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Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Today the G-TLEL arrived at Hilversum Airport. Here are my first pictures, more will follow soon...
The weather was bad :(

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Re: EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Nice visitor :!: Is it true that he fly the whole week with some basejumping at Friday :?:
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Re: EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Yes, I can confirm that! A very spectacular happening, that you won't see every day (or maybe I can better say every year ;) )
Around 20.00u lt (every day this week) it's possible to have a closer look to this machine ;)
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Re: EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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ssb-spotting wrote:Yes, I can confirm that! A very spectacular happening, that you won't see every day (or maybe I can better say every year ;) )
Around 20.00u lt (every day this week) it's possible to have a closer look to this machine ;)
Thanks :thumb: hoping for better conditions in the next few days :wink:
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Re: EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Yeah absolutely! It has been dry for weeks and I came at Hilversum (I was there for only 30 minutes) and we had rain, and even Utrecht was not visible :S
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Not really my kind of stuff but as there are only a few worldwide I decided to have a look... :mrgreen:

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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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HILVERSUM - Het plan voor twaalf ’basejumps’ vanuit een zeppelin boven het Vliegveld Hilversum is van de baan.

Het bestuur van het vliegveld heeft het organiseren van de reeks sprongen expliciet verboden. Initiatiefnemers wilden het evenement zou vrijdag 13 mei in de namiddag en vroege avond laten plaatsvinden. Als springhoogte was 300 meter aangegeven, maar de stichting Vliegveld Hilversum was niet op de hoogte gesteld van het plan en piekert er niet over om er toestemming voor te geve

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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Marcelb wrote:HILVERSUM - Het plan voor twaalf ’basejumps’ vanuit een zeppelin boven het Vliegveld Hilversum is van de baan.

Het bestuur van het vliegveld heeft het organiseren van de reeks sprongen expliciet verboden. Initiatiefnemers wilden het evenement zou vrijdag 13 mei in de namiddag en vroege avond laten plaatsvinden. Als springhoogte was 300 meter aangegeven, maar de stichting Vliegveld Hilversum was niet op de hoogte gesteld van het plan en piekert er niet over om er toestemming voor te geve

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Off course! Friday the 13th is not a very good idea indeed! :mrgreen: Safety together... :wink:
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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Nice to see something else for a change....

BTW the jumping would not have been BASE jumping, as BASE is short for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth. It would just have been jumping from a flying zeppelin at extremely low altitude....
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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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She was flying over Rotterdam on the 9th
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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Mzunguwamap wrote:She was flying over Rotterdam on the 9th
Was based at Valkenburg for a few days and flew yesterday to Hilversum :wink:
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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Correct. And according the local newspapers the Blimp will leave Hilversum next sunday.
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Re: Hilversum EHHV 09-05-11 Goodyear Blimp

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Nice close up pictures of the cabin. Don't you have pictures of the interior? I will visit Hilversum this week again to see this machine a bit closer... nice pictures Kees, thanks for sharing
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