The Blimp Project

Introduction

The AirBlimp Project was a dream given form. It was late in the fall of 1995 when six seniors at the California Institue of Technology decide that life at Caltech could use a bit more spice. This ragtag group was never shy to attempt the odd prank here or there to add a little variety to their lives, but this current yearning for entertainment could not be appeased by something so short lived as a prank. Their thoughts turned to the idea of creating a legacy for themselves, and they were certainly not opposed to getting school credit and money for it at the same time. One of the members of this fine group discovered a little known course at Caltech entitled simply, "Projects in Flight Control", and those words formed the seeds of an idea which became a proposal that, through much hard work, planning, and more than a little tension became

The Blimp!

Blimping around

Here's a couple more blimp pics.

• Here's a bit better view of the gondola.
• Marching the blimp down California Blvd.
• Or how about a nifty little postscript image.

More to come. . .