MetLife Snoopy Two captain Allan Judd monitors the blimp's gauges Sunday while coasting above the Quad-Cities prior to the final round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run.

Credit: Molly McMillin OSHKOSH—It’s a significant year for Goodyear’s iconic “Blimp.” In 2025, Goodyear is celebrating the 100 th anniversary of the inaugural flight of the first ...

We spent four days embedded with the Blimp and its crew as the airship flew from its home base in Mogadore, Ohio, to the Dayton Air Show in Vandalia, Ohio, in late June.

In celebration of the Goodyear Blimp's 100th anniversary, the company has announced that Wingfoot One is getting a vintage makeover inspired by its first-ever branded blimp.

The flights were part of the company’s efforts to commemorate the centennial of its first-ever Goodyear-branded blimp’s inaugural flight. That blimp, called Pilgrim, first flew on June 3, 1925.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, the blimp will be in town several days before the air show in support of their local dealers. Dougherty said the goal is to be as accessible to airship ...

How do you get a ride on a Goodyear blimp? It’s not that easy. You can’t just buy a ticket and show up at Wingfoot Lake. Blimp rides are not for sale. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s airships ...

The Goodyear Blimp has been wowing people for a century, though it's changed quite a bit since Goodyear's first branded blimp, The Pilgrim, started bobbing gracefully across American skies in 1925 ...

The blimp’s basic technology hasn’t changed much over the years. Two balloons, or ballonets, inside the blimp are inflated with air and are surrounded by about 300,000 cubic feet of helium.