Ario International Signs ontract with Aeros to bring the AEROS-40B to Thailand. What is your opinion about this airship? Success and failure stories ?

[Andreas G]

Hello,
in a recent press release
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090520005651&newsLang=en
 Aria officially announced that they are accquireing the Aeros 40
Skydragon, from a picture it looks like it is the N820AC that
registration was previously used for the Skydragon sold to China. I
assume. Now the question is, what track record does the
Skydragon have? If my memory isn't completely wrong there were some
failed missions with this airship but I don't remember
which and why. If the list could fill me in that would be very
helpfull. Wasn't the Aeros 40 Skydragon also in Trinidad ?

Regards


Andreas G

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".... what track record does the
Skydragon have? .... there were some
failed missions with this airship....in Trinidad ?

Yes.  I received numerous notifications about this; it seems that there were continual problems with the envelope.  While not specific, they seemed to be centered around the material being inadequate for tropic humidity.  Some other difficulties as well.    
There was an ongoing political and economic controversy as well involving the true cost of fielding this craft;  with an eventual cost of some $9 Million (US) mentioned.  There was some hint that the company that sold the airship to Trinidad might not have been completely truthful, or perhaps more likely, not aware of,  the entire cost of the project.