rich 1.0 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. Latest Stories from The Associated Press https://audioboom.com/channels/4277258-latest-stories-from-the-associated-press Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/16325879/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/3512470/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>