Mar
08
2009

Captain of M Resort Blimp Delights in Going with the Float

From lvrj.com: “When you look up into the sky and see the M Resort blimp hovering above, you’re looking at a rarity. You’re watching Terry Dillard, one of just 56 certified blimp pilots in the world, steering one of just three of the planet’s airships with video screens on the side. As Dillard likes to point out, Earth houses more space shuttle pilots than it claims blimp captains. And, for that matter, the United States has as many space shuttles as it has video-screened airships.

As chief pilot for the Lightship Group, a Florida blimp-operating contractor with 12 airships, Dillard is four months into a two-year assignment flying the M Resort’s promotional ship over the Southwest United States to pump the hotel-casino, which opened March 1. Dillard, who has roughly 13,000 hours of blimp flight time, has flown airships across North America from north to south at least three times. In addition to flying over Las Vegas, Dillard is taking the M blimp to San Diego, Phoenix and San Francisco, taking to the air for 30 hours a week in the evenings.” Captain of M Resort Blimp Delights in Going with the Float

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