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- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
01 Other Museums and Exhibits
- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
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03 Associations
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Tag Archives: GZ-20A
Goodyear’s newest zeppelin will take to the skies this summer
Source: Cleveland.com – cleveland.com By Jennifer Conn Blimp-enthusiasts might not immediately be able to tell the difference, but the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s newest airships are not blimps – they’re semi-rigid zeppelins.
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Tagged airship, Akron, blimp, Blimp Hangar, Blimp NT, Carson Airship Base, Carson California, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., GZ-20A, Pompano Beach, Pompano Beach Airship Base, Thomarios, Wingfoot Lake, Wingfoot One, Wingfoot Two, zeppelin
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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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Akron’s Farewell to the Spirit of Innovation, the Last GZ20A Blimp
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged airship, Akron, blimp, goodyear, GZ-20A, Spirit of Innovation, Wingfoot Lake
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Goodyear Blimp “Spirit of America” Retires; Transition to High-tech Fleet continues
Source: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. – goodyearblimp.com Carson, Calif.-based GZ-20A Goodyear Blimp “Spirit of America” to retire in August 2015 Twin sister ship “Spirit of Innovation” coming to Los Angeles in September 2015 New fleet build continues, updated … Continue reading
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Tagged airship, blimp, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, GZ-20A, Spirit of America
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