Seems like controlling a huge balloon would be a little challenging.
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Takeoff:
Accelerate into the wind to generate some lift, hope that all of the guys on the mooring ropes let go at the same time
Landing:
Head into the wind, have a couple hundred guys grabbing ropes to guide you down and against the mooring mast
When docked:
There are purpose built hangers (like those at Cardington)
If there isn’t one most usually you will be bow on to a mooring mast and pivot in the wind like a weather vane
In both cases though you can’t just park it and walk away. You still need to adjust buoyancy as temperature and pressure change and be careful of storms and gusts as things can go wrong
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