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Little big adventure seasickness1/2/2023 So what is the blimp ride like? As our pilot of 25 + years Terry Dillard described it, it’s a lot like being in a canoe. The night before, my blogger buddy asked if I wanted to go and I jumped at the chance. I’ve already been hang gliding and it’s still on my list to ride in a hot air balloon and paraglide so going airborne doesn’t phase me at all. Many people asked me if I was afraid at all, but honestly it never crossed my mind. The balloon is called the envelope and it is filled with helium. You are seated in the gondola and it holds up to about 9 including the pilot. He replied, “You mean where I get my mail.” They fly over 50k miles a year across the country covering major sporting events. #LITTLE BIG ADVENTURE SEASICKNESS TV#The Direct TV blimp was here in Tampa doing media coverage for the College Football National Championship. Most blimps are used in an advertising/media capacity. In fact, the last place in the United States offering commercial blimp rides closed in 2012. There are actually only 10 blimps in operation in the United States and about 25 in the world. It’s not like you can just book a blimp ride as you would a plane flight so this is indeed an elite mile high club that not many will never get a chance to say they are apart of. By a fortunate stroke of favor from the universe I was granted the opportunity to take a blimp ride with members of the media, checking off a bucket list adventure I never dreamed I would actually get the chance to do. I used to get so excited when I spotted the Goodyear or the Metlife blimp fly over. I’ve been fascinated with blimps since I was a little girl.
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