Lighter than air?

[RipCurl]

Just out of curiosity, how would one go about getting rated (typed?) in a blimp? How do they type airships? Do they go by no-gas weight? Are there flight schools for LTA, or do you just go to Goodyear and say "Hi my name is Joe Schmoe and I wanna fly blimps"?

 

[avbug]

Light Ship offers training for employees. If hired, you're trained and will obtain your rating for the airship. It's not a type. It's category and class. You're expected to commit for a year, and will be on the road contiuously during that time. Salary is (was) about thirty grand.

The checkride is a complete IFR checkride, complete with ILS approaches.

Really long, long approaches.

http://www.airships.com/html/employment.cfm?cat=pilots

 

[RipCurl]

The checkride is a complete IFR checkride, complete with ILS approaches.

Really long, long approaches.

LOL!!

 

[Ralgha]

Airship to ATC: "Don't mess with me or I'll fly the ILS."