Live from the Goodyear blimp

On New Year's Eve, CNN's Thom Patterson takes us on a flight aboard the iconic Goodyear blimp, during the exciting college football bowl season. Check out what it's like to ride high above Atlanta's Georgia Dome and the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

3rd & 7 37yd

....Aaaaaaaaaand WE'RE back at DeKalb Peachtree Airport http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc3z_6ZIMAA_IhW.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 5:53:21 AM
Happy New Year from the #goodyearblimp !!!! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc3pAFUIAAAhmve.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 5:05:18 AM
By nature, blimps want to stay in the air. As #goodyearblimp pilot Matt Lussier puts it, blimps r "homesick angels." http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc3bVwXIYAAaDPn.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 4:05:37 AM
This propeller engine is turning 1420 revolutions per minute! #goodyearblimp @ The Georgia Dome -… instagram.com

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 3:38:11 AM
Q fr @LoyalUA1K : What drew Lussier 2 fly a #goodyearblimp instd of planes? For one, he gets 2 work closely w people http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc3Bb6rIcAAgMoS.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 2:12:26 AM
Capt Lussier answers two of your most asked questions about the #goodyearblimp 1. No parachutes (blimp flies too low) 2. No bathrooms

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 1:42:01 AM
OMG. Capt Lussier let me fly the #goodyearblimp !!! Both rudder peddles operate fine. I wasnt that great. :) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc2sYGjIcAAqU-Q.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 12:40:25 AM
#goodyearblimp camera operator Tom O'Keefe at the Cineflex camera. It's suspended below the blimp's gondola. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc2rAeMIYAEeauI.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 12:34:27 AM
#goodyearblimp camera operator Tom O'Keefe says video is "checked in" and ready for ESPN bowl… instagram.com

by Thom Patterson via twitter 1/1/2014 12:12:38 AM
Piloting a blimp gets you closer to the experience of flight, says #goodyearblimp Capt Matt Lussier http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc2igEgIEAAnLO0.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 11:57:17 PM
Altitude 2,000 feet. Ground speed and air speed about 20 knots #goodyearblimp vine.co/v/hV6U0nFLOKg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 11:30:53 PM
Airborne over ATL! #goodyearblimp vine.co/v/hV6UOHPPtjH

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 11:29:24 PM
Airborne above ATL #goodyearblimp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc2acyPIAAAYStm.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 11:22:06 PM
Live tweeting from #goodyearblimp Spirit of Innovation. On board in the right seat and ready for departure. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc2XRwGIAAAmvE8.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 11:08:14 PM
A quick minute in the #goodyearblimp pilot's seat yesterday after its ATL landing. @ DeKalb Peachtree… instagram.com

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 7:36:31 PM
Hi fellow #avgeeks & NYE ballers! Ready 2 fly w me aboard a #goodyearblimp ? Questions 4 pilot Matt Lussier? Tweet me! cnn.it/JsjR6V

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 7:22:33 PM
On Monday we welcomed the Goodyear blimp at Atlanta's DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. Ground crew members captured the 192-foot airship as it approached a landing strip, attaching it to a mast where it remains until takeoff New Year's Eve.

by Thom.Patterson 12/31/2013 5:14:56 PM
Camera operator and cabin #goodyearblimp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bcw4KlrIQAA_8dv.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:31 PM
Cockpit #goodyearblimp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bcw3pNvIEAAX6dE.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:29 PM
I'll b flying in ths amazing machine New Years Eve 4 a stry 4 CNN. Tweet me yr qstns 4 #goodyearblimp Capt Lussier! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bcw8iSjIQAAa0W1.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:27 PM
Capt . Matt Lussier shows me the way into the gondola #goodyearblimp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcwxvfEIcAAobfx.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:22 PM
Goodyear camera operator Tom O'Keefe adjusts the Spirit of Innovation's Cineflex camera #goodyearblimp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcwxfJJIIAAXAxZ.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:20 PM
Tight 2 the mast. Ready to ROCK tmrw over the Chick- Fil-A Bowl. WELCOME 2 ATL Spirit of Innovation! #goodyearblimp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcwvDxSIAAAvQ0_.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:18 PM
192 feet of AAAAAWWWWWWSSSOME! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bcws-YFIEAAC_7e.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:14 PM
Winds from the SSW at abt 10 knots http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcwsC97IYAAoR9s.jpg

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:07:13 PM
Coming around for final approach

by Thom Patterson via twitter 12/31/2013 5:06:07 PM

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