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Trivia about goodyear

  • Eagle, Tiempo & Arriva are three tire brands from this rubber company
  • This rubber company spends over $7 million a year just to maintain & operate its blimps
  • In 1925 this Ohio company unveiled its first blimp, the Pilgrim
  • This tire co. paid Rip Hamilton "to braid his hair in the tread pattern of one of its tires", not blimps
  • In 1898 Frank Seiberling founded this tire company named for the inventor of vulcanized rubber
  • A replica of a rubber plantation is displayed at this company's World of Rubber Museum in Akron, Ohio
  • In 1839 he spilled a mix of rubber & sulfur onto a hot stove & to his surprise, the mix didn't melt--we never "tire" of him
  • This Akron-based company got rolling in 1898, making bicycle & carriage tires, horseshoe pads, & yes, poker chips
  • Carson, California is home base for "Spirit of America", one of this company's blimps
  • In 1963 this company produced its billionth tire
  • In the 1950's this Akron-based company developed the Inflato plane, a rubber-coated inflatable airplane
  • In 2011 this firm announced it was phasing out its blimps in favor of rigid airships with aluminum & carbon skeletons
  • This company's airship "The Eagle" appears on the city seal of Carson, California, where it's based
  • In 1924 this U.S. company acquired all the Zeppelin patents
  • 1844 was a good year for him; he received a patent for his vulcanized rubber process
  • In 1898 Charles Seiberling borrowed $3,500 to start this company in Akron to produce bicycle & carriage tires
  • You might say this company's World of Rubber in Akron, Ohio is one museum you'll never tire of
  • After a struggle, not a fish, but an Eagle GT tire from this maker
  • It sounds odd that James Firestone joined this Ohio company's board in 2007
  • A statue of the god Mercury inspired the logo of this tire company
  • Co-founder Frank Seiberling added the winged foot to this tire company's logo