"Shouldn't he have at least spotted that the airship in that hanger wasn't a Tao airship by now?"
Promblem is Mide, other than the Sept 21 - dog and pony tethered flight - the ship has never left Terra Firma other than the 48" helium swag propped up on the bar stools as per the pics posted here.
But of course Mide, if your highly reliable sources can produce our little pup flying over the Chesapeake Bay I'll gladly slither back to my hole.