Folder labelled ‘1981. Goodyear & US naval airships.’

File containing documents mainly related to Goodyear airships. Includes: press release from Goodyear announcing test flights of the US Navy new class of non-rigid airship ZPG-3W for Airborne Early Warning duty, with attached photographs; press release from the Piasecki Aircraft Corporation announcing a contract from the Naval Air Development Center to develop a heavy vertical airlift system, the Heli-stat; letter dated 9 April 1980 from Goodyear to Lord Ventry; photocopy of an article on Goodyear blimps; brochure on the Goodyear airships EUROPA, AMERICA, COLUMBIA and MAYFLOWER.

Record Details

Item reference: YKM/3/4/1
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: FILE
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: circa 1953-1981; circa 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London