2010 NEWS
Old Dominion Ships Historic Lifeboat to the SmithsonianCONTACT:
Thomasville, NC (June 29, 2010) - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company donated the historic lifeboat of the “Spirit of Akron” Airship to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. OD was proud to be the logistics partner of this important shipment to Washington DC in early June. This lifeboat was a part of one of the first airships (Airship America 1910 and Airship Akron 1912), doubling as a kitchen, pantry, dispensary, smoking lounge and radio position, that attempted to cross the Atlantic on these two different occasions. Besides being part of the first two airships, the other historical significance was the first wireless message from a powered aircraft was sent from the radio position in the lifeboat via a Marconi Device. The lifeboat has spent the past 98 years in storage at Goodyear’s Wingfoot Lake airship facility. For more information on the historic Akron lifeboat, visit the Smithsonian's web site. For more about Old Dominion, visit www.odfl.com or call (800) 432-6335. About Old Dominion Freight LineOld Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) is a less-than-truckload multi-regional motor carrier providing one-to-five day service among six regions in the United States and next-day and second-day service within these regions. Through its four product groups, OD-Domestic, OD-Expedited, OD-Global and OD-Technology, the Company offers an array of innovative products and services that provide direct service to 48 states within the Southeast, Gulf Coast, Northeast, Midwest, Central and West regions of the country. In addition to domestic less-than-truckload services, the Company offers assembly and distribution services as well as container delivery services to and from all of North America, Central America, South America and the Far East. The Company also offers a broad range of expedited and logistical services for both its domestic and global markets. |
