Goodyear christened Wingfoot Three this week, the last in its line of modern airships.
Spanning almost a football field, the massive blimp took to the sky in what鈥檚 become a familiar sight in Northeast Ohio.
, the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single engine plane, did the honors of christening the blimp with a bottle of champagne.
She said there鈥檚 a long line of female aviators dedicating Goodyear鈥檚 airships, including Amelia Earhart.
"And now to be following her steps, I keep pinching myself. This is all happening because I had the courage to go after my dreams. It鈥檚 so unreal. It鈥檚 really an honor," Waiz said.
Like its two siblings, Wingfoot Three was built by the German company and shipped to Ohio in pieces for assembly.
This marks the last of Goodyear鈥檚 , which the company launched in 2014.
The blimps are based in Akron, California and Florida.
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