Blimp News
Construction Begins for Newest Goodyear Blimp
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has begun construction of the first of a new generation of airships to replace its fleet of world famous blimps...
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Featured Fan Photo, shared by Bunky Wertman.
Bunky said, "Here's a scan of a postcard sent to me by Goodyear back in the 1970s. This photo showing 3 blimps flying in formation, from top to bottom: Mayflower N1A, Columbia N3A, and America N10A."
Link to original: http://on.fb.me/GBfanphoto1106o
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Did You Know?
How fast and how far can the blimp go?
In category: Blimp Construction
The usual cruising speed is thirty-five miles per hour in a zero wind condition; all-out top speed is fifty-three miles per hour on the GZ20. As to cruising range: the ship can carry enough fuel to fly for twenty- four hours, although it rarely does so. When traveling cross-country the blimps fly wherever they go, and the crews try for an eight-hour day, or about 300 air miles.
Could the ship somehow get loose from its mast and float away?
In category: Blimp Construction
The latching mechanism is designed to anchor the blimp in extremely strong winds, and failure is very unlikely. Should the ship somehow break its mooring, it would auto-deflate to contain the damage to the ship and prevent it from floating away.
