School of Ballooning
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"Balloon School" redirects here. For the former school in Omaha, Nebraska, see Fort Omaha § Fort Omaha Balloon School.
The School of Ballooning was a training and test centre for British Army experiments with balloons and airships. It was established at Chatham in Kent in 1888. The School moved to Stanhope Lines, Aldershot in 1890 when a balloon section and depot were formed as permanent units of the Royal Engineers establishment. The School was sometimes known as the Balloon Factory.