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Aug 2017
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Airships, Zeppelins and Hot Air Balloons...

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RAF Cardington, an air force base with a long and varied history associated with airships and balloons, is based in Bedford. 

They used to build barrage balloons. Today, Cardington is home to a type of aircraft that you might not see that often in the skies…

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