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Category Archives: Blimps
Goodyear’s Third NT Airship Being Built at Wingfoot Lake
Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon Goodyear’s third NT airship is starting to come together. Workers at Goodyear’s Suffield Township blimp base are at the beginning stages of assembling the last of three NT, or New Technology, … Continue reading
Goodyear Deflates Blimp, but Keeps Familiar Form in Flight
Source: Daily Journal – dailyjournal.net By John Rogers Excerpt Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue.
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged airship, blimp, Columbia, Eagle, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, GZ-20A, Spirit of Innovation, Wingfoot Two
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Charting the Changes to the Goodyear Blimp
Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com By Kate Mcleod It all started in 1911, when Goodyear built its first airship envelope, a 400,000-cubic-foot bag ordered by a lighter-than-air enthusiast named Melvin Vaniman.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, blimp, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, USS Akron, USS Macon
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The Last of the Goodyear Blimps – Deflation in Pictures
Source: Reuters – reuters.com Images of the deflation of the last Goodyear GZ-20A blimp, the Spirit of Innovation, as documented by Reuters photographer Mike Blake in the early hours of March 14, 2017.
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Tagged blimp, Carson Airship Base, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Spirit of Innovation
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Goodyear Retires Spirit of Innovation
Source: Goodyear Blimp – goodyearblimp.com Goodyear formally retired its last GZ-20 model blimp, Spirit of Innovation, on March 14, 2017. Goodyear honored the tradition of the blimps, preserving many of the parts for historical display. The retirement continues the transition … Continue reading
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Tagged blimp, Carson Airship Base, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Wingfoot Two
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