It was in the 1910s that Goodyear began to develop its rubber components for airspace, which culminated in a dirigible that it would fly to competitions nationally. In the 1950s, as T.V. swept the nation, the Goodyear blimp went to sports games in every part of the U.S. to adverti...
When officials in Redondo Beach went looking for a vehicle to promote the city’s virtues before the 1984 Olympics, it decided to ride the blimp’s good name onto the airwaves. The city, with Goodyear’s blessing, adopted the blimp as its official city bird and made headlines across the ...