The Good Year Blimps

Good Year Tire and Rubber Company is the world'sthe America (N10A) and Columbia (N3A). The GZ-20 is
largest tire company and No.1 tire maker in Northslightly longer than the GZ-19. This Good Year-Zeppelin
America and Latin America and No.2 in Europe. Goodwas two fuels injected, producing 210 horsepower
Year operates more than 60 plants in 26 countries. Ineach. The GZ-20 blimps that operate in U.S have
addition, Good Year is best known to America for itsseating of only six passengers and no seat belts are
blimp and in the United States there are 3 Good yearrequired. The Good Year will allow only passengers
blimps:that are corporate guests of the company and the
The Spirits of Good year, based in Akronmembers of the press. No public rides are offered and
The Spirits of America, based in Carson, andthis has been their policy.
The Stars & Stripes located in Pompano Beach.The airship ‘spirit of America is Good Year's
The fleet of blimps collectively operated by Goodnewest airship and the third to operate from California.
Year Tire and Rubber Company are known as "TheThe spirits of America make daily 10 flights. This airship
Good Year Blimp" and are used for advertising and asprovides a bird's eye-view for television coverage for
a television camera platform for aerial view for sportsspecial events. During daylight time, it also took Good
events. Good Year started producing airships in 1911Year clients and sales people for ride of 45 minutes.
and introduced its blimps "Pilgrim" in 1925.After dark, it is used to promote the charities and for
There are three modern types of Good Year blimpsother causes using the 165,000 LED's with more than
(GZ-19, GZ-20 and GZ-22).256 colors.
The GZ stands here for Good year-Zeppelin; it wasThe third airship operated by the Good Year Tire and
collaboration partnership with German company asthe Rubber Company in the United States is stars and
both were making airships together. However, thesestripes. This airship has a group of one pilot and five
three classes came into being, many year after thispassengers. In addition, the airship is 192 feet long, 50
partnership had ended during the start of World War II.feet wide, 59.5 feet high. It has volume of 202,700
The GZ-19 was introduced in 1963 and remained therecubic feet and it can attain the top speed of 50mph.
till 1978 after the loss of N38A. The design for theseThis airship operates at an altitude of 1,000 to 3,000
types of blimps resembles the one with U.S Navy's Lfeet having maximum operating altitude of 10,000 and it
class blimps.rarely fly above 5,000 feet that is one of the reasons
The GZ-20 was introduced in 1969, the first two wereof its usage in Colorado events.