Comments on: The Goodyear Blimp, Today and Yesterday

By: Mark Kinsler

Mark Kinsler — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 01:17:41 +0000

One more blimp factoid. Our friends Linda and Mike restored their 1864 brick hilltop house in Zanesville, Ohio. Linda says that one day she had a funny feeling and peered out an upstairs window. Behold: there in all its glory was the Goodyear blimp silently leering back at her.

Someone later told her that the blimp liked to use her hill for an altitude calibration.

By: Mark Kinsler

Mark Kinsler — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:11:44 +0000

My credentials are meager: my father, David Kinsler, worked for the Goodyear airship division in the early 1950’s. I think he may have written the company magazine. And we live not far from the Shenandoah’s crash site: we pass it often. But I’m asking about a Goodyear magazine advertisement I saw framed in a long-forgotten restaurant. Full color, it predicted that we would soon be flying to Europe on a very large Goodyear airship, which looked like your ordinary Zeppelin in the artist’s conception. I think it dated from the late 1940’s, and it surprised me, given the Hindenburg’s fate. I’ve seen nothing about the scheme since then.

By: JWMarsh

JWMarsh — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 19:52:15 +0000

In reply to John Grabowski. When in the Navy in 1956, I was stationed at Lakehurst New Jersey. Assigned to the ZP-3, I drove a mechanical ground handler to land and dock the airships.

By: Aaron Dengate

Aaron Dengate — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 14:36:16 +0000

I saw n2a a few times at manston in UK last time was 1985

By: Candace Paulsen

Candace Paulsen — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:24:07 +0000

Several years ago, my husband created 3 “blimp like “ clocks. They are very whimsical and very special. I was hoping to include a photo, but don’t see a prompt for that. We would like to donate all 3 for a blimp display. Please respond, if interested

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:27:54 +0000

In reply to Doug. As a pilot for the Louisiana State Police I was approached by the ground crew of the America to help them s with speeding tickets they got trying to beat the blimp to Baton Rouge , no problem, as a reward they gave my flight crew and there families a ride in the blimp, and the pilot let me fly it around Baton Rouge and then informed me that I had flown the Ghost Ship . 82 never forget.

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:29:00 +0000

In reply to Randy dybala. I'm not sure. You would have to check with Goodyear.

By: Randy dybala

Randy dybala — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:04:04 +0000

Are there any records of names of people who have been on the blimp in the the mid 80-early 90s

By: Bob Malley

Bob Malley — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:16:35 +0000

I have the 1968 Flxible bus used as a blimp tender for the “Columbia” blimp. It is all original, including the seats, and the six extra plates bolted to the roof to attach the guy wires to hold the blimp.It was later sold to a church in Canton, Ohio.I am third owner of this “Flxliner”bus. Did the blimp fly year round, or just in the summer, and did the bus have to follow wherever the blimp went? Bob Malley {rmalley34@gmail.com]

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:44:56 +0000

In reply to John Grabowski. The car of the L8 was indeed refurbished and used for the Goodyear "America" later on. The newspaper made it sound as if the entire blimp (car & envelope) were handed to Goodyear and flew again shortly thereafter.