Great Moments in History
Take a look at some of the many important turning points from more than a century of Goodyear innovation.
1910
Goodyear's opens a plant at Bowmanville, Canada, its first expansion outside the US.
1911
Goodyear airplane tires complete the first trans-continental flight from Long Beach, Long Island, New York to Long Beach, California, taking 84 days and 63 landings.
1912
Debut of the first Goodyear blimp.
Goodyear opens its first overseas office in London.
1913
Goodyear produces its first conveyor belt.
1917
Cross-country trucking's feasibility is proven when Goodyear sends the Wingfoot Express on a trucking expedition from Akron to Boston, the first trip of its kind.
Goodyear builds the U.S. Navy's first blimps.
