The airship, often referred to as a blimp, is Goodyear's newest, state-of-the art Zeppelin NT and is 246 feet long. The Wingfoot One can carry 12 passengers and 2 crew. (Joe Burbank/Orlando ...

Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates the Christmas season with this 1925 photo of Goodyear’s “Santa Claus Express” airship from the National Air and Space Museum. In the 1920s, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber ...

The airship also had a rudder and elevator, ballonnets, a sliding weight to compensate for any shift in the center of gravity, and a heavy guide rope to assist in landing. The first flight of La ...

AIRSHIP MOUNTS PALISADES.; Blown Nearly Into Hudson, Aeronaut Gets His Crafts Safely Back to Earth. Share full article. May 30, 1909. Credit... The New York Times Archives.