So there I was, in my own backyard, playing with Daisy the Golden Puppy, when a strange noise drifted down from the sky. It sounded like a small plane with a lawnmower engine, sort of like a person playing a kazoo. I looked up to see a blimp coming in for a ground run.I ran to the house, eager to haul out my Remington 30-06' deer rifle and score my first enemy aircraft. Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for the pilot, when I looked up again I could read "Outback" on the side of the airship. Not having heard anything about an outbreak of hostilities with Australia, I figured it was probably not a threat.
Nevertheless, I'm keeping the artillery close at hand for the next encounter with an unidentified flying object.
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Actually, the Outback blimp was in town in support of Brian "Brain" Kissinger's campaign to fly across the country and raise money for brain tumor research. A former Air Force pilot and cancer survivor, he's flying a restored, WWII-vintage Piper L-4.
Details here, here, and here
We had seen the blimp flying around the midtown area over the weekend, and I googled "blimp outback st. louis" and found the info.
PS: Outback is an American company, but the decor is Australian-themed.
PPS: Their blimps are named Bloomin' Onion I and II.
I saw this man's story on the evening news a few days ago. They even showed how they have to spin the prop on the Piper Cub to crank it up.
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