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Goodyear blimp flies over Dallas in honor of college football
2015-09-07 09:27:04| Telecom - Topix.net
It took nearly a dozen people to steady the Goodyear Spirit of Innovation blimp for takeoff, but then it was smooth sailing. "You really feel like you're rolling," said Matthew St. John, the blimp's pilot-in-charge, after taking flight from Dallas Executive Airport.
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Two Goodyear airships now in Akron area; California blimp to be retired in August
2015-06-02 05:21:47| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Goodyear is retiring the Spirit of America blimp in August. The blimp, christened in 2002 and stationed in Carson, Calif., is now on a farewell tour along the West Coast.
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Retired Goodyear Blimp Gondola Joins Cleveland Exhibit
2015-02-28 17:42:21| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The gondola of the decommissioned Spirit of Goodyear blimp has landed at its new home in a Cleveland historical society exhibit. The 3,400-pound gondola was built in 1982 and was also used on two earlier blimps, the America and Stars & Stripes.
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Goodyear Donates Blimp Gondola to Crawford Auto Aviation Museum
2015-02-19 20:25:54| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
"Adding this gondola to our Setting the World in Motion display will allow us to continue telling a complete story of the innovators and entrepreneurs of The gondola is the compartment underneath the blimp's envelope where the pilot and passengers ride. It is 23 feet long and weighs 3,400 lbs.
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New Goodyear blimp gives lift to its christener
2014-09-27 18:19:25| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The newest addition to the Goodyear's blimp fleet gave a lift to the woman who came up with its name. The Akron Beacon Journal reports the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.