What You Need to Know: The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy's only flying aircraft carriers.Built by Goodyear-Zeppelin ...

THE announcement was made on October 26th that Mr. Vaniman might, on the next Saturday, make a trial trip with his airship “Akron,” familiar to our readers as the craft that is to carry its ...

The ZR-2 does not have a proper US Navy name because it crashed before entering into US Navy service, and why many sources say the US Navy only had four great airships. The USS Akron was the lead ...

What You Need to Know: The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy’s only flying aircraft carriers. Built by Goodyear ...

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Goodyear Blimp History During its long operational history, Goodyear has built more than 300 lighter-than-air vehicles, including two large rigid airships – the U.S.S. Macon and U.S.S. Akron.

Winners will win a blimp flight certificate for two passengers that can be redeemed at any of Goodyear's three U.S. airship bases in Carson, California, Akron, Ohio and Pompano Beach, Florida ...