PetaPixel

Film Stills Photographer Reveals the Massive Blimp She Used to Muffle Her Camera

An old blimp housing belonging to photographer Parisa Taghizadeh that would muffle the noise of an SLR or film camera. Blimps were once a type of inflatable aircraft that used to advertise companies ...
VICE

From Afghanistan to Texas, Surveillance Blimps Are on the Rise

Long thought of as just a convenient way to both advertise tires and provide aerial coverage of football games, blimps have become a low-tech-meets-high-tech surveillance tool in some of the world’s ...
The Spokesman-Review

‘It’s just like your dopey friend’: Inside the Goodyear Blimp’s devoted fan base

LOS ANGELES – When Lauren Richeson created the Goodyear Blimp Fan Club on Facebook in 2009, she expected only a few family members and friends to join. But like the blimp itself, the club began to ...
Boston Herald

Goodyear Blimp at 100: From Ronald Reagan to Ice Cube, ‘floating piece of Americana’ still thriving

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Flying a few hundred feet above the streets and shores of Daytona Beach, the Goodyear Blimp draws a crowd. Onlookers stare and point. Drivers pull over for better looks, ...