Blimps Along the Hudson with Jets and Sonic Booms

The other day I heard a low rumble off in the distance. Looked up and spotted The Goodyear Blimp passing nearby. Their hanger is located in Long Island. It is much more of a unique sight than it used to be. Blimps regularly patrolled the Hudson River channel into the early 60's. Stationed out of Albany and I believe Lakehurst NJ. On a quiet day you could hear their low engine rumble as they slowly passes by. The Navy I am told used their blimps to patrol for Subs in the fifties in the Atlantic region. Living in Schodack area the opportunity to see blimps was common. It was part of life to be along flight paths from Albany County Airport. Propeller aircraft from TWA , PanAm , Mohawk Airlines flying the river route to NY and Philly etc. The planes flew lower in those days and it was easy to spot their logos on the tail wind. It was also not uncommon to see low flying military aircraft B52's etc fly directly over the village of Castleton and parts of Schodack. Showing the tax payers what they payed for. As a child I remember this well , the Communist scare was alive and well then. Bomb drills in elementary school , fallout shelters ect, A sound my children have never heard I believe is a sonic boom. Trust me , not an uncommon sound back then. When the sound barrier is passed in a rapid speed the boom can be heard for hundreds of miles in many cases. You could be in class and a sudden boom with window shaking was an accepted part of life then. The rapid move from the propeller to the jet engine was rapidly underway......from a blimp on patrol to Atomic bombers. You could see it all if you looked up from my home town back then.