stackyFACTSWe naturally associate giant floating sports billboards with the Goodyear tire corporation, but they were essentially just aggressive copycats.
We naturally associate giant floating sports billboards with the Goodyear tire corporation, but they were essentially just aggressive copycats. The rigid airship was perfected by the German Count von Zeppelin. Goodyear simply started building non-rigid airships for the US military during World War I and eventually slapped their logo on the side for aerial advertising. They cleverly turned an obsolete mode of military transport into an iconic global brand association.
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