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Mar 8, 2021 · Akron Airdock sale approved; landmark closer to starting airship production. The Akron Airdock on Monday got closer to having Lockheed Martin as its new owner, and as a result, closer to being a place where new airships will be made again. The Development Finance Authority of Summit County, which has owned the local landmark since 2006 ...
- Jim Mackinnon
- Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
Goodyear Airdock. / 41.03194°N 81.47083°W / 41.03194; -81.47083. The Goodyear Airdock is a construction and storage airship hangar in Akron, Ohio. At its completion in 1929, it was the largest building in the world without interior supports.
- April 11, 1973
- 1929/30
- Karl Arnstein, Paul K. Helma, Wilbur J. Watson
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Akron, Ohio. Request Documents. Lockheed Martin acquired the Airdock, a former Goodyear Zeppelin facility, in 1997. Built in 1929, the airship hangar was designed to construct and store lighter-than-air ships, including the famous Goodyear Blimp. Additionally, the Airdock is so large it could fit seven football fields inside.
May 5, 2022 · The largest airship to be built in the United States since the 1930s is expected to start taking shape later this year inside the Akron Airdock, with its first flight possibly coming in 2023. And the beginnings of the project involved a get-together for a cup of coffee years ago at the Courtyard by Marriott on the outskirts of downtown Akron.
- Jim Mackinnon
- Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
Mar 5, 2021 · Akron firefighters battle a blaze at the Lockheed Martin Airdock, Thursday, May 18, 2006. The historic airdock is where the company plans to make the $149.2 million prototype High Altitude Airship. The mammoth building is being renovated for construction of the Lockheed Martin airship. Between 15 and 20 Akron fire companies were on the scene.
Goodyear Airdock. The Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio, was constructed in 1929 by the Goodyear Zepplin Corporation from plans created by the Wilbur Watson Engineering Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Work began on April 20, 1929, and by November 25 the Airdock was completed at a cost of $2.2 million. With the construction of the Airdock, Akron ...
Jul 20, 2015 · Built in 1929, the almost unbelievably huge Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio, was created as a space where blimps, airships, and dirigibles could be constructed, but building such a massive space ...
