Bringing the Airship back!

[LeeGriffing]

@RobertBerger wants to collect ratings. The exclusivity of the group who have it is what intrigues me. I just have this vision of pure opulence and “I don’t have a schedule, so I can wine and dine onboard this classy AF airship wasting time flying somewhere when I could have been there two or three days ago on an airliner” when I think of airship. I want to see a steady stream of blimps criss-crossing overhead. Some people, some Cargo.
@DocbritoFMF We have Goodyear based right near us at KAKR, used to see their blimps a lot and the airport I used to work at had lots of real estate so they’d moor there fairly often.

[RobertBerger]

@DocbritoFMF

Or if by chance your super rich and can rent the airship just for the purposes of your own training. But also the check airman for that rating are probably also rare.

If my memory serves me correctly, I believe John & Martha King did this at one point. I believe both of them have commercial airship ratings.

@DocbritoFMF

There was a documentary that I can’t remember the name of some rich business man who turned out to be a scam artist that used to buy airships that somehow had various accidents resulting in total loss of the ship and insurance payouts.

I would watch this movie!

[RobertBerger]

@LeeGriffing

@RobertBerger wants to collect ratings.

Absolutely!

3 most difficult to get are:

1. Powered Parachute Sea
2. Airship
3. Powered Lift

In that order.