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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 much does the blimp weigh?
In category: Blimp Construction
Without any lifting gas, the empty ship (GZ-20) weighs about 12,840 pounds. Inflated with helium it weighs only 100-200 pounds, depending on the amount of fuel, payload and ballast aboard.
In category: Blimp Construction
The Goodyear blimps in the United States are fabricated by Goodyear & Lockheed Martin. They are made of polyester fabric coated with neoprene rubber. They look shiny and metallic from a distance, but they are actually soft and flexible.
