How Long Would It Take a 767 Engine to Blow Up a Goodyear Blimp?

Jeanne Marie Hoffman June 21, 2016 General Travel 2 Comments

Because why not figure these things out?

Apparently, with the air intake of a 767, you could get the Goodyear Blimp ready for the Superbowl in… oh…

Wow.

But this is all irrelevant because the Goodyear Blimp is retiring. Â It is being replaced by an airship.

When I first heard the blimp was retiring, I wondered if it meant Goodyear wasn’t going to keep this up. Â After all, their heyday was in the late 90s, so I’m surprised the blimp–excuse me, airship–is still going. Â But its stocks have picked up lately, so hopefully this trend will continue.

As for blimps as a form of travel themselves, I stand by Archer:

You tell them.

2 comments

Bob
June 22, 2016 at 7:51 am

It might have been better to use the word inflate than blow up….. I had something else in mind when I read the title!

- Jeanne Marie Hoffman
  June 22, 2016 at 8:41 am
  
  good point! I was thinking balloon and didn’t think of that at all.