COLUMBUS, OHIO - NOVEMBER 09: eneric view of the Goodyear blimp flying above Ohio Stadium before the game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio Stadium on November 09 ...
The six middle-sized blimps, off Lakehurst, N.J., looked as deceptively innocent as exploding cigars. They made up the first lighter-than-air squadron the Navy has sent aloft in World War II.