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Archive Home > 2012 > September > 12 > Something old, something new

Something old, something new

Revamp of Goodyear's aging airship fleet gets under way as first parts arrive

By Jim Mackinnon / The Bulletin
September 12, 2012

SUFFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio —

A truck carrying the first container of German-made parts for a newer, larger and faster Goodyear airship backed slowly past the Spirit of Goodyear blimp inside the Wingfoot Lake hangar base last week.

Starting in January, those parts — with lots more to come — will be....

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