DirecTV blimp launch realtime

The DirecTV blimp was in the Tampa Bay region for the 2017 College Football Championship game January 9. It was based at Tampa Executive Airport for the weeklong duration of its stay. On January 14, shortly after 10am EST, the airship took off from the airport on its way to south Florida.
This is realtime video of the launch shot by my colleague Alex Breslin. We also captured the airship launching in timelapse.

[@vammy_]

that a170 kinda sounds like a stuka

[@rollogic2988]

That is ran by the Lightship Group based out of Orlando.

[@theweathernerd_2023]

I have seen a blimp like that before

[@anibalmaximilianopapadiama1910]

I don't know why they don't bring the blimp back around for the US Open Tennis Championships in New York...

[@edwardcole4623]

oh yeah maybe they should

[@retro_cam925]

They discontinued it the year this video was uploaded