In addition to its advertising role, Mantainer also intended to deploy the airship in surveillance, and in search and rescue duties.
[2] According to Flypast : a record of aviation in Australia, by December 1978 the company had been placed in liquidation, with the airship being sold to an American buyer.
[4] The Snoopy was a small human-powered non-rigid airship, designed and built by Norton.
[1] The gondola is of light alloy construction, and has a single non-retractable landing wheel.
The rudder is located on the lower fin, with elevators being fitted to both horizontal stabilisers.