Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov and president of the Russian Ballooning Federation Ivan Menyaylo are seen next to a hot air balloon 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
- Media: JPEG, 5435x3623px, 12.9Mb
- Job-ID: 77010074c7e318d