cant sleep and i have to drive tomorrow i wish i hadn't signed on tho... bad news everywhere umm... i vote no on the hopnpop idea... i'm pretty sure he's heard of them. zipline maybe? i dunno.. when did they land it? edit: i just can't visualize it. zipline wouldn't work either, i know.. i just threw that out to make my brain work. i'm gonna go back to bed i think...i didn't lose my mind, i sold it on ebay. .:need a container to fit 5'4", 110 lb. cypres ready & able to fit a 170 main (or slightly smaller):.[/ce Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,634 #5 April 24, 2005 Don't know about Blimps but rigid airships generally had walkways that ran through the length of them between the gas cells.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #6 April 24, 2005 Where I fly, they dock a small blimp there. It's only recent. Last time I went for a night flight, just before sundown they landed the thing, and it was pretty amazing, but I didn't get to see it all because of ground obstructions blocking my view. I'd like to go there some time when I know it's coming, and watch them disembark. Of course, this is a ground landing, not against a building. The reason I asked is that in the beginning of Sky Captain the World of Tomorrow, they showed a blimp docking atop the Empire State Building... it got me thinking (always a dangerous and risky thing to do). They just said a great line: "Can we just for once die without all this bickering?! -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
