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Article: Man lands happily as blimp pilot ; A Framingham native lands happily as blimp pilot
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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FRAMINGHAM - As a boy growing up in Framingham, Nathan Brooks
imagined that if he were to sprint fast enough with both arms
outstretched, he might take off into the sky.
Many others have shared his childhood dream of flying, but few
adults have experienced flight the way he has.
The 29-year-old graduate of Framingham High School and Framingham
State College recently became Goodyear's newest blimp pilot - one
of 146 people nationwide with the lighter-than-air aircraft
certification needed to pilot a blimp, according to registration
figures provided by the Federal Aviation Administration.
"You have those moments where you think, `I can't believe I'm
getting paid for this,' " said Brooks in ...