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Aeros 40D Sky Dragon

Country of Origin: USA

The Aeros 40D Sky Dragon was designed to perform multiple missions, while keeping costs low and with reduced pilot workloads. The airship was capable of advertising, tourist rides, surveillance and broadcasting operations. The surveillance capability attracted the attention of Thailand for anti-guerrilla operations.

The airship was equipped with digital fly-by-wire flight controls, advanced avionics, including a camera for visual display of the ballonet level indicator, and a...

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