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Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:21 am
by Whiskey 7
Anyone else following this record attempt by balloonist and Russian Fedor Konyukohv?
PERTH, AUSTRALIA—A Russian balloonist launched his helium balloon from an Australian Outback town on Tuesday in a bid to set a record for flying around the world non-stop.
Fedor Konyukhov launched his 52-metre-tall balloon from the same field outside Northam in Western Australia state where American adventurer Steve Fossett started his circumnavigation of the globe in 2002.
He's not appearing on the regular flightradar24 site at this time -
https://www.flightradar24.com/RA2900G/a4f0884
His call-sign/designation is RA29000G as far as I know
Try this link
https://my.yb.tl/RRTW2016/map-only/ 
via satellite apparently
Clicky
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:25 am
by losCHUNK
With or without a balloon, this man will make it
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Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:38 pm
by losCHUNK
Day 1 and he's made it to south Australia
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:41 pm
by Whiskey 7
Whiskey 7 wrote: His call-sign/designation is RA29000G as far as I know
Correction: The designation is
RA2900G
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Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:50 pm
by losCHUNK
He's gonna need to start pegging it if he wants to make 12 days.
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:36 pm
by Whiskey 7
losCHUNK wrote:He's gonna need to start pegging it if he wants to make 12 days.
Agreed but I am of the thinking he'd be going faster over water(?) so we will wait and sea (pun intended)
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:20 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
he's heading straight towards Packsaddle!
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Ballooist - World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:44 am
by Whiskey 7
Memphis wrote:Whiskey 7 wrote:Ballooist
I see now & fixed
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:13 am
by scared?
He's dead...
...
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:16 am
by losCHUNK
He's in South Wales !
*runs outside*
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:15 am
by Whiskey 7
He might get close to Sydney yet.
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 6:46 am
by Whiskey 7
I was wondering where he is...
from his site -
http://flyfedor.ru/en/
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:22 am
by losCHUNK
Now he's tanking it !
G'wan beardy man
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:45 pm
by Tsakali
at first I thought this kind of balloonist
Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:44 pm
by Captain
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Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:47 pm
by Whiskey 7
I was wondering where he is today.
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Source -
http://flyfedor.ru/en/
Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:56 pm
by obsidian
If he's sticking to larger values of latitude as he is according to the map, would his circumvention of the planet not be significantly shorter than the actual diameter of the Earth?
Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:59 pm
by Captain
Yeah but he probably didn't want to get shot down by Israel.
Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:44 am
by losCHUNK
obsidian wrote:If he's sticking to larger values of latitude as he is according to the map, would his circumvention of the planet not be significantly shorter than the actual diameter of the Earth?
I did wonder why he didn't just walk in a circle around the south pole.
Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:08 am
by Captain
ey you can havein a t rip round my south-pole
:nangin;
Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:51 am
by Whiskey 7
He's over the Atlantic already
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Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:03 am
by Whiskey 7
He's flying now!
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Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:17 pm
by Whiskey 7
Gone a little south
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Re: Fedor Konyukohv - Balloonist - World circumnavigation attemp
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:07 pm
by Whiskey 7
Re: Fedor Konyukohv -Balloonist -World circumnavigation attempt
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:50 am
by Whiskey 7
Done and dusted - New record.
Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has broken the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth in a hot air balloon in just over 11 days.
Source
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