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Every one of our Goodyear Firsts was a product of hard work and commitment. Commitment to the spirit of flight. Here are just a few other notable achievements in the past 100 years.
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1898 |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company founded
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1909 |
Goodyear builds the first aircraft tire, replacing skids and bicycle tires
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1910 |
Goodyear builds the first aircraft tire testing machine
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1917-1918 |
Goodyear aeronautical sales exceed $4.8 million with 11,000 aircraft produced during WWI
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1927 |
Goodyear produces the first airwheel low pressure tire design
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1927 |
Goodyear introduces the first retreadable aircraft tire in Akron, Ohio
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1929 |
Goodyear is the first company to purchase an aircraft for tire testing, a Fokker Super Universal Main
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1936 |
Goodyear developes world's first rayon cord tire
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1943 |
First Goodyear nylon cord tires produced in Brazil
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1943-1944 |
Goodyear produces over 4,000 Corsair Navy fighters for WWII. |
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1943-1944 |
Goodyear designs a post WWII amphibious aircraft called the Drake. |
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1950 |
An experimental aircraft known as the Gyro was invented. |
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1954 |
Goodyear introduces the first tubeless aircraft tire
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1958 |
Goodyear begins retreading high-performance jet aircraft tires in Los Angeles and Akron
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1960 |
Goodyear produces the Inflatoplane, an experimental rescue craft for the US Military.
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1967 |
First LCC USAF Index produced
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1968 |
First Goodyear aircraft tire produced in the new Danville, VA manufacturing plant
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1971 |
A Goodyear tire was the first to land on the moon
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1971 |
First Goodyear tires in Thailand
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1971 |
First tire retreads in Thailand
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1972 |
Goodyear begins retreads in Colombia
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1972 |
Goodyear retreads begin in Brazil and the Netherlands
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1980 |
First bias ply aircraft tires with Aramid fabric is produced - the Flight Custom II
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1981 |
Goodyear introduces the Flight Eagle for business jet manufacturers
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1983 |
First radial tire approved by the FAA
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1984 |
Goodyear purchases Air Treads and acquires six plants across North America
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1984 |
First Goodyear commercial radial approved
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1985 |
First Goodyear radial built in Luxembourg
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1987 |
Radial production starts in Danville, VA
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1992 |
The Kingman, Arizona tire plant opens for production
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1992 |
Goodyear's 8 retread facilities now cover 5 continents
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1996 |
Goodyear becomes the approved supplier to Tupolev, Illyushin
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1999 |
Tire production in Thailand expands
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2001 |
Radial Aircraft tire building system installed in Danville, Virginia
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