

Summary: "BLIMP GROUND CREW” IS FOREMOST A TRAVELING JOB. THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN IN A LITERAL SENSE. IT IS NOT THE KIND OF JOB WHERE YOU GO OUT FOR A WEEK / MONTH / 3MONTHS AND RETURN TO A BASE OF OPERATIONS. YOU LITERALLY ARE TRAVELING FROM CITY TO CITY ALL OVER THE USA WITH THE FIELD OPERATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT WITH THE LIGHTSHIP GROUP. Job Qualifications

To qualify for the job of Airship Ground Support Team Member, you must be: · Be at least 21 years of age (due to Department of Transportations regulations) · Have a current/valid and clean driver’s license · Be physically able to do the job (lift 75 pounds, jumping running climbing, pushing, pulling) · Be able and willing to travel full time · Able to pass a pre-employment (hair) drug screening and criminal background check No Experience Necessary We don’t expect applicants to have airship experience but we are looking for relevant experience. Mechanical background is a plus, but not a must. All training for this position is done on- the- job. You will be trained by other members of the team and supervisors will test prior to promotions. Benefits · Starting Salary: $17,680.00 Per Year plus $190.00 per week per diem. Per diem is not taxed · 4 Weeks paid vacation · Health insurance · 401k · Hotel furnished by the company (shared room with one other member of the team) · Uniforms furnished by the company · Daily transportation furnished by the company (company vehicles are available during non-working hours for personal needs) Background Lightship Operations take the airships on contract for “high profile” clients who use the aircraft for public relations and advertising. We provide a “turnkey” operation for those clients, which includes the airship, vehicles, all support equipment and personnel. We emblazon the airship, vehicles and crew with the identity of the client and set out to accomplish a schedule of events that is intended to promote them and their products in the public arena Each of our airships has a fulltime crew who assist in the launch and recovery of the airship during flight missions, stand watches for security and weather, maintain support equipment including vehicles, and drives the vehicles that carry the support equipment between destination cities. The most important job is to represent the client in a public relations capacity at all times. Each blimp field operation has either, 13, 15 or 17 team members who travel with the airship from city to city. A NORMAL DAY OF WORK FOR A GROUND CREW PERSON WOULD BE: · PREPARING THE AIRSHIP FOR FLIGHT Much like an RV, we must unplug the aircraft from the ground power, stow lines and electrical cords, take off covers and such · FUEL THE AIRCRAFT Add fuel to the airship as required for the daily flight mission · PULL THE AIRSHIP AWAY FROM THE MOORING TO A CLEAR SPOT The Crew work together to maneuver the airship from its mooring mast by pulling on ropes that are secured to the nose and by pushing and pulling on the gondola (cockpit). All the while, the pilot is working with the crew by using the power of the engines and the controls to assist in this task. · ONCE CLEAR, THE AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF After launching the airship for flight, the crew will perform maintenance on ground support equipment, clean the mooring site, run errands until the airship returns to land. If the airship mission for the day is passenger flights, you would help the airship during landing and holding the ropes on the nose until the passengers exchange has been completed and the airship has returned to flight. Passenger flights are usually 1 hour and this activity would repeat itself for each exchange. · LANDING THE AIRSHIP Once the airship has returned to the field and is ready to return to the mooring mast, the crew will line up in a “V” shape to indicate the wind direction to the pilot. The airship touches down and rolls toward them. The crew will catch the ropes hanging from the nose of the airship and once stabilized, will pull it toward the mooring mast where it will be secured until the next flight. · ON TRAVEL DAYS The crew will launch the airship, take apart the mooring system, stow all equipment on the trailers and drive in convoy to the next city The above information is given as an example. Actual daily tasks will depend on client schedules.