> >> THAT IS AMAZING.

>> IT IS HUGE.

> >> HI.

>> HI, NANCY, WELCOME.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HELLO.

>> WELCOME, JOE.

>> THANK YOU, I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE.

IT'S A PLACE I COULD NOT IMAGINE SEEING.

TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE AT.

>> YOU'RE AT THE WING FOOT LAKE.

IT'S THE GOODYEAR BLIMP BASE.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1917 AND THE OLDEST OPERATING AIR SHIP BASE IN THE U. S. >> QUESTION, JOE, IS IT AN AIRSHIP?

A BLIMP, WE HEAR THOSE TERMS, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALL THE SAME.

>> ALL BLIMPS ARE DERGABLE.

THE BLIMP IS SHAPED AND MAINTAINED JUST BY THE PRESSURE OF THE GASES INSIDE ALONE.

IF YOU WERE TO DEFLATE A BLIMP, IT WOULD GO TO AN EMPTY BAG OF NOTHING.

WHAT WE HAVE IS A SEMI RIGID AIR SHIP.

IT HAS A STRUCTURE INSIDE THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE GONDALA AND THE ENGINE.

THE AIR SHIP DOESN'T ROLL OFF THE TONGUE.

>> YOU ARE KNOWN NATIONALLY AS THE GOODYEAR BLIMP.

>> AND GOODYEAR IS FAMOUS FOR THIS.

HOW BIG IS YOUR FLEET?

>> THREE SHIPS AND ONE BASED IN AKRON, OHIO.

ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOS ANGELES, IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA.

AND ONE IN PAMPONO BEACH, FLORIDA.

>> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE HANGER.

WHAT IS GOING ON BACK THERE?

ONE OF YOUR SHIPS IN PLACE.

>> THIS IS THE CALIFORNIA SHIP.

ONCE A YEAR, WE BRING IT BACK FROM CALIFORNIA TO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT.

>> IT MUST TAKE AWHILE TO GET HERE FROM CALIFORNIA?

>> IT IS USUALLY SCHEDULED FOR EIGHT DAYS.

JOE AND I BROUGHT IT ACROSS THIS YEAR.

DUE TO WEATHER, WE WERE OUT ON THE ROAD FOR 21 DAYS.

>> YOU SEE IT FLYING AND YOU IMAGINE, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FROM THE GROUND AND IT'S BIG.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ONE UP CLOSE.

>> YEAH, ONCE YOU GET UP CLOSE, YOU REALIZE HOW BIG IT REALLY IS.

IT'S 246 FEET LONG.

YOU KNOW, 300,000 CUBIC FEET OF VOLUME INSIDE THAT THING.

IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU ARE UP CLOSE.

>> PEOPLE GET CONFUSED.

THE LIFTING MEDIUM IS HELIUM.

IT'S NOT FLAMMABLE.

IT'S NOT HYDROGEN.

THIS IS VERY SAFE.

THIS STUFF DOESN'T BURN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IN FACT, IT WOULD EXTINGUISH A FIRE.

>> IT IS A GAS THAT DOESN'T COMBINE WITH OXYGEN.

>> THERE'S NO HELIUM.

IT'S FILLED WITH AIR RIGHT NOW AND HANGING FROM THE CEILING.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO FLOAT.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS SORT OF WORK?

>> I'M WORKING ON 27 YEARS HERE AT GOODYEAR.

>> AND DO YOU HAVE AN AIR FORCE BACKGROUND?

>> NO, BUT JOE DOES.

>> I'M RETIRED AIR FORCE, MOVED BACK TO OHIO, FLEW CORPORATE FOR AWHILE.

AND CAME TO GOODYEAR AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR JUST OVER SEVEN YEARS.

>> I GRADUATED FROM OHIO STATE IN AVIATION AND THEN I ALSO WENT TO COLUMBUS STATE TO GET MY AIRCRAFT MECHANICS LICENSE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, I GOT ON WITH GOODYEAR AND 27 YEARS LATER, I'M STILL HERE AND STILL LOVING IT.

>> WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

SHOULD WE HEAD OUT TO THE FIELD?

>> GLAD TO SHOW IT TO YOU, LET'S GO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS BEING IN OHIO.

>> YEAH.

