In a test flight over the New York City skyline, a mentor, a 4ft long, 5ft wide, 9ft tall blimp-like dirigible, captured valuable aerial footage before disintegrating over New Jersey [5205142c]. The mentor, remotely controlled and equipped with a camera, was designed by a team of engineers and scientists from the University of Southern California. Filled with helium and featuring a carbon-fiber frame, the mentor had a range of about 20 miles and was intended to fly for approximately 2 hours before descending into the ocean. The successful flight provided the team with important data to improve their design for future dirigibles [5205142c].