Russian traveler sets speed record in round-the-globe solo balloon voyage
Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov on the round-the-globe solo balloon voyage on Saturday (July 23) reached the meridian of west Australia’s Northam (116°39’58″E), from where he began the journey eleven days earlier. Thus, Fedor Konyukhov has set a speed record of a round-the-globe balloon voyage. Until now, there have been only two round-the-globe balloon flights. The first was in 1999, when Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland...
Russian globetrotter in home stretch of round-the-world solo balloon flight
The famed Russian traveler, Fedor Konyukhov is on the verge of finishing his round-the-world solo balloon flight and is rapidly approaching Australia, his voyage’s starting point. “According to our calculations, he is expected to reach Australia’s coastline at about 08:00 a.m. (03:00 a.m. Moscow time) on Saturday somewhere in the vicinity of Albany, Western Australia,” Anton Parfenov, a member of the flight support team...
Russian adventurer halfway on round-the-world balloon solo tour
On Tuesday (July 19) the famed Russian traveler, Fedor Konyukhov crossed South America on his solo balloon flight around the world. After flying over the continent he set off over the Atlantic Ocean’s airspace, his son Oskar told TASS over the phone. “Fedor is on the eighth day of his journey and has covered half the distance,” said Oskar, who heads the flight center. “In the past 24 hours, he completed a flight over...
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