OHIO BORN AND BRED, NEVER LEFT THE STATE.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> SO TELL ME ABOUT THE ENGINE.

IT LOOKS FAIRLY SMALL.

>> THERE ARE THREE ENGINES.

4-CYLINDERS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PROPELLERS, THEY LOOK KIND OF SMALL TOWARDS THE BLIMP.

ACTUALLY, THAT PROPELLER IS 9- FOOT IN DIAMETER AS IT SPINS.

THE ENGINE ON THE TAIL IS GEARED TOWARDS TWO PROPELLERS.

ACTUALLY, THERE'S TWO PROPELLERS ON THE TAIL OF THE AIR SHIP.

>> WHAT ARE THESE MARKINGS THAT ARE ON THE SIDE?

THOSE LITTLE TABS.

>> THOSE ARE LITTLE HOOKS.

WE USE THOSE WHEN WE INSTALL THE SIGN.

THERE'S CORDS, AND IT'S A FLEXIBLE SIGN WITH LED LIGHTS.

>> WE'RE WATCHING IT MOVE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND HOW IT IS ANCHORED?

>> THE NOSE IS ATTACHED, AND IT BECOMES --IT ROTATES ON ITS REAR WHEEL.

>> THAT'S WHAT THIS TRACK IS.

>> THAT'S SO WE DON'T DAMAGE THE GRASS.

>> THERE'S A REAR ENGINE AS WELL.

IT HAS TWO PROPELLERS?

>> THIS IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD SHIPS AND THE NEWER SHIPS.

IT HELPS STAY INTO THE WIND.

>> THE ONE PROPELLER IS POINTING STRAIGHT BACK.

IN THIS CONFIGURATION, IF WE WERE FLYING, THAT WOULD BE GIVING US THRUST ALONG WITH THE TWO SIDE ENGINES.

WE WOULD HAVE THREE ENGINES WORTH OF THRUST.

>> OUR CONTROLABILITY WOULD BE FROM THE BIG YELLOW FINS, LIKE AN AIRPLANE MOVING THROUGH THE SKY.

WHEN WE SLOW DOWN, WHEN WE ARE LANDING, WE WOULD LOSE AIR FLOW OVER THOSE AND LOSE CONTROLABILITY.

WHAT WE DO, WE TAKE THAT PROPELLER, WE SWIVEL IT, SO WE GO STRAIGHT DOWN TOWARD THE GROUND AND CONTROL BOTH OF THOSE PROPELLERS AND WE USE THE ENGINE TO STEER OUR TAIL UP AND DOWN, LEFT AND RIGHT.

>> IT LOOKS ENORMOUS FROM HERE.

>> IT IS.

ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IS, SINCE IT IS SO FAR BACK HERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PERSON BACK HERE ON THE RADIO TO TELL US WHEN THE ENGINE IS ACTUALLY STARTED.

>> BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE.

>> YOU CAN'T SEE IT AND YOU CAN'T HEAR IT.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE MATERIAL.

THE EXTERIOR MATERIAL OF THIS.

>> THIS MATERIAL IS CALLED TEDLAR.

IT IS INFUSED WITH POLYESTER AND COATED WITH POLYURETHANE.

IT KEEPS THE HELIUM INSIDE.

THAT'S WHAT THE BIG ENVELOPE OF HELIUM IS MADE OF.

>> IT'S REALLY SOFT.

>> IT'S LIKE A BOUNCY CASTLE.

THERE ARE TWO INTERNAL AIR BAGS.

THOSE INFLATE AND DEFLATE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE OVERALL PRESSURE OF THE AIR SHIP.

>> AND IT CHANGES WITH ALTITUDE.

>> WHEN WE CLIMB, THE HELIUM EXPANDS, THE PRESSURE INCREASES, AND THESE WILL POP OPEN AND LET AIR OUT.

WHEN AIR GETS LOW ENOUGH, OR THE PRESSURE GETS LOW ENOUGH, THE FANS WILL KICK ON AND REINFLATE THOSE.

>> WHAT IS THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE ENVELOPE HERE?

>> IT IS REAL LOW PRESSURE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

WE FLY AROUND AT AROUND 400 OR SO.

SO REALLY ONLY ABOUT A 30th OF A PSI.

>> IT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP THE SHAPE.

>> JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE SHAPE OF THE SHIP.

