Goodyear Wingfoot 2 - The New 'Blimp' in California
Wingfoot 2 succeeded The Spirit of Innovation at the Carson, California base in 2017.
Goodyear's website explains that Wingfoot 2 has an internal structure within its envelope and thus isn't technically a 'blimp,' but they will continue to use that term in the name.
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Happy Truck Thursday!
Can you see the truck? It's a tractor trailer that is dwarfed by the enormity of the Goodyear airship. Its advantage is that it can be driven to a chosen site in order to raise its pylon to moor the famous airship.
In the first photo within the comments we can see that the previous craft, The Spirit of Innovation and her predecessors were moored to a fixed pylon. A mobile pylon vehicle opens up many more choices of landing sites.
Goodyear Wingfoot 2 - The New 'Blimp' in California
Wingfoot 2 succeeded The Spirit of Innovation at the Carson, California base in 2017.
Goodyear's website explains that Wingfoot 2 has an internal structure within its envelope and thus isn't technically a 'blimp,' but they will continue to use that term in the name.
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Happy Truck Thursday!
Can you see the truck? It's a tractor trailer that is dwarfed by the enormity of the Goodyear airship. Its advantage is that it can be driven to a chosen site in order to raise its pylon to moor the famous airship.
In the first photo within the comments we can see that the previous craft, The Spirit of Innovation and her predecessors were moored to a fixed pylon. A mobile pylon vehicle opens up many more choices of landing sites.