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On This Day...
30 July 1978
The British Balloon Museum and Library is the official museum of the British Balloon and Airship Club. It was formed in 1979 by a small group of balloonists, with the objective of preserving the many different items associated with and used in hot air and gas ballooning. The museum is run entirely by volunteers - not all balloonists - and is funded by private and corporate donations and annual subscriptions of the "Friends".
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Good-Day to you All,
And what a GOOD day it was for the BBM&L on Saturday 15th after a VERY successful Inflation Day, hard work, but with in the region of 570 paying people through the gate a record breaker for traditional Inflation Days, that number makes it all the effort worthwhile and rewarding for the benefit of the Museum. Thank you everyone for assisting and contributing to a very successful day. The benefit of this event to the BBM&L was second only to our famous Cardington event in 1997.
The British Balloon Museum & Library (BBM&L) have never had one of their Inflation Days in Cambridgeshire before. 
They hold an Inflation Day every two years to ‘air' the collection of over 100 colourful balloons and to show the public and balloonists, current and ex, how their donations have help save some amazing artefacts.
Press Release 4th January 2010
The UK Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race Committee is proud to announce that Bristol has been selected for the start of the race in September 2010 from a short list of four.
The Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett is the oldest aeronautical event in the world, first held in Paris in 1906. Traditional gas balloons make flights lasting several days and the rules are simple - the balloon landing furthest from the take-off site is the winner.
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