It is safe and easy to fly, no experience or pilot's license required. The blimp can hover, make turns and float from room to room. The range is 200 feet. CensusCD Blocks provide complete demographic and housing data and map boundaries for all 7 million-plus census blocks nationwide. The data comes on CD-ROM, and is accessible via mapping software.
Users can quickly and easily see demographics at the most granular level of census geography.
Blocks also include complete software for non-GIS users, giving them thematic mapping, query capability and statistical tools. The 609 hits speeds up to 275 knots and can range up to 750 nautical miles. It flies just fine over land, too. The aircraft seats up to nine people and is suited for medical transportation, surveillance, training, etc. It requires two crewmembers, and the cabin measures 17.5 feet by 5 feet by 5 feet.