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Johannes Eissing flies a model prototype airship in the lobby of the UAA ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 during the 2nd Cargo Airships for Northern Operations Workshop. The radio controlled airship is a proof of concept model for the engine configuration. Eissing is with Airship Ventures based at Moffett Field in San Francisco. The company operates a 247 foot Zeppelin airship giving passenger flights and flying instrumentation for NASA and the Border Patrol.