Scrapbook 1982: Ever Had a Ride on a Drunken Camel? Then Try Flying the Goodyear Blimp | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Schenectady PHOTOGRAPHER: Ed Schultz The Goodyear blimp over General Electric in Schenectady Aug. 1, 1982. Right: Pilot Pat Henry with Gazette reporter Carl Strock. Shares0 Aug. 2, 1982 “It’s just like riding a wave,” pilot Pat Henry t ried to explain. “The warm air comes up from the ground in a corkscrew. When you enter the corkscrew, you get twisted to the side and go up, and when you come out of it, you get twisted the other way and go down.” GAZETTE COVERAGE