Yesterday afternoon, coming from behind and toward Winfrey Point, the Met Life Blimp was tacking toward a lake crossing. It was perfect timing to be on the dock. After shooting the crossing,
I left the west side of the lake and drove over to Winfrey Point and watched the blimp until it landed at either Lancaster Airport or the old Red Bird (Dallas Executive) airport, about 12-15 miles away. I could not tell from the angle which one it was, but the air was clean, dry and crystal clear so there was not much to distort a view. The National Weather Service was reporting visibility at 13 miles. Here is the famous blimp, one of several operated by MetLife. This one gets about 60,000 miles of travel per year and travels with a crew of 2 pilots and a ground support team of 5 vans. There is more to it than just watching a blimp sail lazily over a lake. But, gee, that is what dreams are made of, right?
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| At this point, he was behind Winfrey Point heading for a lake crossing toward the Filter Building, north of the dam. He was about 3 miles out with a 5-10 MPH SE headwind |
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| The blimp is in town. It might be covering the Byron Nelson at Cottonwood and then the Colonial since they are one week apart and under the sports contract. Purely speculation with some common sense,though. The 2016 Schedule shows appearances for the blimp at those events. |
