Goodyear's new state-of-the-art airship makes its first flight

The Goodyear blimp may have been flying around for almost 90 years, but it still manages to turn heads. On Friday, there was another reason to look beyond nostalgia for the days of the great airships of old as Goodyear unveiled its new state-of-the-art blimp to the media, Goodyear associates and dealers at its Wingfoot Lake hangar in Suffield, Ohio. Built in partnership with the Zeppelin company, the new craft that replaces the 45-year old GZ-20 blimp fleet is not only larger and faster, it isn’t even a blimp, but a semi-rigid airship. .. Continue Reading Goodyear's new state-of-the-art airship makes its first flight

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Tags: Airships, Blimp, Flight, Goodyear, Zeppelin

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