{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Goodyear retiring blimps, rolling out new cigar-shaped craft","description":"LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fabled Goodyear Blimp is retiring. But don't fret. The cigar-shaped thing most people have seen floating over sports events will still be there. It just won't be, technically, a blimp. The nation's three Goodyear blimps are being replaced by larger semi-rigid dirigibles. Goodyear's Priscilla Tasker says its brand new design. Such a craft differs from a blimp in that the big, helium-filled balloon that carries it aloft won't go flat when the gas is drained. The company's Southern California-based Spirit of America blimp was retired earlier this month. That was about a year after Ohio-based Spirit of Goodyear left the fleet. Goodyear's last blimp, Florida-based Spirit of Innovation, is coming to California next month. It will cover for Spirit of America until a replacement semi-rigid dirigible is built.","author_name":"Latest Stories from The Associated Press","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4277258-latest-stories-from-the-associated-press","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/16325879/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}