Goodyear Blimp ZPG-3W, 144243, US Navy
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Registration: 144243
Construction Number: Unknown
Military Unit: AMARC
Model Goodyear Blimp ZPG-3W
Operator: US Navy
Airport: Tucson - Davis Monthan AFB (DMA / KDMA), USA - Arizona
Photographer: Trevor Bartlett
Date Taken: 01/1993
Date Submitted: 04/02/2013
This is the gondola of an N class AEW blimp flown by the US Navy between 1959 and 1962, which at 403 feet in length and 85 feet in diameter was the largest non-rigid airship ever built. Photograph taken on a visit to AMARC between the 22nd and 25th January 1993.
Picture ID:1388229