Goodyear ZWG

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Goodyear ZWG
General information
TypeAirship
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Designer
Goodyear
StatusCancelled
Primary userUnited States Navy

The Goodyear ZWG is classified as a ZW Airborne Early Warning Airship. The ZWG-1, designed specifically for the national early warning network mission, was ordered but was subsequently replaced by a much-modified ZPG design as the ZPG-3W. [1]

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Development

In 1947 The ZWG designation was added in the naming scheme for airships. [2] In 1955 there was increased interest in the use of nonrigid airships as part of the national early warning network. The ZWG-1, designed specifically for this mission, was ordered but was subsequently replaced by a much-modified ZPG design as the ZPG-3W. [3]

Specifications Goodyear ZWG

General characteristicsPerformance

Related development N class blimp

Notes

  1. ↑ "ZPG-3W Airship - United States Nuclear Forces".
  2. ↑ "Airships - United States Nuclear Forces".
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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