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[Elijah]

How good would it make you feel, and how much media coverage would be generated, if children from an orphanage were given rides in the Ron Paul Blimp?

Great!! We will try to incorporate stuff like this!

 

[Ozwest]

Blimps are... Blimps.

 

[Elijah]

The NH Primary is Jan 22.

The Tea Party is Dec 16.

What dates are you thinking of if you have it for one month? Something like Dec 14 (to get to Boston) to Jan 14?

If so, how much would it cost to keep it for just one more week so we have it during the primaries?

This will either gain a lot of support or it won't. If it goes well we will keep it until inauguration day.

 

[Elijah]

My hunch is once it is up and people know of it that it will be no problem to get enough money in small donations from many people to keep it till Nov 2008.

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Posted prior to reading this. Yes exactly!!

 

[Elijah]

i'd suggest adding a $2500 pledge box.
going from 1000 to 5000 is just a little too big

Done!

 

[llamabread]

When we reach $350,000, will you be setting up a PAC, do you already have one set up, etc.

I guess I just want to know what the plans are for after the donation goal is reached.

 

[Elijah]

When we reach $350,000, will you be setting up a PAC, do you already have one set up, etc.

I guess I just want to know what the plans are for after the donation goal is reached.

Details will be released soon. After legal counsel we found that a PAC is a FEC legal nightmare.

 

[michaelwise]

Look we raised 4.3 million in a day. 15,000 $20 donations should not be a problem. 1/2 day blimp money bomb should do it. I'm in.

 

[stefans]

updated to 60000$
http://www.ronpaulblimp.com/

 

[OptionsTrader]

updated to 60000$
http://www.ronpaulblimp.com/

Nearly half of that is 5 pledges of $5k. That is pretty awesome assuming they will actually donate that much to this.

Impressive!

 

[kotetu]

If I were to donate to this, I would want an itinerary - where is it going and when? It should do flyovers of every major sporting event that month, anywhere in the important primary states where there are a lot of people gathered at one time.

Are there legal requirements for that? Does the pilot need to secure a permit to fly over a stadium, etc?

 

[stefans]

If I were to donate to this, I would want an itinerary - where is it going and when? It should do flyovers of every major sporting event that month, anywhere in the important primary states where there are a lot of people gathered at one time.

Are there legal requirements for that? Does the pilot need to secure a permit to fly over a stadium, etc?

since those things are mostly used for advertising(look at the companies website) I guess that's taken care of.
and most of the posts here agree that there's no point in traveling from new hampshire to nevada just because both have early primaries ;-)

 

[TechnoGuyRob]

Can the blimp fly from New York (New Year's) to Iowa in 2 days (January 3rd)?

 

[Drknows]

Can the blimp fly from New York (New Year's) to Iowa in 2 days (January 3rd)?

I think that would be impossible. It only goes 35 - 50 mph, 70 mph (if it picks up a good breeze).

I guess it wont have to deal with traffic and curvy roads. so maybe


I still think doing the blimp thing is a long shot.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Why not New York (flying a Ron Paul blimp over NYC is sure to get a huge amount of media attention) to New Hampshire instead?

 

[Elijah]

If I were to donate to this, I would want an itinerary - where is it going and when? It should do flyovers of every major sporting event that month, anywhere in the important primary states where there are a lot of people gathered at one time.

Are there legal requirements for that? Does the pilot need to secure a permit to fly over a stadium, etc?

We are working very hard on this day and night. We will have an itinerary up soon as well. We are going to try and hit as many sporting events as possible including nightime football games. The blimp will be lit up with search lights on it!

Also giving seats to orphaned kids and that sort will be a very gratifying and "feel good" objective while also generating massive Press.

 

[Elijah]

Can the blimp fly from New York (New Year's) to Iowa in 2 days (January 3rd)?

The blimp can travel about 200-300 miles a day.

 

[FunkBuddha]

fakes?

I don't mean to be paranoid, but the donations seem to be going up pretty fast. Do we have any way of knowing whether or not the pledges are fakes?

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

I don't mean to be paranoid, but the donations seem to be going up pretty fast. Do we have any way of knowing whether or not the pledges are fakes?

I'm not sure if there really is a sure-fire way to know. The thing was at something like 13,000+ last I looked and now it's over 60,000 dollars. If this can somehow happen before the tea party on December 16th, it would be amazing.

 

[Elijah]

I don't mean to be paranoid, but the donations seem to be going up pretty fast. Do we have any way of knowing whether or not the pledges are fakes?

Good observation and we will have to take this into consideration as a possibility.