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Hot air balloons make Channel record bid

Hot Air Balloon: Hot Air Balloons attempt largest ever English Channel crossing
A hot air balloon takes off from Lydden Hill race circuit near Canterbury as part of a mass crossing of the Channel Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Hot Air Balloon: Hot Air Balloons attempt largest ever English Channel crossing
Hot air balloons are readied for departure Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Hot Air Balloon: Hot Air Balloons attempt largest ever English Channel crossing
The crossing from Canterbury in Kent to France was expected to take about four hours Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Hot Air Balloon: Hot Air Balloons attempt largest ever English Channel crossing
A balloonist gets ready for departure. Those taking part had been on standby for weeks waiting for the right weather conditions for the record attempt Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Hot Air Balloon: Hot Air Balloons attempt largest ever English Channel crossing
Balloonists travelled from Italy and Germany for the challenge Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Hot Air Balloon: Hot Air Balloons attempt largest ever English Channel crossing
Hot air balloons rise into the air over Kent. The record attempt organiser, Ian Sharpe, said: 'What would be perfect is if everyone landed within a few miles of each other at Calais but the truth is we don't know exactly where we are going to land.' Photograph: Gareth Fuller/EPA
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