>>If a private citizen, company, or institution were properly permitted and licensed to have such a blimp aloft and it got loose, there's no way they'd be throw

>>If a private citizen, company, or institution were properly permitted and licensed to have such a blimp aloft and it got loose, there's no way they'd be thrown in jail - that's overly dramatic. Friendly reminder: we live in a country where a brown kid got arrested for bringing a clock to school. So yes, it is entirely possible for the hypothetical blimp pilot to face serious charges, up to and including terrorism, depending on his race and religion.