Goodyear ZWG

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]

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

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 warningnetwork. 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. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/zpg-3.htm
  2. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/lta.htm
  3. http://www.history.navy.mil/download/lta-10.pdf

References


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