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  2. List of current airships in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps. This is a list of airships with a current unexpired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1] registration.. In 2021, Reader's Digest said that "consensus is that there are about 25 blimps still in existence and only about half of them are still in use for advertising purposes". [2]

  3. These New Luxury Blimps Hope to Become the Superyachts ... - AOL

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    Zeppelins are usually equated with the Hindenburg disaster, but today's airships use modern materials and some aspire to be as luxurious as superyachts. These New Luxury Blimps Hope to Become the ...

  4. Goodyear GZ-20 - Wikipedia

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    The GZ-20 was introduced as part of a US$4 million expansion program by Goodyear in 1968 that included the construction of a new GZ-19 Florida-based airship (Mayflower N1A), replacement of the California-based GZ-19 with a GZ-20 (Columbia N3A), adding a third airship to the fleet (GZ-20 America N10A) and constructing a new airship base at Spring, Texas as home to the new blimp.

  5. K-class blimp - Wikipedia

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    K-2 was the production prototype for future K-class airship purchases. K-2 flew for the first time at Akron, Ohio on December 6, 1938 [1] and was delivered to the Navy at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey on December 16. The envelope capacity of the K-2—404,000 ft³ (11,440 m³)—was the largest for any USN blimp up to that time. K-2 was flown ...

  6. The blimp is back – and this time, it’s tiny - AOL

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    Cloudline's airships are 18.2 meters (60 feet) long and 5.2 meters (17 feet) wide when fully assembled, with a small net weight once inflated, allowing for easy lift. - Courtesy Cloudline

  7. Goodyear blimp making special Florida flyover Tuesday: Where ...

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    The blimp will be marking 44 years in Florida with a trek across ... there are only about six other airships in the world. ... 15 over-the-top examples of wealth and luxury I saw on my first trip ...

  8. Detroit ZMC-2 - Wikipedia

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    The ZMC-2 (Zeppelin Metal Clad 200,000 cubic foot capacity) [1] was the only successfully operated metal-skinned airship ever built. [2] Constructed at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile by The Aircraft Development Corporation of Detroit, [1] the ZMC-2 was operated by the U.S. Navy at Lakehurst, New Jersey from 1929 until its scrapping in 1941.

  9. American Blimp MZ-3 - Wikipedia

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    The American Blimp MZ-3A is a blimp owned by the United States Navy from 2006 to 2017. It is a modified American Blimp Corporation A-170 series commercial blimp and given the USN type/model/series (T/M/S) designation MZ-3A and Bureau Number (BuNo) 167811. After delivery to the Navy, the airship began operations as an advanced flying laboratory ...