THE AMAZING THING IS, THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1910.

>> EXPLAIN THAT TERM.

>> SO THE INTERNAL AIR BAGS, SO SMALL BALLOON.

>> THERE'S A GUY SITTING IN THE GONDALA, WHAT IS HE DOING?

>> HE'S CALLED THE WATCH.

WE HAVE A PERSON WITH THE AIR SHIP.

HE MONITORS THE PRESSURES AND THE TEMPERATURES OF THE HELIUM.

ALSO AS YOU SEE TODAY, IT'S WINDY.

YOU MIGHT SEE THE AIR SHIP GO UP.

HE FLIES THE AIR SHIP ON THE MASS.

>> WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT BLIMPS THAN WHEN WE ARRIVED.

THE BEST PART WOULD BE A RIDE ON ONE OF THESE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE?

>> WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A RIDE, JEFF, BUT IT'S TOO WINDY TODAY.

OUR SCHEDULE TAKES US DOWN TO COLUMBUS IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND WE COULD GIVE YOU A RIDE THERE.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD SOLUTION.

>> WE ARE VERY WEATHER DEPENDENT.

THIS THING HANDLES LIKE AN AIRPLANE.

ON A GUSTY DAY, IT'S A HANDFUL.

>> THANK YOU FOR A GREAT DAY OUT HERE AT WING FOOT LAKE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN COLUMBUS.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF, WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.

>> YOU BET.

> >> TODAY'S THE DAY, JEFF AND NANCY, WE MADE IT TO COLUMBUS.

I HOPE YOU'RE EXCITED.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU ON THE GOODYEAR BLIMP.

>> WE ARE SO EXCITED.

>> LET'S GO FLY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> HI.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> HI, HOW ARE YOU?

THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE THE TAKEOFF.

WE'RE GOING UP TO 2,000 FEET.

>> IT'S SO SMOOTH.

>> I LIKE TO TAKE THE SOUTH, STAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS AND PROCEED DOWN TO THE STADIUM.

>> PROCEED.

>> 1 ALPHA.

>> YOU CAN SEE DUBLIN.

THIS WAS ALL FARMLAND 40 YEARS AGO.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE OUTER BELT, THE INTERCHANGES, AND THAT HUGE DEVELOPMENT, BRIDGE PARK.

THERE'S THE HISTORIC TOWN RIGHT THERE OF THE OLD CEMETERY AND THE CHURCH.

>> YOU CAN SEE OUR SHADOW, TOO.

>> WE CALL IT THE BLIMP TORPEDO.

>> WE ARE AWARE OF WHERE THAT SHADOW IS.

WE DON'T WANT TO DRIFT, ESPECIALLY GOLF.

IT CAN BE REALLY DISTRACTING.

>> THESE ARE YOUR CREWS DOING ALL THE CAMERA WORK.

>> THE SEAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW, THAT COMES OUT.

THE EQUIPMENT RACK GETS PUT IN ITS PLACE.

IT'S LIKE A DORM REFRIGERATOR SIZE.

THE OPERATOR SITS WHERE YOU ARE SITTING, NANCY, AND THE CAMERA ITSELF, IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BEACH BALL, AND IT GETS MOUNTED OUT UNDERNEATH THE NOSE OUTSIDE.

AND THAT THING CAN SPIN AROUND 360 DEGREES.

IT IS STABILIZED.

WE COULD BE BOUNCING AROUND IN THE WIND, BUT AT HOME, YOU HAVE A NICE, SMOOTH PICTURE.

STILL FOLLOWING THE RIVER.

>> KIND OF HOOK HERE A LITTLE BIT.

>> OKAY.

>> I'M GOING TO HOOK OVER TOWARDS CAMPUS.

>> GO RIGHT OVER.

>> WONDERFUL.

>> ONE OVER THE UNIVERSITY.

WOULD LIKE TO DO A COUPLE LOOPS AROUND HERE.

>> NOT A PROBLEM.

>> SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

WE DO HAVE MINIMUM ALTITUDE.

WE HAVE TO BE AT.

WHEN WE ARE OVER CONGESTED AREAS, WE HAVE TO BE 1,000 FEET OVER THE GROUND.

>> THIS IS PART OF THE CAMPUS WE'RE FLYING OVER NOW.

YEAH.

