How is sightseeing from a blimp different from other types of air transport?
It’s like a flying carpet, a floating submarine and, on a windy day, a wild bull ride. It’s great just floating around, being able to go to Red Rock Canyon and Lake Mead and see some of those sights. I’m from Florida, where everything is flat and green. But the big thing is to see the city come to life at sunset, when the lights start to come up and the Luxor beam starts to brighten, The Mirage’s volcano goes off, and the fountains at Bellagio — it gives you a whole different look at the city. With a plane or a helicopter, you’re going more than 100 miles per hour. What do you see from up there? We see all the traffic jams and the police pulling people over. When we fly over Seven Hills and places like that, we see all the really nice swimming pools lit up, the decorative landscapes, things like that. When I cross the country and fly over places like Texas, I’ll see deer. Over the shorelines in Florida and on the East Coast, we’ll see endangered right whales migrating north to south.
