2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Golf-MetLife Blimp- What it take to provide video from Blimp
Take a ride over the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Find out what it takes to put the blimp in the air. The MetLife Blimp Program, initiated in 1987, underwent an expansion in 1994. MetLife operates three airships. known as “Snoopy One,” “Snoopy Two,” and "Snoopy J." Structurally, the blimps are the same A60+ model. All of the blimps are permanently decaled with the corporate logo “MetLife” on either side.
“Snoopy Two” was launched from Hillsboro, Oregon in October, 1993. The primary difference
To find the location of the blimps Blimp Tracker or go to www.metlife.com
between the two blimps is their geographic regions of operation; “Snoopy Two” spends the winter months on the West Coast touring California, Nevada and Arizona.Chief Pilot is Charles Smith. "Snoopy J" was launched in Japan in November of 2010.
The MetLife blimp is equipped with a 
gyro-stabilized camera mounted on
the nose of the gondola.
A zoom lens provides up to 80x magnification. This enables the MetLife blimp to capture television
shots that can track a golf ball down a fairway or identify the number
on the back of a player's jersey.
The primary focus of the blimp program is providing aerial coverage of sporting and special events. In a typical year, “Snoopy One” and “Snoopy Two” cover approximately 70 events for a variety of networks including NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN and TGC. The blimps can be seen capturing shots of events ranging from the US Open and PGA Championship, to NFL football games across the country The First weekend of February Snoopy Two was in Scottsdale AZ.
Camera used for from Blimp for TV coverage of events:
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