Goodyear Aerospace Corporation was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, based in Akron, Ohio, and active from 1924 until its sale in 1987. It began as the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, a joint venture with the German firm Luftschiffbau Zeppelin that brought rigid airship building to the United States and built the Navy airships Akron and Macon. It was reorganised as Goodyear Aircraft in 1939 to take on military contracts, and it took the name Goodyear Aerospace in 1963. As a vehicle maker it built Navy and commercial blimps, including the Goodyear advertising fleet, and aircraft such as the FG-1 Corsair built under licence, the F2G Corsair, the Duck amphibian and the inflatable Inflatoplane. Loral bought the company in 1987 for 640 million dollars.
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History, Early years
In 1924, Goodyear formed a joint interest company with the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company
History, Diversification
In 1987 it was sold to Loral Corporation for $640 million
Part Of: Aviation, Lead, aircraft design
subcontracted airframe construction and the design of the Goodyear F2G Corsair and Goodyear Duck
In Group: Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturers, Lead, business
was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Part Of: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Lead, parent
was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Has Vehicles: Goodyear GZ-20, Lead, maker
including intellectual property surrounding the now-retired Goodyear Blimp designs (GZ-20 and GZ-22)
Has Vehicles: H-class blimp, Early years, airships
The company subsequently constructed rigid (zeppelins) and non-rigid (blimps) dirigibles for the US military.
Has Vehicles: UUM-44 SUBROC, Aircraft, Missiles
UUM-44 Subroc
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The Goodyear GA-2 Duck is a 1940s American three-seat light amphibious aircraft built by the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation.
Goodyear Inflatoplane (Wikipedia)
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The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear F2G Corsair (Wikipedia)
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The Goodyear F2G Corsair, often referred to as the "Super Corsair", is a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft.
Goodyear GA-400R Gizmo (Wikipedia)
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The Goodyear GA-400R Gizmo is a one-man helicopter proposed in the 1950s for duties such as liaison and observation.
Goodyear RS-1 (Wikipedia)
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Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation by the US Army at a cost of $475,000
Goodyear Type AD (Wikipedia)
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Pilgrim, was Goodyear's first civil airship
K-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio, for the United States Navy
L-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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The last lot of L-Class airships were ordered from Goodyear under a contract of February 24, 1943.
M-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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The Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the United States Navy
N-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio, for the US Navy
Wikipedia: Goodyear Blimp
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forced Goodyear to sell its subsidiary Goodyear Aerospace, eventually ending the company's construction of lighter-than-air craft
C-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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As with the B-class, the envelope production was split between Goodyear and Goodrich
D-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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The Navy continued the practice of dividing the envelope production between Goodyear and Goodrich.
E-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government
F-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government
G-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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Goodyear built additional G-class airships for the Navy during World War II to support training needs.
J-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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The J-class blimps were non-rigid airships designed by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in the early 1920s for the US Navy.
K-1 (airship) (Wikipedia)
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An order was placed with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for an envelope to hold
Goodyear ZWG (Wikipedia)
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The Goodyear ZWG is classified as a ZW
Akron-class airship (Wikipedia)
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with the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation winning the contract to build them in October 1928
Loral GZ-22 (Wikipedia)
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The GZ-22 was designed by Goodyear, but built by Loral after Goodyear sold its aerospace division to Loral in 1987.
Goodyear Meteor Junior (Wikipedia)
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designed by Darrell C. Romick and two of his colleagues employed by Goodyear Aerospace
Comet (train) (Wikipedia)
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The Comet was a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company.
B-class blimp (Wikipedia)
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Ultimately Goodyear manufactured 9 envelopes, Goodrich made 5 and Curtiss assembled the gondolas for all of those 14 ships.
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