Blimp Visits

September 3, 1935, Menasha Record

It must have been quite a scene to see the Goodyear blimp descend on the little airport at Highway 47 and Airport Road.  A shame the photographer didn't see fit to back away from the scene and give us the "big" picture of seeing the blimp in all its glory.  It's interesting that the story emphasized the safety of using helium to fill the ship.  The famous Hindenburg disaster was some 20 months in the future and you may recall that that airship was filled with the more dangerous hydrogen and the ship went up in flames very quickly with extensive loss of life.