>> THIS IS THE CAMPUS WHEN I WENT HERE.

>> YEAH, EXACTLY.

>> I THINK A LOT OF THAT STUFF THEY MOVED.

>> YEAH.

UH-HUH.

WOW.

YEAH, THIS MUST BE REALLY FUN DURING A GAME.

> >> WHEN DID THIS BLIMP START COVERING SPORTING EVENTS?

>> THE FIRST ONE WE DID IN '55, WHEN WE DID THE ROSE BOWL PARADE.

>> WHAT MADE GOODYEAR TO USE THE BLIMP FOR ADVERTISING?

>> NOT JUST TIRES.

SO, WE REALLY STARTED TO GAVEL IN THE BLIMP BUSINESS IN 1910.

WE MADE A RUBBERIZED FABRIC FOR A GUY THAT WANTED TO BUILD AN AIR SHIP.

WE PROVIDED WITH THE RUBBERIZED FABRIC.

WE DIDN'T BUILD THE BLIMP.

GOODYEAR STARTED BUILDING OTHER AIR SHIPS, SOME OTHER BLIMPS.

IN 1925, SOME GENIUS GOT THE IDEA, LET'S SPLATTER GOODYEAR ACROSS THE TOP AND FLYING THESE THINGS ANYWAYS.

WE'LL ADVERTISE.

AND 100 YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL DOING IT.

1925.

OUR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OT TRUE GOODYEAR BLIMP AS WE KNOW IT.

>> SO HAVE BLIMPS BEEN USED BY THE MILITARY?

>> OH YEAH.

DURING WORLD WAR II, GOODYEAR BUILT BLIMPS FOR THE NAVY.

IN FACT, OUR HANGER, THE HANGER THAT YOU WERE AT, THAT WAS NAVAL AIR STATION WING FOOT LAKE.

>> OKAY.

>> GOODYEAR BUILT 134 BLIMPS FOR THE NAVY RIGHT AT THAT FACILITY.

AND AFTER WORLD WAR II, GOODYEAR GOT SOME OF THOSE AIR SHIPS BACK AND PAINTED GOODYEAR ON THE SIDE AND STARTED FLYING THEM FOR SELLING TIRES.

>> I LOVE THAT THE BASE OF EVERYTHING IS STILL IN OHIO.

>> YES.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE GOODYEAR HEADQUARTERS IS.

GOOD YEAR HEADQUARTERS, IS A COUPLE MILES AWAY FROM WING FOOT LAKE.

RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING WHEN HIGHWAYS WERE BUILT, THEY USED RIVER CORRIDORS, AND YET, IT IS SOME OF THE MOST SCENIC LAND WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.

YOU CAN SEE FARTHER NORTH WHERE THE FREEWAY IS.

HOW BEAUTIFUL THE RIVER FRONT CAN BE.

BUT WHAT AMAZES ME HERE IS JUST THE MEDICAL CAMPUS.

AND NEW BUILDINGS GOING UP ALL THE TIME.

AND THE OVAL?

AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE OVAL IS THE LIBRARY AT ONE END OF IT.

AND THE CENTER AT THE OTHER.

AND THOSE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THAT'S THE ICONIC IMAGE, WHENEVER THEY SHOW OSU DURING A GAME AND THEY PROFILE IT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY SHOW.

>> HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FROM CAMPUS DOWN TO THE SOUTH.

TO THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> CONVENTION CENTER.

>> YOU REALLY SEE THE FREEWAY SYSTEM FROM HERE.

THERE'S HIGHWAYS EVERYWHERE.

>> WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OVER IN FRANKLINTON?

I LOVE THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL MUSEUM FROM THE AIR.

IT IS DRAMATIC ARCHITECTURE, BUT IT IS SET IN THAT GREEN SPACE.

A SPACE THAT IS JUST FROM THIS SIDE OF IT, A MEMORIAL GARDEN, WHICH IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

THE TOWER, WHICH WAS OUR SKYLINE FOR EVER, STILL STANDS OUT.

>> YOU SEE A PHOTO OF COLUMBUS ON THE NEWS, THEY ALWAYS SHOW THE TOWER AND THE RIVER FRONT.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY USED AS A BEACON FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT OUT OF WHAT BECAME FORT COLUMBUS.

