1
: an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas
2
capitalized
: colonel blimp
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There have been five major generation changes of the blimps, according to Gerald Hissem, a chief pilot who has flown Goodyear blimps for 27 years.
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
There’s the Goodyear blimp, the weekend blue skies, golfers flocking to one of the most picturesque and challenging locations on the PGA Tour.
That knock?
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Soon the company’s growing fleet of billboard blimps seemed to be everywhere: amid the skyscrapers of New York City, face-to-face with the Capitol dome in Washington, DC, floating beachside in Florida, and hovering above the Chicago World’s Fair.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
The blimps are intended for remote locations where broadband service is too difficult or costly to supply by conventional means.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2018
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
There’s the Goodyear blimp, the weekend blue skies, golfers flocking to one of the most picturesque and challenging locations on the PGA Tour.
That knock?
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Soon the company’s growing fleet of billboard blimps seemed to be everywhere: amid the skyscrapers of New York City, face-to-face with the Capitol dome in Washington, DC, floating beachside in Florida, and hovering above the Chicago World’s Fair.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
The blimps are intended for remote locations where broadband service is too difficult or costly to supply by conventional means.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2018
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“Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blimp. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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blimp
noun
: an airship filled with gas like a balloon
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