I fell in love with blimps because Goodyear Tire had decades of basing one of their blimps in Miami during the prime tourist winter season every year on Watson Island. Goodyear leased property from the City of Miami and the land lease required Goodyear to take members of the public for rides on a limited basis, the only location where Goodyear took the public for rides. I remember that a ticket cost $5 in the late 1950's and they later went up to $10. My aunt Norma gave me gift certificates for a ride every year and I was fortunate to go up on the blimp several times in the mid-to-late 1950's and early 1960's and a few times in the early 1970's including one time when six of us filled the gondola for a ride.