Goodyear ZWG

Goodyear ZWG
Role Airship
National origin United States
Manufacturer Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Designer Goodyear
Status Cancelled
Primary user United 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]

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 characteristics Performance

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)

References