The follow-on and larger AEW blimp was the ZPG-3W, the largest non-rigid airship built to ever enter military service. It was used to fill radar gaps in the North American early-warning …

Navy’s ZPG-3W airship—403 feet (123 metres) long, 85 feet in diameter, with a capacity of more than 1,500,000 cubic feet (42,450 cubic metres)—was the world’s largest nonrigid blimp. Four …

The ZPG-3Ws were the largest airships ever built. It was the last type of airship the Navy built before bringing a close to its LTA era in 1962. Four were delivered.

The ZPG-3W had a maximum speed of 82 knots in still air, was credited with a range of 2,800 nautical miles, and a flight endurance of 80 hours. Interestingly, the earlier and smaller ZPN- …

ZPG-3W was not a name or an identification number, but a class of aircraft. Four of these, the last and largest of the Navy's airborne radar picket blimps, were built in the late 1950s. The …

In 1958 the US Navy took delivery of the ZPG-3W (above), the largest non-rigid airship ever constructed, specifically designed for AEW. It was 403 ft. long, 85.1 ft. dia. and, depending on …

The Goodyear ZPG-3W was an Airborne Early Warning (AEW) airship built for the U. S. Navy. At the time of its construction, the ZPG-3W was the largest non-rigid airship ever built and …

This is actually the one-of-a-kind airship serial number 141563 known as the ZPG-2W (M) 2 1/2 which was the test bed for the ZPG-3W. There was no radome on the underside of the …

ZPG—3H ght -1 20 1, 525 1, 425 275 1, rew NORM. roved ZPG—2W with inèreased car strength electronics for AN and largc envelope. Designed to refuel at sea. 21 FEBRUARY 1956 . …

The N-Class, beginning with the ZPN-1 (later designated ZPG-1), was the prototype of a series designed for long range Early Warning service. The designation of ZP2N became ZPG-2. …