I want to be the first to suggest Hindenburg

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http://www.tampabays10.com/weird/weird_article.aspx?storyid=28450

Name that blimp

SUFFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Goodyear says it needs some help filling in the world's largest nametag.

The company is launching a nationwide contest to name its newest blimp.



A Web site (http://www.nametheblimp.com) will be ready to receive entries starting tomorrow. Ten finalists will be announced next month.

The name of the winner — to be picked in June — will be posted on a giant 18-foot-by-12-foot sign on the blimp. The name will fill in the blank on a nametag reading: “Hello My Name Is...”

The names of the two active blimps in the Goodyear fleet are “Spirit of Goodyear" and "Spirit of America.”

Goodyear says it's looking for a “creative” name for its newest airship. That float will replace the “Stars and Stripes,” which crashed in June during a Florida storm.

[AlecWest]

Well, based on their criteria statement for judging:

A. name reflects the storied 80-year history and tradition of the Goodyear Airship (40%)

B. name reflects the grace and majesty of air flight (20%)

C. name resonates with the Goodyear airships’ long history of public service (20%)

D. name acknowledges Goodyear’s history of innovations and progress (20%)

I think I've covered the first two with my entry:

Litchfield's Laughter Silvered Wings

P.W. Litchfield launched Goodyear's airship program in 1925 ... and "laughter silvered wings" was stolen from the poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee. Now ... hmmm ... what would I do if I won the grand prize (use of the blimp for a day)? Hehehe, I could think of a politically incorrect phrase to put on the side of the blimp and then have it fly over one of those immigration rallies. But, I'd probably get shot down, hehe. I won't mention the phrase, though, since the topic would become (ahem) political.