Yes this is the eagle. Back in 1995. And no this wasn't the culmination of the RC plane hit. They didn't lose the airship to that. And the incident didnt happen on the mooring mast. There was a wind shift as they were changing pax. They were changing pilots, my dad was getting out and the other one was getttin in and the crew lost the ship and it went accross the base into the victoria golf course. Back then they didnt start the number 2 engine before they changed pilots, now they do because he couldnt get it started as the ship when accross the field. Anyways, when it ended up in the golf course the airship hit a tree and tore a hole in the side. the left engine was chewing up a golf cart so they shut it down got the right one started and got the ship really light and flew it around while the crew went and got the mooring mast up. they finally got it on the mast and as described by my dad he heard a huge unzipping sound (the envelope ripping), the fins just fluttered to the ground. and that was the end of N10A the eagle. That summer they went back to akron and build the other Eagle N2A.
