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October 25, 2016 02:00 AM

Photo gallery: Savannah James christens Wingfoot Two

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    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
    Savannah James breaks a champagne bottle against the wheel of Wingfoot Two, Goodyear's newest blimp, during a special ceremony in Suffield, Ohio, Oct. 21.
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    Savannah James (right) laughs with Goodyear CEO and President Richard Kramer after christening Wingfoot Two in Suffield, Ohio on Oct. 21.
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    Erin Pustay Beaven, Rubber & Plastics News
    Media gathers around Savannah James as she prepares to christen Goodyear's newest blimp, Wingfoot Two.
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    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
    Robin Roberts (left), co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, and Goodyear Chairman, CEO and President Richard Kramer (center) stand with Akron native Savannah James ahead of the christening ceremony for Wingfoot Two, which can be seen in the background.
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    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
    Savannah James (left) recently christened the newest Goodyear blimp, Wingfoot Two. Robin Roberts (right), co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, christened Wingfoot One and holds the champagne bottle James would use during the christening ceremony.
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    Goodyear Chairman, President and CEO Richard Kramer.
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    Erin Pustay Beaven, Rubber & Plastics News
    Savannah James speaks during a press conference held after the christening of Wingfoot Two, Goodyear's addition to the fleet of iconic blimps.
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    Erin Pustay Beaven, Rubber & Plastics News
    A stained glass window above an office door at the Goodyear Blimp base in Suffield, Ohio, pays homage to company's iconic fleet of airships.
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    Erin Pustay Beaven, Rubber & Plastics News
    The newly christened Wingfoot Two sits just outside of its hangar in Suffield, Ohio.
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    Erin Pustay Beaven, Rubber Plastics News
    Pictures of early Goodyear airships line the walls at the blimp's hangar in Suffield, Ohio.

    SUFFIELD, Ohio— Akron native Savannah James, a businesswoman and philanthropist active in the foundation established by her husband, Cleveland Cavaliers' star LeBron James, christened the newest addition to Goodyear's fleet of blimps.

    In doing so, James joins aviator Amelia Earhart (1929), astronaut Sally Ride (2000), International Speedway Corp. President Lesa France Kennedy (2006) and Robin Roberts, co-anchor or ABC's “Good Morning America” (2014) as women who have christened a Goodyear blimp.

    Since 1917, Goodyear has designed and built more than 300 blimps for public relations and defense applications, the company said. Many of those airships were built at the facility in Suffield.

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