[Scan-DC] Airship [blimp] over downtown DC

[John Bacon]

Why would anyone announce something like that. Isnt that like HLS stuff and
would be under wraps..

Gotta love the US Govt.

JOHN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Moore" <emsjake at hotmail.com>
Cc: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Airship [blimp] over downtown DC


> Defense Department testing blimp system:
>
> Throughout the week, the 178-foot-long blimp will conduct tests designed
to
> determine how effective electro-optical and infrared cameras are at
> detecting potentially threatening movements on the ground. (Tom Kennedy -
> washingtonpost.com)
>
> Jon
>
> >From: Sheldon Daitch <sdaitch at ibb.gov>
> >To: dc2wheel <dc2wheel at yahoo.com>
> >CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> >Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Airship [blimp] over downtown DC
> >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:38:26 -0400
> >
> >There was a piece in the Wash Post the other day, and if
> >I recall correctly, it was a US Army Corps of Engineers
> >contract aircraft being used as a very stable photo platform
> >for security related building photos.
> >
> >
> >
> >dc2wheel wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone know who's blimp that is/was over downtown
> > > around 9:30am?  No advertising on it, so I think it
> > > may be .mil or homeland security.  Scanning the
> > > mil-air bands/CAP for a few minutes didn't turn up
> > > anything.
> > > -dc2wheel
> > >
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