This utter crock is a total sham!
Its protagonists have completely overlooked the issue of wind. At many times of year, this POS would barely make any headway on many occasions.
Forget the ridiculous claims - these gas bag things are a total waste of time as far as serious military applications are concerned.
It carried 2 blokes, their food and water, their kit and that could be a big ISTAR payload.
Leon, one of them, the petite Jeanna Yeager, was hardly a 'bloke'.