FILE – The Goodyear Blimp is prepared for takeoff, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Long, File) Goodyear gets helium for its blimps from multiple sources.

The Goodyear Blimp is 246 feet long (75 meters), which would cover about 80% of a football field. It is 58 feet (18 meters) high and holds three Olympic-sized swimming pools' worth of helium.

Goodyear is calling it a "once-in-a-lifetime event" as the company prepares to send all three of its iconic blimps, together, over northeast Ohio in honor of the Goodyear Blimp’s 100th anniversary.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at Goodyear airships over time. Goodyear celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first blimp with flyovers in Ohio, marking a century of airship innovation and iconic ...

The Goodyear Blimp is 246 feet long (75 meters), which would cover about 80% of a football field. It is 58 feet (18 meters) high and holds three Olympic-sized swimming pools' worth of helium.

Goodyear began making airships for the U.S. Navy in 1917, and its first blimp — the first commercial non-rigid airship flown using helium — launched years later, becoming a marketing tool.

The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a victory lap over the skies of an Ohio city this week. The Akron-based tire company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of “Pilgrim,” its first blimp ...

The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a victory lap over the skies of an Ohio city this week.. The Akron-based tire company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of “Pilgrim,” its first blimp ...