Always fucking loved seeing blimps cruising around. The week leading up to Super Bowl XXXII in Jan 1998, San Diego...we had 4 of those fuckers floating around town. Budweiser, Goodyear, Fuji, & MetLife. Goodyear was by far the biggest. Fuji was the smallest.
I knew where these guys were landing and mooring in between flights and decided why not cruise up there & see if I could get a closer look. The Bud 1 Airship was parked out there. I saw a Budweiser work truck with a guy there and I went up & asked if it would be alright if I walked over to the blimp for a closer look. He said sure. Go ahead. Enjoy!
So I got to walk right up to the big fucker, and the couple guys working on it even asked if I would like to step inside, "FUCK YES I DO!" How fucking cool of these guys. (This was before 9/11 and people used to let you do cool shit like this if you asked nicely)
Anyways, took some pics and just found them this weekend. Thought I'd share as airships are fucking cool & maybe someone will like to see the inside of one.
The pilot chair is like a wheelchair with a large wheel on each side. This is how they steer. Weird, yet kinda cool. I asked what they do for bathroom & they take jugs up with them. Interior was tiny, but embroidered with the Budweiser name & logo.
2 pilot seats, 4 captain chairs behind, and a bench in the far rear. Can't imagine it being very comfortable packed with 8 people though. Oh, and the cabin has a sunroof thing with a thick clear plastic window where you can look up into the actual blimp part. Damn if I can't find a pic of that part though.