| 1898 |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company founded |
| 1909 |
Goodyear builds the first aircraft tire, replacing skids and bicycle tires |
| 1910 |
Goodyear builds the first aircraft tire testing machine |
| 1917-1918 |
Goodyear aeronautical sales exceed $4.8 million with 11,000 aircraft produced during WWI |
| 1927 |
Goodyear produces the first airwheel low pressure tire design |
| 1927 |
Goodyear introduces the first retreadable aircraft tire in Akron, Ohio |
| 1929 |
Goodyear is the first company to purchase an aircraft for tire testing, a Fokker Super Universal Main |
| 1936 |
Goodyear developes world's first rayon cord tire |
| 1943 |
First Goodyear nylon cord tires produced in Brazil |
| 1943-1944 |
Goodyear produces over 4,000 Corsair Navy fighters for WWII. |
| 1943-1944 |
Goodyear designs a post WWII amphibious aircraft called the Drake. |
| 1950 |
An experimental aircraft known as the Gyro was invented. |
| 1954 |
Goodyear introduces the first tubeless aircraft tire |
| 1958 |
Goodyear begins retreading high-performance jet aircraft tires in Los Angeles and Akron |
| 1960 |
Goodyear produces the Inflatoplane, an experimental rescue craft for the US Military. |
| 1967 |
First LCC USAF Index produced |
| 1968 |
First Goodyear aircraft tire produced in the new Danville, VA manufacturing plant |
| 1971 |
A Goodyear tire was the first to land on the moon |
| 1971 |
First Goodyear tires in Thailand |
| 1971 |
First tire retreads in Thailand |
| 1972 |
Goodyear begins retreads in Colombia |
| 1972 |
Goodyear retreads begin in Brazil and the Netherlands |
| 1980 |
First bias ply aircraft tires with Aramid fabric is produced - the Flight Custom II |
| 1981 |
Goodyear introduces the Flight Eagle for business jet manufacturers |
| 1983 |
First radial tire approved by the FAA |
| 1984 |
Goodyear purchases Air Treads and acquires six plants across North America |
| 1984 |
First Goodyear commercial radial approved |
| 1985 |
First Goodyear radial built in Luxembourg |
| 1987 |
Radial production starts in Danville, VA |
| 1992 |
The Kingman, Arizona tire plant opens for production |
| 1992 |
Goodyear's 8 retread facilities now cover 5 continents |
| 1996 |
Goodyear becomes the approved supplier to Tupolev, Illyushin |
| 1999 |
Tire production in Thailand expands |
| 2001 |
Radial Aircraft tire building system installed in Danville, Virginia |
