[IRCA] Cudjoe Key FL blimp tether hit by small plane

[AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW)]

Several news wires carried a story this weekend about a single engine
Cessna that violated the restricted air space over Cudjoe Key around
11:15 PM ET Friday night. The plane struck the tether for one of the two
blimps based there at the 4,000 foot level. The blimp itself was
reportedly at or above 8,000 feet at the time. The plane went down in
shallow water killing the 3 occupants. The tether remained intact and
the blimp was apparently undamaged. There were conflicting reports in
the various media as to whether this blimp carried drug intervention
aircraft surveilance radar, the TV Marti transmitter, or both. One
source described the blimp as being twice the size of the Goodyear
blimp. Reportedly there was a ground based camera monitoring the blimp
and the collision was recorded.

Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO
Broadcast Technician
NRC Broadcasting - Denver
http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/
http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/

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