Goodyear Blimp

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11Aeronautics / Aerostats / Airship / Edwardian era / Victorian era / Rigid airship / USS Shenandoah / Blimp / USS Akron / Aircraft / Aviation / Goodyear aircraft

The F series consisted of only one airship. It was originally constructed for commercial purposes by Goodyear and then acquired by the Navy. Bureau of Construction and Repair’s Aircraft Division and was a major advanc

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-24 15:10:17
12K class blimp / Airship / Naval Air Station South Weymouth / Naval Air Station Glynco / Massachusetts / Blimp / Rigid airship / Transatlantic crossing / Naval Station Argentia / Goodyear aircraft / Aircraft / Aviation

successful even though there were no sightings or attacks on enemy submarines. This is substantiated by the fact that none of the ships escorted by ZP41 were attacked or sunk. In March 1945, a CNO dispatch ordered the wi

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-24 15:10:44
13Airship / K class blimp / Rigid airship / Blimp / K-1 / USS Macon / Hangar / G class blimp / Naval Air Station South Weymouth / Goodyear aircraft / Aircraft / Aviation

directional control during rough air conditions and at low speeds. However, it was felt this was because of its small size and not due to the design of the airship. On the sixth anniversary of the ZMC-2’s first flight,

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-24 15:10:30
14N class blimp / Airship / K class blimp / Goodyear ZWG / Rigid airship / Naval Air Station South Weymouth / Hybrid airship / LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin / Zeppelin / Goodyear aircraft / Aircraft / Aviation

XV. Airship Types in the Postwar Period The airships employed by the Navy after WW II included the operating types used in the war, as well as some modified and several new types/classes. The G

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-24 15:10:56
15Airship / B class blimp / Blimp / DN-1 / Zeppelin / N class blimp / Hangar / Naval Air Station Pensacola / Goodyear Aerospace / Goodyear aircraft / Aircraft / Aviation

The Connecticut Aircraft Company received the contract to build the DN-1 on the basis of its lowest bid. The designation stems from D for dirigible, N for non-rigid and “1” as the Navy’s first airship. Years later,

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-24 15:10:06
16Curtiss Model N / Curtiss JN-4 / Curtiss Model F / C class blimp / C-5 / B class blimp / Airship / Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company / Glenn Curtiss / Aircraft / Aviation / Goodyear aircraft

UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION 1910–1995 APPENDIX 517

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Language: English - Date: 2000-11-22 00:00:00
17Naval Air Station Pensacola / Pensacola /  Florida / Naval Air Station Key West / Airship / Naval Aircraft Factory / Blimp / Naval aviation / USS Akron / Jack Mason Gougar / Florida / Aviation / Aircraft

By W. L. Hamlen On May 29, 1917, the Navy made a contract with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, to train 20 men in free ballooning and in the operation of kite balloons and dirigibles. Negotiations for

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-24 15:23:38
18Curtiss Model N / Curtiss JN-4 / Curtiss Model F / C class blimp / C-5 / B class blimp / Airship / Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company / Glenn Curtiss / Aircraft / Aviation / Goodyear aircraft

UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION 1910–1995 APPENDIX 517

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Language: English - Date: 1999-07-06 01:00:00
19Aeronautics / Airship / Rigid airship / Blimp / Hangar / LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin / Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company / USS Macon / Zeppelin / Aviation / Aircraft / Goodyear aircraft

Goodyear Aviation subset

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Source URL: www.uakron.edu

Language: English - Date: 2010-08-19 15:14:36
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