Show GOODYEAR subsidiary TO BUILD AIRSHIP the tremendous airship program which the goodyear zeppelin lill corporation a subsidiary of the goodyear tire and rubber co has under wy way Is attracting worldwide world wide attention declares L N lunt ot of the k petty motor co goodyear tire deal era at cedar city goodyear will build two airships to be the biggest ever assembled forthe united states navy each ship will be of cu bic teet feet gas gag capacity nearly three times the alze of 0 the present navy ship los angeles work la is progressing simultaneously at akron where the huge ta fa hf ot of factories tac equipment and man power of 1 the goodyear organization are located on the airship factory and dock and the first of tile the airships work on one unit of the factory le jr expected to be completed this when work pit tile the first leviathan can be started mr lunt points out that a rigid ship such as the navy craft can be b built part by part because the big ship will not at be one integral gas bag ag such as the non rigid blimps are but consists of a series of great gas gaa cells fitted into compartments so go that in case of an accident to three or tour four gas cello cells the ship will still fly engineer students are watching with lat irest the construction work on the huge factory and dock it will be engineers declare the biggest building in the world with out ut interior supports 1200 feet long sa v s1 feet wide and teet feet high having eight and one halt acres of level floor space shaped like a great hollow halt half agg 1 egg shell the building will be big en enough ollga to clap down over the nat 1 I jonal capital at washington gion and continued to back page goodof AR subsidiary TO BUILD AIRSHIPS continued from first page would afford enough space that fourteen games of football could be played inside at the same time the peculiar shape la is necessary to prevent wind gusts forming about the entrance thus preventing danger of wind disturb anEMI as the zeppelin enters and leaves the dock the entire building will be mounted on rollers instead of a tiled base this to allow the entire mammoth structure to stretch and contract because the building Is ts entirely of steel both frame and roo roofing and will gradually change I 1 its dimensions as tempera temperatures temperature tur es vary doors of the building to be e placed at each end will not be the usual straight doors but will conform to the general plan of the building and will resemble in shape that of a quarter of an orange thus their designation as orange peel doors they will be opened and closed by electricity tour four horse power motors furnishing the necessary current and will be carried on teavy trucks resembling those used on railroad freight cars provision tor for moving the huge alir air liner in and out of the dock is to be made by docking rails which will run through the building and tar far out into the field and upon which small trucks will ride the ship will be anchored to t these hese as it moves in fix and out further steadying it against cross crosa hanger winds and reducing the number of ground crew which otherwise would be required A tunnel has been built under tinder the floor of the building carrying the various service lines and pipes tor for fuel water ballast and electric power with connections made by holes in the floor the steel arches overhead provide numerous catwalks tor for workmen and trolley beams for the handling of materials in building the airships mr lunt declared that the goodyear company Is now pioneering in the airship field just as it led the way in developing many improvements in tires tirca which have been adopted by the ahe industry generally goodyear is also supplying many needs of airplane manufacturers and operating inc incoming mIng airplane tires and tubes rubber rubbe compression disks breather er bags to toy the conservation of gasoline ande and va vapors pors gas containers salvage covers and numerous other things PT S |