Goodyear Blimp

This is from a few months back, but very cool. While going to karate one day, we saw the Goodyear Blimp in the sky looking like it was landing. We tracked it down to the Attalla regional airport. Low and behold they let us go across the runways and climb on board the blimp. No, we didn't get to go up in it, but neverless it was a very cool experience. The second picture with the kids in a seat is actually in the blimp itself. There is a picture of the blimp on the wall behind them. Of course, when we got home we had to look it up and learn how a blimp works. Very simply actually, it raises and lowers by adjusting the "air" that is in separate balloons inside the helium balloon. Increase the air and the balloon lowers, decrease the air and it raises. Helium is lighter so that is how it works.