Personal Blimp Followup

July 23, 2007 5:37 AM

Followup to this post, the personal blimp hits the Boston Globe (video).
posted by plinth to MetaFilter-Related at 5:37 AM (11 comments total)

Oh, the humanity!
posted by mendel at 6:38 AM on July 23, 2007

Wait, no blimp-crashing-into-newspaper-offices footage?
posted by yarrow at 6:46 AM on July 23, 2007

I think what people forget is that blimpin' ain't easy.
posted by the jam at 7:55 AM on July 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

Seriously, don't tease like that. :(
posted by mediareport at 8:53 AM on July 23, 2007

I totally want one of those. I live in a rowhouse though.
posted by Mister_A at 9:23 AM on July 23, 2007

I too was hoping for blimp-building collision.
posted by captaincrouton at 9:39 AM on July 23, 2007

Dammit! I, too, was hoping that finally, someone would take out Dan friggin' Shaugnessy...
posted by hincandenza at 10:19 AM on July 23, 2007

Oh
  My
God
  A
Blimp!
posted by Firas at 12:33 PM on July 23, 2007

Blimp crash expectation: 100%
Actual blimp crashage: 0%

Now if it was the New York Times, I know for a fact that the great gusts of hot air released from the building would buffet the balloon up and away from the building making any such crash virtually impossible.
posted by doctor_negative at 1:13 PM on July 23, 2007

Now if it was the New York Times ... any such crash virtually impossible.

...upsetting Ann Coulter a great deal.
posted by wendell at 6:35 PM on July 23, 2007

Very nice plinth, I missed the original post, so thanks for the update. (Personal-lighter-than-air craft: see also: The White Diamond Werner Herzog, 2004).
posted by acro at 8:30 PM on July 23, 2007