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Correction for the size of The Goodyear Blimp

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How big is 637.670 oil barrels?
It's about one-fifty-fifth as big as The Goodyear Blimp
The size of The Goodyear Blimp is about 36,100 oil barrels.
(for GZ-20A)
The Goodyear GZ-20 model Blimp measures 36,100 oil barrels 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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