A hot air balloon carrying traveler Fyodor Konyukhov and president of the Russian Ballooning Federation Ivan Menyaylo takes off at the start of their transcontinental flight to Krasnoyarsk region in Kirovsk, Murmansk region, Russia. Konyukhov and Menyaylo plan to set two world records at once - in flight distance and duration, and to stay in the air without landing for more than 60 hours, covering a distance of up to 2,500 kilometers. Especially for this expedition, a thermal balloon "PhosAgro" with a shell volume of 12,000 square meters was made in Russia - the largest balloon created in the entire history of Russian aeronautics.
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure
- Location: Kirovsk, Murmansk region, Russia
- Event date: 24.03.2023
- Date published: 24.03.2023
- Author: Alexander Galperin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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- Job-ID: c88d1642a9ba2314