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Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight
AP ^ | March 14, 2017 | John Rogers

Posted on 03/15/2017 5:10:00 PM PDT by EveningStar

Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company's flight program will continue.

About two dozen employees were on hand early Tuesday to witness the deflation of California-based Spirit of Innovation.

But shed no tears, blimp fans, you'll still see a familiar blue-and-gold form floating over your favorite sports event or awards show.

Although the blimp's replacement, Wingfoot Two, will look about the same when it arrives at Goodyear's airship base in Carson later this year, it will be a semi-rigid dirigible.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; blimp; dirigible; goodyear; goodyearblimp; semirigiddirigible; spiritofinnovation; wingfoottwo
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To: JoeProBono

damn...


41 posted on 03/16/2017 4:08:13 AM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: yarddog

There are some cool old cars in your photo too.


42 posted on 03/16/2017 8:00:02 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: EveningStar
a semi-rigid dirigible.

All those sportscasters will have a lot of fun trying to spit THAT one out!


43 posted on 03/16/2017 8:12:45 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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