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th Fedor Konyukhov’s voyage began at sunrise on Tuesday 12 The biggest challenge for Fedor was certainly the weather, th July at 7.33 am (Monday 11 at 23.33 UTC) and he crossed but by flying at different heights he managed to fly around rd Gas Cell the meridian of his take-off on Saturday 23 at 05.05 UTC, Average Volume these huge thunderstorms and low pressure areas. beating the record set by Steve Fossett in 2002. Speed 550,000 cu. ft 80kts / There was a great deal of advice supplied from It was an incredibly nail-biting journey, 92mph Standing his back-up team in Northam, Bristol and Fedor avoided storm clouds over Chile, at Belguim, but Fedor, as described by his 56 meters Average Altitude dealt with snow and ice build-up on the in height! Project Managing son, Oscar, is a tough and gondola, and survived 23,000 ft amsl / individual and he carefully calculated his 7,000m amsl temperatures of minus 50 Celsius. Even route to survive but also to maintain speed and Fedor’s oxygen masks froze as he inhaled beat the record. so he had to keep one inside his clothing 35 x 205L to thaw it out while breathing Duplex S/S Cylinder through the other. As he left the African coast a low pressure system carried Andy Skirrow, RTW2016 Team the balloon south by Electronics wizard approximately 65 degrees Oscar Konyukhov taking Fedor towards Project & Flight Director Antarctica! (Fedor’s Son)

Fedor crossed the Australian coast on Saturday morning and flew within sight of his take-off point in Northam near Perth. On the evening of Saturday 23rd July (Western Australia time) Fedor landed, only 194 km from his take-off site 11 days earlier. This is just incredible! A wonderful end to a great aeronautical adventure.

Pete Johnson, Fedor‘s home from home RTW2016 Team Fuel Weight Burner Guru at Take-off Did you 3,675kg! know... All three of these Gondola World Record-Breaking 2.2 tall, Fedor Konyukhov, balloons have been made 1.6m wide & Congratulations to Fedor and to all who played a part in making this incredible journey happen. in the Cameron Balloons 2.1 long the Russian adventurer flying Factory, in Bedminster, Thank you to all those who tweeted, facebooked, took photo’s and blogged Fedor’s record-breaking a Cameron Balloons Ltd, Bristol! news - we are all very proud to be an integral part of aviation history. Bristol-made Roziere balloon ‘Dr’ Dave Boxall, succeeded in flying Teams Year Time RTW Distance Flight Duration RTW2016 Team Tech around the world, taking & all round clever bloke! Piccard & Jones 2000 15d 10h 24m 40,814km 19d 21h 47m cold testing samples the record maintained by Steve Fossett 2002 13d 12h 10m 33,195km 14d 19h 50m back last autumn. the FAI for the shortest Fedor Konyukhov 2016 11d 5h 32m 33,521km 11d 8h 42m

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