International Naval Review <\/a>and the start of the flotilla, but will retreat to its slice of sky above Governor\u2019s Island to make room for the International Aerial Review.<\/p>\nFrom 2,000 feet in the air, the blimp will offer a bird\u2019s-eye view of both the Blue Angel-led airshow and the parade of sails \u2014 which will be livestreamed from the airship as part of NBC\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n
The latest on America\u2019s 250th Anniversary:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to be grabbing that shot for people to see of planes, the Statue of Liberty, tall ships \u2014 all of that stuff in one shot,\u201d said Smith, noting that the blimp had done the same for the US\u2019s 150th and 200th milestones.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the vantage point that we can get from 2,000 feet that, say, a drone at 400 feet is never going to be able to get you. We\u2019re going to be able to really put that into perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
The USS Kearsarge will host Vice President JD Vance on Saturday. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
Two Spanish Naval ships are docked at the Stapleton Pier in Staten Island. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
The Goodyear blimp is living at Floyd Bennett Field for the blockbuster weekend, marking the first time the rubber company\u2019s fleet has touched down on Big Apple land since the country\u2019s bicentennial in 1976.<\/p>\n
While its blimps have crossed into Big Apple airspace several times over the past 50 years, they\u2019ve had to base their operations in nearby airfields like Teterboro in New Jersey or the Republic on Long Island, where permits are easier to secure than in New York City\u2019s busy airspace.<\/p>\n
The blimps are rated to fly at 70 knots \u2014 or 73 mph \u2014 but typically move closer to 30 mph to allow as many eyes to feast on the rare sight of the roving billboard. <\/p>\n
The Parade of Sails will journey beneath the Verrazano Bridge on Saturday. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
They also typically fly between 1,000 and 1,500 feet \u2014 which is lower than where it will be flying on Saturday to capture the once-in-a-lifetime event.<\/p>\n
The Goodyear blimp flying across the five boroughs this weekend is typically stationed in Ohio, with the other three home to California, Florida and Germany.<\/p>\n
But all four are constantly flying \u2014 and each comes with a dedicated ground crew of 20 people and seven vehicles that keep the traditions of the blimp alive and moving.<\/p>\n
There are only four Goodyear Blimps in the world. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
Those trucks include a mobile mechanic shop, a helium tanker and a rig to keep the airship from floating away.<\/p>\n
The extensive ground crew also means that someone is always watching the blimp and maintaining its optimum levels. <\/p>\n
Although the weather and altitude play a factor, the blimp can fly as much as 300 miles as the crow flies without needing to touch down on land. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"America\u2019s 250th birthday is landing on a good year. The iconic Goodyear Blimp sailed through the skies of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[33453,109343,57,9,197,4180,56,63,65,64,34974,58],"class_list":["post-285213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-america-250","tag-blimps","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city-life","tag-new-york-harbor","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sail4th-250","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}