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Blimp Downed by Model Airplane

The Washington Post | October 3, 1990 | Copyright

A model-airplane buff arrested after his radio-controlled craft punctured a Goodyear blimp did not mean to disable the giant airship, his lawyer said.

John W. Moyer, 28, of Redondo Beach, was arrested after the Columbia, one of three Goodyear blimps, was ripped Sunday when a model plane…

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