Blimpin' Ain't Easy

[kimberlyanne546]

Hangar One Blimp Crashes in Ohio Woman's Yard Lillian Bernhagen, 94, is shocked but unhurt


Story here:

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/hangar-one-blimp-crashes-ohio-womans-yard-134139




" . . . There's been no official statement from Hangar One itself, although the blimp is still front and center on the website, where pre-existing copy acknowledges that "blimpin' ain't easy."

 

[Jim Logajan]

There is a manned airship contractor for the US Navy, but having worked with people who worked there, it isn't any better where I'm at now. I enjoy LTA but for me, it isn't a career destination.

What did it cost you to get the LTA rating - if I may be so bold?
And do you have a commercial rating?

I ask because 61.133(a)(2) allows commercial LTA pilots to act as instructors for that rating, and a careful read of 61.183 seems to me to indicate it doesn't apply to LTA, so that there is no such thing as "flight instructor certificate" for LTA - at least under that section. That's always been my rough understanding - not sure if it is accurate.