AP Spotlight Goodyear Blimp at 100: From Ronald Reagan to Ice Cube, 'floating piece of Americana' still thriving MARK LONG Associated Press Feb 15, 2025 Feb 15, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Flying a few hundred feet above the streets and shores of Daytona Beach, Florida, the Goodyear Blimp draws a crowd.kAm~?=@@<6CD DE2C6 2?5 A@:?E] sC:G6CD AF== @G6C 7@C 36EE6C =@@<D[ D?2AA:?8 A:4EFC6D[ C64@C5:?8 G:56@D 2?5 ECJ:?8 E@ =:?6 FA E96 A6C764E D6=7:6] u@C D@>6[ :E’D ?@DE2=8:4] u@C @E96CD[ :E’D 2 8=:>AD6 2E 2 =2C86C\E92?\=:76 25G6CE:D:?8 :4@?]k^Am The Goodyear Blimp is prepared for takeoff Feb. 12 in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Mark Long, Associated Press kAmpE `__ J62CD @=5[ E96 3=:>A :D 2? 286=6DD DE2C :? E96 D<J] p?5 6G6? 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