Milan Design Week started life in 1961 as a furniture trade fair, the ‘Salone del Mobile’. And, though the trade fair itself is still a vital component of the event, the week is now a riotous, ...

Airships. Airships offered the first way to navigate in the air. These powered, lighter-than-air craft can be controlled, unlike balloons that go wherever the wind blows. For a time, airships were ...

Goodyear began making airships for the U.S. Navy in 1917, and its first blimp — the first commercial non-rigid airship flown using helium — launched years later, becoming a marketing tool.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Goodyear Blimp, the tire company is flying all three of its iconic airships over Akron on June 3, 4 and 5. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

The “Pilgrim” blimp lifted off near Akron on 3 June 1925, beginning a century-long legacy of lighter-than-air craft tied closely to the local community and the Goodyear name. The airships, which ...

Goodyear's iconic airships are taking to the skies over an Ohio city this week to mark 100 years since the company's first branded blimp took flight.View on euronews. HOME. MAIL. NEWS.

Iconic Goodyear airships honoured a century after first flight. Posted: 4 June 2025 | Last updated: 4 June 2025. SCREENSHOT- The iconic Goodyear Blimp is 100. To celebrate, a flight over Ohio.

MOGADORE, Ohio — (AP) — The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a victory lap over the skies of an Ohio city this week. The Akron-based tire company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of ...

From 1942 to 1944, the company built more than 150 airships for the Navy to serve in World War II, flying patrol over warships on the seas with zero reported loss of ships when a blimp was on ...