A system for controlling a flight parameter associated with an airship, the system comprising: a frame; a support structure slidably mounted to the frame and configured to provide support to an airship control comprising a hand-operated joystick and a slider output signal indicative of an offset of the support structure from a predetermined neutral position of the frame for modifying the flight parameter based on the slider output signal, characterised in that a processor is communicatively connected to the frame, the support structure and the joystick and is configured to receive the slider output signal, that the processor is configured to generate a control signal for modifying the flight parameter based on the slider output signal, wherein the processor is configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a propeller pitch and/or a power source to generate forward thrust when the support structure is slid to a position forward of the predetermined neutral position, and the processor is configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a propeller pitch and/or a power source output to generate reverse thrust when the support structure is slid to a position rearward of the predetermined neutral position, and that the processor is further configured to provide a second control signal for modifying a second flight parameter in response to movement of the joystick around an axis. a frame; a support structure slidably mounted to the frame and configured to provide support to an airship control comprising a hand-operated joystick and a slider output signal indicative of an offset of the support structure from a predetermined neutral position of the frame for modifying the flight parameter based on the slider output signal, characterised in that a processor is communicatively connected to the frame, the support structure and the joystick and is configured to receive the slider output signal, that the processor is configured to generate a control signal for modifying the flight parameter based on the slider output signal, wherein the processor is configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a propeller pitch and/or a power source to generate forward thrust when the support structure is slid to a position forward of the predetermined neutral position, and the processor is configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a propeller pitch and/or a power source output to generate reverse thrust when the support structure is slid to a position rearward of the predetermined neutral position, and wherein the processor is configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a propeller pitch and/or a power source to generate forward thrust when the support structure is slid to a position forward of the predetermined neutral position, and the processor is configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a propeller pitch and/or a power source output to generate reverse thrust when the support structure is slid to a position rearward of the predetermined neutral position, and that the processor is further configured to provide a second control signal for modifying a second flight parameter in response to movement of the joystick around an axis.