Goodyear ZWG
{{Short description|American cancelled AEW airship project}}
{{short description|Airship}}
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The Goodyear ZWG is classified as a ZW Airborne Early Warning Airship. The ZWG-1, designed specifically for the national early warning network mission, was ordered but was subsequently replaced by a much-modified ZPG design as the ZPG-3W.{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/zpg-3.htm|title=ZPG-3W Airship - United States Nuclear Forces}}
Development
In 1947 The ZWG designation was added in the naming scheme for airships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/lta.htm|title = Airships - United States Nuclear Forces}} In 1955 there was increased interest in the use of nonrigid airships as
part of the national early warning network. The ZWG-1, designed specifically for this mission, was ordered
but was subsequently replaced by a much-modified ZPG design as the ZPG-3W.{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/download/lta-10.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-07-12 |archive-date=2010-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410032115/http://www.history.navy.mil/download/lta-10.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Specifications Goodyear ZWG
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Category:1950s United States patrol aircraft