PenFed Blimp Crashed at US Open

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ERIN - A PenFed blimp deflated, burst into flames and crashed late Thursday morning near the U.S. Open at Erin Hills.

The blimp went down about 11:20 a.m. near Highway 83 and Highway 167.

One person - presumably the pilot - was transported by Flight for Life from the area of the crash just after noon. The blimp was operated by AirSign, an aerial advertising firm with operations across the country.

The pilot is okay but suffered some burns, a spokesman for AirSign said in a telephone interview from the company's Florida office.

The pilot remained with the blimp as it slowly descended to the ground.

"He stayed with the blimp until it went down," he said, adding that a crew member on ground pulled the pilot from the wreckage.

"It started deflating, and then it started going down," said Bryan Rosine.

"They were trying to give it some throttle and it didn't go up," he said. "Then there was a bunch of kabooms and smoke clouds."

Another witness, Tim Guetzke, said "the side started deflating. One side was going in. As it headed toward the ground, it caught fire."

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Link to original video: https://youtu.be/xbxsZjagMVA

(Glad to hear the pilot appears to be ok.)

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Fortunately it was filled with helium, not hydrogen.

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"Mayday! Mayday! I'm going down!....I'm still going down!....Uh, still going down!"

While he still suffered injuries, he was lucky it was such a slow descent.

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Wonder if Phil staged it so he could get his 4 hour delay?

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Now you see why banking institutions favor inflation.

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Now you see why banking institutions favor inflation.

Wonder if he still has to make the balloon payment?

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Now you see why banking institutions favor inflation.

Wonder if he still has to make the balloon payment?

On de faulty brimp?

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Read about this over lunch earlier.

Nasty hot and humid (at least for Wisconsin) this afternoon, so I'd be mad at any delays.

It's no Hindenburg, but it added some excitement I'm sure. Hope the pilot has full recovery.

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PenFed is my bank

just saw a deduction from my account - $35...

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The pilot got hurt, what makes this funny? He's lucky to be alive.

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The pilot got hurt, what makes this funny? He's lucky to be alive.

Really?

Come on, no one thinks or suggested his injuries are funny.

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The pilot remained with the blimp as it slowly descended to the ground

As opposed to....?

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