As part of the terms of their land leased from the City of Miami on Watson Island, Goodyear was required to offer public rides during the day. I used to get gift certificates to ride on the blimp for Christmas in the late 50's/early 60's and I went up numerous times in my youth. This above photo was my last blimp flight because Goodyear built the larger GZ-20 model to replace the GZ-19 model and they could not operate safely from the land-limited Watson Island. Goodyear proposed building a hangar and airfield on Virginia Key but that was shot down by the City of Miami politicians at the time so Goodyear moved their airship operations to Opa-locka Airport for a number of years and then to a permanent new home and hangar at Pompano Air Park in Pompano Beach where they have successfully operated ever since.