North Carolina Blimp Maker Seeking New Markets Beyond Military. (Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: December 12, 1993| Author: Chapman, Dan | COPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WEEKSVILLE, N.C.--Dec. 12--It looks like a blimp, the huge wood and concrete structure rising above the fallow corn and peanut fields of far northeastern North Carolina.

And why not? Inside this mutant Quonset hut within a long stone's throw of the Pasquotank River, float four ... blimps, tethered fast with ropes and weights. Gulf and MetLife are joined by two nameless others, their helium- inflated shells nearly scraping the curved ceiling.

Most folks outside the ...

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