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Old 06-15-2017, 10:43 AM   #1
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Sounds like the pilot parachuted to safety. This blimp apparently provided the aerial shots for TV coverage.

https://twitter.com/msiggyy/status/875387281426841602

https://twitter.com/AaronDrez/status...624449/video/1

https://twitter.com/Markwcm/status/8...pen%2F10028047
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:44 AM   #2
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Blimps.....they're a public menace! Never Blimp! Not even once!!

Vast sums of untold carnage they've wreaked during their existence!
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:49 AM   #3
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Stupid non flammable helium...
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It wasn't a Good Year for this blimp
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Was it a Muslim Blimp?
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Old 06-15-2017, 11:00 AM   #7
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Kind of reminds me of the XFL when they hired a blimp to promote the league and it promptly crashed into a restaurant. Kind of a great example of foreshadowing.

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This is the "blimp" that crashed. Looks like you get it in the watersports aisle at Canadian Tire.

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This is the "blimp" that crashed.

You can just see the unhinged malice in it's eyes....
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Blimps?
Have we learned nothing from Stampede Balloon Boy?
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oh the humanity!
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I blame Big Drone. I'm sure it was a drone that took it out, make sure to keep it's air superiority.
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Free fall speed. Inside job. Gubment.
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Didn't that same blimp used to fly around inside the 'Dome dropping coupons? Looks about the same size.

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Blimp Lives Matter!
No they dont! We have to draw the line somewhere!!
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Not the bloated, hot air filled windbag I was hoping would collapse on a golf course this year.
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Damn, that's some discount blimp right there. This is what happens when the PGA doesn't have a Tiger anymore.
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Damn, that's some discount blimp right there. This is what happens when the PGA doesn't have a Tiger anymore.
If you're going to blimp you never go 'discount blimp.'
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