History of blimps and the Goodyear fleet origins
The article traces blimp history from early non rigid craft in France to German rigid airships and US programs after World War I. It notes Goodyear's Columbia, the 18th commercial blimp since 1917, and compares sizes with the Mayflower, detailing lengths and helium volumes and the 1963 christening date.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
France
Germany
United States
Zeppelin
Hinderberg
Globe
U.S
Macon
Columbia
The
Company
Plan To Welcome International Students
A local committee led by Mrs Max Stevens plans a program to welcome international students attending Tri-State College. The group suggests families write the student before departure, meet on arrival, pair him with a student from his country, and host him during his college years. Contact details for participation are provided.
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Tri-State College
Max Stevens
Shah
Mungee
the International
Steubeh County
Homes
Angola
Shah Mungee
Maumee
Tri
Names of Goodyear blimps Columbia Mayflower and history
Goodyear blimps powered by twin 175 horsepower engines cruise 35 to 45 mph with 57 mph max. Flight altitude 1,000 to 3,000 feet, service ceiling 10,000. Crew of 12 with four pilots and eight ground staff. Columbia will be LA base with West, Southwest, Midwest territory. Mayflower based in Miami covering South and East in spring summer pilgrimages. Names reflect America's Cup heritage and patriotic connotations.
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Goodyear
Los Angeles
Midwest
Miami
Columbia
America
United States
East-West Center Offers Hawaii Language Scholarships
The East-West Center announces 30 new scholarships for undergraduates to study Japanese or Chinese in Hawaii starting June 1965. 15 scholars in each language, with full expenses paid, will study at the University of Hawaii and live at the center. Five top scholars may tour China or Japan in 1966.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Republic of China
Japan
University
Cits
United States
Congress
Asia
Pacific
John, M
Allison
Pacific Area
Union
John F. Kennedy
Thei
Affairs
Biography of Junior Pilot Assigned to Goodyear Airship Columbia
Biography notes a junior pilot in Santa Ana California aged 33 assigned to Goodyear Airship Columbia. He transfers March 30 1956 from Test Operations to Flight Operations. Graduate of Tri-State College with BS in AE, served in the Army Signal Corps, holds a private HTA pilot license, pursuing commercial flow with Navy airships. He worked as a test engineer at Aerospace Corporation.
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Goodyear
Columbia
Santa Ana
California
Tri-State College
Army Signal Corps
Navy
Aerospace Corporation
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Munn
White's Drug Store
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Heidelberg Cafe
Les ‘and
Rob
Lakeland
Square
Marv and
Dean
W. Gilmore
Lee
M. Cermak
Wyler
Bulova
OMEGA
West Maumee
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