DirectTV Blimp Loose

[FireHousesOfOhio]

At around 2315 the DirectTV Blimp that was tethered at OSU Don Scott field is now reported loose, it's location is unknown. If anyone has information as to its last known sighting or current location please contact your local law enforcement agency.

 

[ibagli]

DirecTV says it's not their blimp. There was a report of a sighting over Pataskala a few minutes ago, but it was determined to be an airplane...

 

[ibagli]

It's the Hangar One Vodka blimp.

 

[joetnymedic]

Help Wanted to Locate Runaway Blimp Help Wanted To Locate A Missing Blimp - News Story - WHIO Dayton

 

[W8RMH]

This sucker is 128 feet long - you would think it would show up on radar.

 

[FireHousesOfOhio]

I do stand corrected that it is the Hangar One Vodka blimp however it was the traffic on Delaware County's system last night. We took a stroll outside since we are .75 miles from the field. I'm not sure what the properties are that would make it show. Would it have an identifier or transponder of some kind that would help in tracking it?

It actually was some of the best different traffic we've heard in a while that gave us a good laugh.

 

[FireHousesOfOhio]

It appears the mystery was over pretty quick.

Runaway blimp found in Worthington | The Columbus Dispatch

The mystery of the runaway blimp has been solved.

High winds ripped a 128-foot-long blimp from its moorings at Ohio State University's Don Scott Field on the Northwest Side at 12:05 a.m. today.

The airborne fugitive headed east and remained missing for more than seven hours until its wreckage was found at 5916 Linworth Road in Worthington at 7:37 a.m., according to the State Highway Patrol.

The Federal Aviation Administration and Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration had been notified of the potential hazard to air traffic.

The blimp advertised Hangar 1 Vodka, troopers said.