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blimp

[blimp] / blɪmp /
NOUN
airship
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Goodyear Blimp pilot-in-training Fayth Rascon-Ryn grew up near the Carson base and would drive past the airship all the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

“So let’s celebrate the fact that I’ve finally seen Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s ‘The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.’

From Washington Post • May 1, 2022

Months earlier, an FA-18 pilot reportedly used his cellphone to snap photos of three different unidentified aircrafts off the coast of Oceana in March including two UFOs dubbed the "Metalic Blimp" and "The Sphere."

From Fox News • Apr. 15, 2021

Rose Parade Uncovered The new episode of the documentary series recalls the first Rose Parade and takes a flight on the Goodyear Blimp.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Like the time she took me to see Colonel Blimp and sat there weeping all through the scene where the imprisoned German officers are listening to Mendelssohn.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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