Good Year Blimp falls out of the sky

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Goodyear blimp crash-lands in Coral Springs during thunderstorm

By Jon Burstein, Akilah Johnson, Kevin Smith and Brian Haas
Sun-Sentinel
Posted June 17 2005


The Goodyear blimp Stars & Stripes crashed Thursday night during a spectacular summer lightning storm, slamming into a Coral Springs storage building after struggling to stay afloat as fierce rain whipped around it.

The blimp's two pilots walked away from the crash unharmed, with no injuries reported on the ground and minimal structural damage to Coral Springs Mini Storage, 12001 NW 35th St., authorities said. The downed blimp hit a concrete utility pole during its descent, causing about 1,400 homes near Sample Road and Coral Ridge Drive to lose electricity.

"not a good week to be in the air, I would say" or better yet on the ground under these guys"