| Good Year Tire and Rubber Company is the world's | | | | the America (N10A) and Columbia (N3A). The GZ-20 is |
| largest tire company and No.1 tire maker in North | | | | slightly longer than the GZ-19. This Good Year-Zeppelin |
| America and Latin America and No.2 in Europe. Good | | | | was two fuels injected, producing 210 horsepower |
| Year operates more than 60 plants in 26 countries. In | | | | each. The GZ-20 blimps that operate in U.S have |
| addition, Good Year is best known to America for its | | | | seating of only six passengers and no seat belts are |
| blimp and in the United States there are 3 Good year | | | | required. The Good Year will allow only passengers |
| blimps: | | | | that are corporate guests of the company and the |
| The Spirits of Good year, based in Akron | | | | members of the press. No public rides are offered and |
| The Spirits of America, based in Carson, and | | | | this 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 Good | | | | newest airship and the third to operate from California. |
| Year Tire and Rubber Company are known as "The | | | | The spirits of America make daily 10 flights. This airship |
| Good Year Blimp" and are used for advertising and as | | | | provides a bird's eye-view for television coverage for |
| a television camera platform for aerial view for sports | | | | special events. During daylight time, it also took Good |
| events. Good Year started producing airships in 1911 | | | | Year 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 blimps | | | | other 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 was | | | | The third airship operated by the Good Year Tire and |
| collaboration partnership with German company as | | | | the Rubber Company in the United States is stars and |
| both were making airships together. However, these | | | | stripes. This airship has a group of one pilot and five |
| three classes came into being, many year after this | | | | passengers. 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 there | | | | cubic feet and it can attain the top speed of 50mph. |
| till 1978 after the loss of N38A. The design for these | | | | This airship operates at an altitude of 1,000 to 3,000 |
| types of blimps resembles the one with U.S Navy's L | | | | feet 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 were | | | | of its usage in Colorado events. |