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American cancelled AEW airship project
Goodyear ZWG
Role AirshipType of aircraft
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.

Development

In 1947 The ZWG designation was added in the naming scheme for airships. 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.

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


US tri-service airship designations post-1962
USN non-rigid airship classes

see also: K-1

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