THE BROAD STREET BRIDGE, THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT IT USED TO HAVE A SIGN PAINTED ON IT, AIRPORT, WITH AN ARROW.

AND THAT WAS THE ONLY TALL BUILDING.

AND IF YOU FOLLOWED IT, YOU WOULD GET TO THE AIRPORT EVENTUALLY.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN VIEW.

YOU KNOW, THAT PARK, THEY TOOK THE DAMS OUT OF THE RIVER.

THE RIVER WAS MUCH WIDER BEFORE.

AND IT NARROWED THE RIVER AND FREED UP ALL THAT LAND FOR PARKS.

NORTH BANK PARK HERE, AND BICENTENNIAL PARK AT THE OTHER END WITH CITY HALL AND THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING.

>> AND WE'RE RIGHT OVER WHERE THE PEN USED TO BE.

>> THE OHIO PEN IS LITERALLY WHERE THE PARK IS, THOSE NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE BASEBALL STADIUM.

AND THEN THE WHOLE ARENA DISTRICT.

OH WOW.

THIS IS GORGEOUS.

HAVE YOU EVER VIEWED THE FIREWORKS FROM UP HERE?

FOURTH OF JULY?

>> SO, I HAVEN'T BEEN UP FOR A FOURTH OF JULY, BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME FIREWORKS DISPLAYS.

IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE THEM FROM ABOVE.

SO, THEY GO UP A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET.

WHEN YOU ARE ON THE GROUND WATCHING, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS COMING RIGHT AT YOU.

SAME WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE.

>> HANGING OUT DOWNTOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR A LITTLE BIT.

WE'LL CALL YOU WHEN WE WANT TO PROCEED SOUTH, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

THE SUN REFLECTING ON THE RIVER AND THEN ALL OF GERMAN VILLAGE.

LOOK HOW DENSE GERMAN VILLAGE IS.

ALL THE LITTLE BUILDINGS AND TREES.

WHAT IS GERMAN VILLAGE TODAY?

THOSE SAME BUILDINGS EXTENDED WELL INTO DOWNTOWN.

AND THEY WERE TORN DOWN DURING THE URBAN RENEWAL PERIOD.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AREA JUST NORTH OF THE FREEWAY.

SO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXTENDED WHERE THE FREEWAY IS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE GRANT HOSPITAL AND THE LIBRARY ARE.

JUST THOSE LITTLE SMALL BRICK HOUSES ON LITTLE CITY LOTS.

A LOT WAS LOST.

IN FACT, AS WE FLY OVER AND WE LOOK AT ALL THESE FREEWAYS, MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE TAKEN OUT, ESPECIALLY OVER ON THE EAST SIDE.

SEPARATED DOWNTOWN FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE NEAR EAST SIDE.

OVER IN FRANKLINTON, THE FREEWAY WE SEE OVER THERE, THAT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS CUT THROUGH.

>> TAKE A LEFT.

OKAY.

I'LL TAKE A LEFT AND CLIMB A LITTLE BIT.

>> WORKING WITH AIR FORCE AND TRAFFIC FLOW.

YOU RESEARCH A LITTLE BEFOREHAND.

WE FLY IN SOME OF THE BUSIEST AIR SPACES IN THE COUNTRY.

SO I MEAN, JUST HAVE TO BE NICE TO THEM.

>> WE USUALLY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WE'RE MOVING SO SLOW, USUALLY THE GUYS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ARE REALLY GOOD TO WORK WITH US, AND GET US WHAT WE NEED.

>> I LOVE HOW YOU MAKE THIS COVER.

IT IS SUCH AN INTERESTING SENSATION TO BE HOVERING AND NOT MOVING, BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE AIR, BUT IT IS COMPUTE.

>> IT'S NEAT TO DO IT.

>> THERE'S THE TRAIN MOVING.

>> YEAH.

YUP.

SEE THE PILE WITH THE TARP OVER IT?

AND THAT ARCH THING?

JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE ARCH THING, SEE THOSE RADIATING LINES?

YOU CAN STILL SEE WHERE THE ROUND HOUSE WAS.

THERE WAS A CHURN TABLE.

TURNS THE LOCOMOTIVES AROUND.

THAT WAS PART OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPLEX.

>> 1 ALPHA FOR YOUR PLANNING PURPOSES.

