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Boston Globe
29-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
To celebrate 70 years, Sullivan Tire takes to the South Shore skies, with the Goodyear Blimp
Advertisement Paul Sullivan of Sullivan Tire watched as guests boarded the Goodyear Blimp in Plymouth on Monday. Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe But today, Sullivan Tire is seen as one of the most successful family-owned businesses in New England — though The company continues to grow as owners of smaller repair shops look to cash out and move on. Since the ESOP's formation around a year-and-a-half ago, Sullivan Tire has added six new consumer-facing locations and three business-servicing spots, per Sullivan's accounting, with around 90 new employees joining. That one shop in Rockland has grown to a company with 134 locations. Advertisement Goodyear, the Ohio-based tire maker, flew into Plymouth to honor Sullivan Tire's 70th year in business, treating a number of employees and customers last Monday and Tuesday with flights above the South Shore. Goodyear operates three of its namesake dirigibles for marketing and goodwill purposes in the US, though technically they are 'semi-rigid' airships and not actually blimps because of their internal structure. Sullivan said his company's relationship with Goodyear dates back roughly four decades, to when Sullivan Tire started distributing Goodyear tires in New England, and to an early ad shot with one of the Goodyear Blimps. The Goodyear Blimp took off from the Plymouth Municipal Airport on Monday. To celebrate the 70th birthday of Sullivan Tire, the blimp came to the South Shore to offer rides to employees and customers. Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe The Sullivan brothers were approached by private equity firms in recent years about selling out. But Sullivan said they couldn't bear to do it. So they turned to an ESOP plan instead to take care of succession. A loan from M&T Bank bought out most of the equity held by Sullivan family members, on behalf of the plan. Selling out to private equity, Sullivan added, 'felt like greed.' 'We cared too much about the people who helped us get here,' he said, high above the Plymouth waterfront. 'Plus, if I have to work on my own automobile, where do I go?' Jon Chesto can be reached at
CTV News
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Goodyear Blimp flies over Kingston
Ottawa Watch The Goodyear Blimp is flying over Kingston as the company celebrates the airship's 100th anniversary. CTV's Jack Richardson reports.
CTV News
17-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Goodyear Blimp flies over Kingston, Ont. to celebrate 100th year
The Goodyear Blimp taking off in Kingston, Ont. June 17, 2025. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa). The Goodyear Blimp is flying over Kingston, Ont. Tuesday as the company celebrates the airship's 100th anniversary. It made the journey from Akron, Ohio with a pit stop in Watertown, N.Y. before arriving in Kingston on Monday. 'It's one of three airships that are in North America for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company,' said Jerry Hissem, the blimp's chief pilot. The nearly 75-metre-long blimp is taking groups of employees that work at the Goodyear Tire plant in Napanee for rides throughout the day. 'It's exciting for us as well,' said Hissem. 'We like to take our associates up for a flight for all the great (work) they do for the company.' Kylie Hinch has worked at the plant for 26 years and says the trip on the blimp was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Goodyear Blimp The Goodyear Blimp in Kingston, Ont. on June 17, 2025. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa) Goodyear Blimp The view of Kingston, Ont. from the Goodyear Blimp (Kylie Hirsh/Provided) Goodyear Blimp Two employees from the Goodyear plant in Napanee, Ont. after riding in the blimp. June 17, 2025. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa) 'Going up in the blimp was unbelievable,' Hinch said. 'To actually be on it is something you could never imagine.' Hinch explains that the views of Kingston and Lake Ontario from inside the blimp were unforgettable. The blimp is taking 10 trips total on Tuesday, according to Hissem.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
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New York Times
08-06-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
Why the Goodyear Blimp Hasn't Been Replaced by Drones
For the past 70 years, the Goodyear blimp has been as ubiquitous in the sports world as the national anthem. The tiremaker's small fleet of blimps have floated above football games, NASCAR races, golf tournaments and other events, providing aerial coverage to networks and signaling to fans that a sports spectacle is underway. Goodyear's relationship with television networks and event organizers is a unique and enduring sponsorship. Since 1955, when NBC asked Goodyear to provide live video coverage of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl, the company has sent live images of games and events to television producers in return for mentions of the company's name and logo during the broadcasts. These 'blimp pops' run about once an hour and can be worth millions of dollars in ad time. ' In an age of digital inserts, screens within screens and other ways for sponsors to reach viewers, Goodyear's technology is quaint. The blimps, which are slightly longer than a Boeing 747, hover about 1,000 feet off the ground and rarely move faster than 70 miles per hour. But their ability to capture a skyline, a stadium or the flight of a golf ball down a fairway has made them an indispensable part of broadcasts. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
