Source: KCBS-TV, channel 2, Los Angeles – losangeles.cbslocal.com
The following images were extracted from the KCBS news report covering the dismantling of Goodyear’s Spirit of America blimp. All images courtesy of KCBS-TV, Channel 2, Los Angeles Continue reading
Source: Fédération Aéronautique Internationale – fai.org
The Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship, is the oldest and most prestigious event in aviation and the ultimate challenge for the pilots.
Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com
The Spirit of Innovation, the last of Goodyear’s GZ20A blimps, leaves Wednesday (August 26) morning for its new home base in California. This may be the last opportunity to see an “old school” Goodyear blimp in Akron area skies.
Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com
By Jim Mackinnon
Goodyear blimps …
When to see the tandem flights (times approximate):
- Friday: 2 to 4 p.m. The airships will fly over Goodyear’s headquarters, the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and Stan Hywet.
- Monday: 4 to 6 p.m. The airships will fly over some Akron public schools, Goodyear’s corporate headquarters and then the LeBron James Family Foundation.
How to tell the two apart:
- Wingfoot One is larger. It has three engines, one at the rear. Its gondola sits forward under the envelope. It has three tail fins.
- The Spirit of Innovation has two engines attached to the gondola, which is centered under the envelope. It has four tail fins.
Source: Nautilus Live – nautiluslive.org
The team of E/V Nautilus explores the USS Macon, a US Navy dirigible aircraft carrier that sank off the central California coast in 1935. The team finds parts of the ship as well as the Sparrowhawk biplanes it carried.