I HAVE ONE MORE ARRIVAL LANDING AT THE AIRPORT.

YOU WANT TO CROSS.

>> WE'LL JUST HOLD THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE AND WAIT FOR YOUR CALL.

>> YOU GUYS WILL FLY RIGHT OVER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HEY, JEFF AND NANCY, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD EAST AND HOLD SOUTH OF FORT COLUMBUS AIRPORT.

I THINK THEY WILL LET US GO OVER THE TOP OF THE FIELD.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOOK AT THE CONTROL TOWER.

JUST PAST THE NORTH NEAR WORTHINGTON.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLAN.

>> THERE'S THE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> SEE HOW THE CITY HAS GROWN.

IT IS PERFECTLY FLAT, SO THERE ARE NO BARRIERS.

NO MOUNTAINS.

NO LAKES.

THE RIVERS AREN'T EXACTLY BARRIERS.

>> WE FLY OVER TONS OF CITIES, AND YOU CAN TELL THE ONES THAT ARE FLAT TERRAIN, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF GRID.

YOU GO TO A CITY LIKE PITTSBURGH, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THERE'S A LOT MORE HILLS.

>> SO YOU CAN SEE THE TALL TOWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

YOU SEE THE BIG CONTROL TOWER?

>> YEAH.

>> SOUTHWEST IS GOING TO BE TAKING OFF.

>> YEAH, I'M GOING TO TREK RIGHT ACROSS.

>> THERE IT GOES.

ALL RIGHT.

>> CROSSING THE RUNWAY AND LOOKING DOWN BELOW AS PLANES ARE GETTING LINED UP TO TAKE OFF.

> >> YUP.

>> I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

THERE'S A BLIMP.

NEVER GET A VIEW OF RUNWAYS.

YOU JUST SEE WHEN YOU LAND.

>> THERE IT GOES.

>> YUP.

>> LET'S TAKE OFF.

>> RIGHT OVER TOP OF THE EASTEN AREA, TOWARDS WESTERVILLE, WORK OUR WAY TOWARD WORTHINGTON AND OSU AIRPORT.

>> WHAT A TOUR.

>> THE COLOR IN THE TREES, THAT'S NOT BAD.

>> GOLDEN AIR SUN ON IT.

>> DO YOU FLY AFTER DARK?

>> OH YEAH.

WE DO.

WE FLY AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY.

AND ALL WEATHER, WE CAN BE IN THE CLOUDS RIGHT NOW, 0 VISIBILITY, AND STILL BE FLYING.

>> STARTED IN 1953, AND THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE IT'S THE COLUMBUS WATER SUPPLY.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THAT POST WORLD WAR II GROWTH IN THE CITY.

>> WHEN THE MAYOR STARTED THE AGGRESSIVE ANNEXATION CAMPAIGN.

>> WHERE THE EXTENSION HELPED THE CITY GROW.

>> YEAH, WE'RE JUST NORTH OF THE OUTER BELT, 270 IS RIGHT BEHIND.

>> SO, POLARIS AND THAT'S DELAWARE COUNTY RIGHT THERE.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK?

>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, AND I JUST THINK, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE COULD HOVER, BUT GOING AT THIS PACE, WHAT YOU SEE, YOU GET THE EXPANSIVE VIEW AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO SEE DETAIL.

I MEAN, I NEVER IMAGINED SEEING THE CITY THIS WAY.

>> THE GOODYEAR PEOPLE ARE SO WONDERFUL.

THEY ARE SO ACCOMMODATING, FRIENDLY.

PERFECT TIME OF DAY TO TAKE A TRIP LIKE THIS.

>> JERRY, JOE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS WAS INCREDIBLE.

WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TRIP.

>> IT WAS THE BEST RIDE I'VE EVER HAD.

>> DID IT EXCEED YOUR IMAGINATION?

>> BY BOUNDS.

WHEN I SEE A GOODYEAR BLIMP, I WILL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU TWO, BECAUSE NOW I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> IT'S REMARKABLE.

>> AND EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THE GROUND CREW.

A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, AND LET THEM KNOW WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> IT TAKES A TEAM.

>> IT REALLY DOES TAKE A TEAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.

THIS WAS TERRIFIC.

OH MY GOSH, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE.

>> IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER.

COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER.