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Goodyear Aerospace Corporation was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. It began as the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, a joint project with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin that led to rigid airships in the United States, was spun off as Goodyear Aircraft Company in 1939, and took the Goodyear Aerospace name in 1963. Its products included airships and blimps, aircraft such as the Goodyear F2G Corsair, synthetic aperture radar, aircraft canopies, bulletproof glass and the Goodyear Inflatoplane. The company was sold to Loral in 1987, and Lockheed Martin later bought the defense products.

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Founded Year
1924 1
Status
Acquired 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1987 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Subsidiary 1
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with the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation winning the contract to build them in October 1928

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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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As with the B-class, the envelope production was split between Goodyear and Goodrich

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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.

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The Navy continued the practice of dividing the envelope production between Goodyear and Goodrich.

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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

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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

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Goodyear built additional G-class airships for the Navy during World War II to support training needs.

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forced Goodyear to sell its subsidiary Goodyear Aerospace, eventually ending the company's construction of lighter-than-air craft

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The Goodyear GA-2 Duck is a 1940s American three-seat light amphibious aircraft built by the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation.

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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.

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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.

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including intellectual property surrounding the now-retired Goodyear Blimp designs (GZ-20 and GZ-22)

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Source Goodyear Inflatoplane (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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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

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designed by Darrell C. Romick and two of his colleagues employed by Goodyear Aerospace

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Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation by the US Army at a cost of $475,000

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Pilgrim, was Goodyear's first civil airship

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The Goodyear ZWG is classified as a ZW

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The company subsequently constructed rigid (zeppelins) and non-rigid (blimps) dirigibles for the US military.

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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.

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An order was placed with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for an envelope to hold

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built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio, for the United States Navy

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The last lot of L-Class airships were ordered from Goodyear under a contract of February 24, 1943.

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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.

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The Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the United States Navy

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built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio, for the US Navy

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UUM-44 Subroc

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Goodyear Aerospace

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  • Infobox: fate
    Bought by Loral Corporation for $640 million in 1987
  • Infobox: defunct
    1987
  • Infobox: founded
    1924
  • Lead section
    Goodyear Aerospace Corporation (GAC) was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
  • Operates In: Aerospace Industry, Infobox: industry
    Aerospace
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