What purpose does the good year blimp have ? Is it another zepplin hydrogen bomb ?

Answer 1

You know, this question I been pondering for days now, what a coincidence.

Answer 2

well, actually if you were to fill the good year with hydrogen and tryed to use it as bomb, It wouldnt realy have a big effect.
We all know of the Hindenburg blimp and that image is burned into our brains. But the Hydrogen wasnt what you saw burning. Hydrogen gas burns very very quickly. It was the materials that were used in making the blimp that caused the giant fireball.
If we still used Hydrogen Im sure a fire would be nothing big at all with all the new fibers and super light aloys we have now.
It like if you take a paper lunch bag and fill it with gas. If you put a ignition source near it the gas just poofs away but the bag will still burn.
So filling the good year with Hydrogen (even though potenialy hazzardis) wouldnt realy be a large bomb. It would just POOF! and drop out of the sky.

Answer 3

The Goodyear blimps are NOT filled with hydrogen but they are filled with non-explosive helium. Since 1925 when the first Goodyear blimp launched it was filled with helium because of safety reasons alone because at that time hydrogen was much cheaper. Most people don't know that the Goodyear company has built some 300 ships and they were used during WWII by the US Navy for aerial surveillance. They worked great for convoy escort.

Today, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company no longer mass-produces airships. In the United States it operates three well-recognized blimps: the Spirit of Goodyear, based in Akron, Ohio; the Spirit of America, based in Carson, California; and the Spirit of Innovation, in Pompano Beach, Florida.

They are a great source of revenue for the Goodyear company and other companies that advertise on their blimps.

Answer 4

The Blimps serve multi purposes. Firstly they are a major advertising source for Goodyear. Secondly they serve as a major platform for television and team cameras and gives team strategists a birds eye view of the game, being able to call info down to the respective coaches and get immediate feedback regarding plays.

The vehicle itself is NOT using hydrogen, it uses helium at a low pressure. That way they can check for leaks by looking inside the bladder. Pinholes show up as a sunbeam inside and I hear look quite remarkable and fantastic! Just hard to talk to each other after an interior inspection.

Check the rest of the info out on Wikipedia. Makes a great read!

Answer 5

Hydrogen bombs are far worse than atomic bombs. There is a limit to how powerful an A-bomb can get. There is no limit to an H-bomb. The H-bomb uses an A-bomb as a sparkplug, sort of, and eventhough there is a similar amount of radioactive material in both types of weapons, the sheer power of the H-bomb can spread that radioactive material clear across the planet. Therefore the H-bomb has longer lasting and more devastating, global effects. H-bombs are, for the same reason, more likely to cause a nuclear winter if there ever is a nuclear war.

Answer 6

I know the Good Year blimp lives in Fort Lauderdale and that ain't too shabby for a blimp!

Answer 7

Yeah, Good Year has this fiendish plan to blow up all other tire companies, and dominate the tire industry. Then they're going to charge so much for tires, that no one will be able to drive anymore, and they'll dominate the world.
And how do I know this? Becuase I AM IN CHARGE OF THIS PLAN!! Soon, I will control you ALL!!!
Muahahaha!!

Answer 8

the purpose is advertising but yes you can make it into a hydrogen bomb. lol

Answer 9

Where do you think all the great shots of the cities come from on Monday Night Football? It is no Hindenburg.

Answer 10

just so you could ask this question and now they're going to quit flying.

thanks alot!

i really like the blimp too.

now what?

hehehe.

Answer 11

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