World's biggest aircraft
The world's largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, is being tested at Cardington in Bedfordshire.
Bedford: World's largest aircraft launches fundraising campaign to get it off the ground
This is the largest aircraft in the world - the Airlander 10. It sits in one of the Cardington Hangars just South of Bedford.
It is 92 metres long - about the same size as a football pitch.
It can fly for weeks at a time and land almost anywhere flat - including ice, water and desert.
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The size of the Airlander 10.
Engineers are hoping to fly it for the first time in the UK early next year, but to get it off the ground they are offering members of the public the chance to help fund it.
The group is hoping to raise £2million to make the Airlander project a reality.
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