I was on the Goodyear blimp above London – here’s what it was like

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The Goodyear blimp rises into the London sky Unless you’ve fully committed to hiding from the heatwave, you’ve probably noticed the return of the iconic Goodyear blimp, which has been cruising above ...

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There are more astronauts than there are airship pilots. Tyre giant Goodyear remains the posterboy for these gentle giants with a fleet of four airships (technically the Goodyear blimp is not a blimp – it has a semi-rigid skeleton, making it a zeppelin-blimp hybrid), only one of which resides in Europe. Charlton Lido shot from the Goodyear blimpSo early on Friday morning I made the trip to Damyns Hall Aerodrome in Upminster, where the blimp – I’m going to keep calling it a blimp because blimp is fun to say – is docked. It’s hard to overstate the scale of the thing when you see it up close: 75 metres is the equivalent of two and a half blue whales and it stands as tall as four double decker buses. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeight management is crucial when you’re trying to coax a nine tonne behemoth to float through the clouds, so boarding is a one-on, one-off affair. The first thing to surprise me was the fact the blimp doesn’t land, exactly – it just floats lower. The steps leading to the cabin don’t touch the ground, they sway a foot above it. The cabin, which is dwarfed by the balloon that mushrooms above it, is similar to an aeroplane, except the seats line vast windows, some of which are open, triggering a sudden fear that I might get sucked out. 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