【#Tech24H】The AS700 manned airship, which recently obtained the nation’s first domestically produced manned airship business license, successfully completed a round trip from Jingmen to Wuhan on January 9, marking China’s first commercial flight of a manned airship. The “Xiangyun” AS700 airship, independently developed by the Special Aircraft Research Institute of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), is China’s first manned airship designed in compliance with airworthiness standards and possessing full intellectual property rights. With a total length of 50 meters and capacity for 10 people, it has a maximum range of 700 kilometers and an endurance of 10 hours. Operating at an optimal sightseeing altitude of 100–300 meters, it allows tourists to enjoy panoramic views of the landscape.