Jun 16
The Goodyear blimp flying alongside the larger rigid airship LZ 127, the Graf Zeppelin - circa 1933.
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The Goodyear blimp flying alongside the larger rigid airship LZ 127, the Graf Zeppelin - circa 1933.
Oshkosh 2025
(It's data spoofing, but damn if it didn't make me laugh.)
Today's Blimp Shots.
Wingfoot 3 has its own private airport. Southern California's good weather eliminates the need for a hangar, though there were experiments conducted with an inflatable hangar structure at one point. The surface of the landing area is not concrete, it is a made of square plastic tiles assembled into a massive mat. The landing area is built atop a landfill, so the ground settles periodically, necessitating the flexible plastic surface instead of pavement, which would crack.
The landing area is not called Goodyear Airport. That honor goes to KGYR, Goodyear Airport located in Goodyear Arizona, a town originally founded by the Goodyear Tire company.
Hopefully I acquire blimp facts at around the same pace that I take blimp photos.
It’s been a while since I saw an airship… 1936 part two, electric boogaloo
Wingfoot One cruising over SLO County Airport, CA
Bettie Page flashing the Goodyear Blimp -- photo by Bunny Yeager.
