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Sped127: The Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
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Sped127: The museum building is very cool
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Sped127: A globe outside shows scenes of ballooning
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Sped127: The other side of the globe.
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Sped127: Jill checking out an exhibit.
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Sped127: "The world changed forever"
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Sped127: The story of the first balloons
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Sped127: Suddenly, people could fly
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Sped127: Ballooning captured the public imagination
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Sped127: Jill in a gondola
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Sped127: Jill and I in a gondola
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Sped127: Military use of balloons started in the 18th C
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Sped127: Military ballooning memorabilia
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Sped127: Surprise attack during WWII
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Sped127: Japanese fugo balloon bombs
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Sped127: The map shows where the balloon bombs landed.
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Sped127: Japanese children made the balloon bombs
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Sped127: In May, 1945 the censorship was lifted
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Sped127: Only six Americans, five children, died from fugo attacks
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Sped127: The balloons were launched from Japan
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Sped127: Fugos also fell on western Canada
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Sped127: Eventually the fugo story got told
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Sped127: A display showing models of balloons
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Sped127: Chiquita Balloona
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Sped127: Ballooning Quilts 1
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Sped127: Ballooning Quilts 2
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Sped127: Ballooning Quilts 3
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Sped127: Ballooning Quilts 4
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Sped127: Ballooning Quilts 5
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Sped127: Ballooning Quilts 6