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Blimp - Side of Gondola
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft; Wingfoot Lake; Goodrich, B. F.;
The side view of a C-1 gondola. The C class blimp was made by both Goodyear and Goodrich. The C class airships were larger than B class. They had two motors and had longer endurance. C class blimps were...
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Airdock - "Facts About the World's Largest Airship Factory and Dock"
Airport Exhibit; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Goodyear Airdock; Blimps; Airship;
Facts about the Goodyear Airdock, including: purpose, size and shape, comparisions, design, preparation, docking rails, etc.
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Blimp - C Class
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft; Wingfoot Lake; Goodrich, B. F.;
The C class blimp was made by both Goodyear and Goodrich. The C class airships were larger than B class. They had two motors and had longer endurance. C class blimps were used for patrol purposes. On September...
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Blimp - C-2
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft; Wingfoot Lake; Goodrich, B. F.;
The C class blimp was made by both Goodyear and Goodrich. The C class airships were larger than B class. They had two motors and had longer endurance. C class blimps were used for patrol purposes. On September...
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Airship - U.S.S. Macon
U.S.S. Macon; Blimps; Airship; Military; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Aviation; Military Exhibit
The U.S.S. Macon, piloted by Piersol, approaching the Akron Municipal Airport in Akron, Ohio. The U.S.S. Macon was the sister zeppelin airship of the U.S.S. Akron. Both airships had a tragic end. On April...
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Blimp - Front of Gondola
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft; Wingfoot Lake; Goodrich, B. F.;
The front of a C-1 gondola. The C class blimp was made by both Goodyear and Goodrich. Larger than B class, they had two motors and longer endurance. C class blimps were used for patrol purposes. On September...
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Airship - Sleeping Quarters
Airport Exhibit; U.S.S. Macon; U.S.S. Akron; Blimps; Airship; Military; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Aviation;
Two crew members sit on bunks in the sleeping quarters of the U.S.S Macon. The U.S.S. Macon was the sister zeppelin airship of the U.S.S. Akron. Both airships had a tragic end. On April 4th, 1933, the...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Postcards; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; Rubber Industry; Factories; Airship; Blimps;
In 1898, Charles Willard Seiberling and brother Franklin Augustus Seiberling founded the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, naming it in honor of Charles Goodyear. Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) was the first...
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Airship - Moffet, Litchfield, and Dresel
U.S.S. Macon; Airship; Aviation; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; Aviators;
Mr. and Mrs. Admiral William Moffett (left), Paul W. Litchfield, and Commander Alger Dresel (right) at the christening ceremony of the U.S.S. Macon at the Goodyear-Zeppelin airship dock at Akron, Ohio...
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Blimp - Lighter Than Air Society
Lighter Than Air Society; Airship; Blimps;
Shorty Fulton (left), John Gammeter, and Bill Young at the 2nd Annual Banquet of the Wingfoot Lighter-Than-Air Society at the University Club in Akron, Ohio. The bimp model was made by John Hudak. In 1924,...
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Guggenheim - U.S.S. Akron Model
Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Blimps; U.S.S. Akron; Guggenheim Airship Institute;
A man builds a model of the U.S.S. Akron. The model will later be used for experiments in the wind tunnel of the Guggenheim Airship Institute operated by the University of Akron.
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Guggenheim - Airship Model
Airport Exhibit; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Blimps; University of Akron; U.S.S. Akron; Guggenheim Airship Institute;
A man works on a model of the U.S.S. Akron in the wind tunnel of the Guggenheim Airship Institute operated by the University of Akron.
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Postcard - U.S.S. Akron Construction
U.S.S. Macon; U.S.S. Akron; Airship; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Aviation; Postcards;
A postcard showing men at work on the U.S.S. Akron Navy Airship duralumin framework at the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation dock at Akron, Ohio. On April 4th, 1933, the U.S.S. Akron encountered a violent...
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Karl Arnstein in a promotional photo with USS Macon
blimps; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; U.S.S. Macon; Models and modelmaking; Airship
Karl Arnstein, Vice-President and Director of Engineering with The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation poses here with a model of the rigid airship as the USS Macon is under construction in the background. In...
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Blimp - E Class
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft;
Only one E class airship was manufactured by Goodyear. It was delivered to the Pensacola, Florida airship school. In Pensacola, the E-type blimp was flown only as a training device. It used a Thomas Motor....
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Blimp - F Class
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft;
Only one F class airship was manufactured by Goodyear. The F-1 spent its entire career at Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia. The F-1 was made at the same time as the E-1 and A-1.
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Blimp - Shell of Gondola
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft;
The shell of the gondola for the Army A-1 airship. Only one A-1 airship was manufactured by Goodyear. The A-1 was the first blimp operated by the army. A Curtiss OXX engine was used in the A-1. The Curtiss...
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Balloon - Kite Balloon Trunk
Blimps; Airship; Goodyear Aircraft;
A Goodyear Kite Balloon (Observation Balloon) in its storage box. Kite Balloons were used during World War I, from 1914 to 1918. The balloons were fabric envelopes filled with dangerous, flammable hydrogen...
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Blimp - Early model
Blimps; Balloons; Airship; Aviation;
One of the first Lighter-Than-Air crafts (no.9).
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Goodyear-Zeppelin
Postcards; Goodyear-Zeppelin Co.; Airship; Airdock; Blimps;
The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. Airdock in Akron, Ohio.
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