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Correction for the size of The Goodyear Blimp

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How big is 1,400 drops?
It's about 0.00000001 times as big as The Goodyear Blimp
The size of The Goodyear Blimp is about 115,000,000,000 drops.
(for GZ-20A)
The Goodyear GZ-20 model Blimp measures 115,000,000,000 drops in total volume. A December, 1929 college football game between the University of Florida Gators and the University of Oregon Webfoots (later the University of Oregon Ducks) began with the blimp dropping a parachute-equipped ball from a height of 61 m (200 ft) to the field below.
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