Goodyear Blimp 1
by Rosette Doyle
Title
Goodyear Blimp 1
Artist
Rosette Doyle
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The Goodyear Blimp is any one of a fleet of airships or dirigibles operated by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, used mainly for advertising purposes and capturing aerial views of live sporting events for television. Here Wingfoot One is photographed flying near a large American flag.
Assembly of Wingfoot One began in March 2013 at Goodyear's Wingfoot Lake hangar. An international team of engineers and technicians from Goodyear and Germany's ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik worked side by side to complete the build project. Parts such as the tail fins and gondola were built in Germany and shipped to the U.S. for assembly. The balloon-like body of the airship – the “envelope” – is made of polyester with an innovative film from DuPont™ called Tedlar®, surrounding a semi-rigid internal structure, which differentiates this airship from previous Goodyear blimps. The airship resided at Wingfoot Lake.
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August 5th, 2020
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