Maynard L. Flickinger papers, 1924-1987 (bulk 1929-1959)

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Maynard L. Flickinger papers, 1924-1987 (bulk 1929-1959)

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The Maynard L. Flickinger Papers were created while Flickinger worked for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's Aeronautics Department, Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, and Goodyear Aircraft Corporation. The papers predominantly contain photographs and printed materials pertaining to an airship design or airship travel, especially the USS Akron and the USS Macon.

1 cubic foot (1 box + oversize items)

University of Akron, Bierce Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7996155

University of Akron, Bierce Library

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Macon (Airship)

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Akron (Airship)

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Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation

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The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation was formed in 1923 as a partnership between the Goodyear Corporation and the Zeppelin Company to build rigid-frame airships in the United States. The company built an enormous hangar in Wingfoot Lake, near Akron Ohio, for this purpose. In 1929, Goodyear-Zeppelin built a new airship dock in Los Angeles, the subject of this collection, which eventually became known as the Wingfoot Plant. Goodyear-Zeppelin built not only dirigibles but also blimps, F4U Corsair figh...

Goodyear Aircraft Corporation

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Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems in Akron, Ohio, became the successor of the aircraft division of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The division's name under went several name changes throughout its history including: the Goodyear Aeronautics Department (1910-1923), Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation (1923-1941), Goodyear Aircraft Corp. (1940-1963), and Goodyear Aerospace Corp. (1963-1987). Goodyear sold the assets of its aerospace division to defense contractor Loral Systems Group in 1...

Flickinger, M. L. (Maynard L.), 1900-1990

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Maynard L. Flickinger was born in Barberton, Ohio, in 1900 and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1921. He came to Akron in 1923 to work at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on the semi-rigid airship RS-1 for the U.S. Army. When that job was finished, he was assigned to the planning department. After the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation was formed to build rigid airships, he interviewed with that division's head, Dr. Karl Arnstein and was hired. One of his first projec...

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Aeronautics Dept.

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