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60 Years of Goodyear Aerial Coverage

With college football kicking off last night and this weekend, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. gears up to celebrate 60 years of aerial broadcast coverage of college football. All season Goodyear will be celebrating with a marketing program highlighting college football traditions, and a chance to ride the Goodyear blimp. “Goodyear has a strong tradition

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FAA Approves Goodyear’s New Zeppelins

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Zeppelin series selected by Goodyear to replace its blimp fleet. FAA approval of the LZ N07-101 series follows certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency in August. The new series – from which Goodyear ordered the first three airships in 2011 – replaces the LZ N07-100

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GMA Host to Christen Wingfoot One

Co-anchor of ABC News’ Good Morning America Robin Roberts is set to christen the newest addition to the Goodyear blimp fleet. She will christen Wingfoot One on Aug. 23 in Suffield, Ohio, at the tiremaker’s Wingfoot Lake hangar. “We are honored and delighted to have Robin continue our proud tradition of christening the Goodyear blimp,”

Goodyear Blimp Dubbed Wingfoot One

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s newest airship has a name – Wingfoot One. The name was selected from nearly 15,000 names submitted during a public online contest. A panel of Goodyear judges then narrowed the submissions to 10 finalists and public voting determined the name of the new airship. The Wingfoot One name, which received

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