Long distance hot air balloon “PhosAgro” record flight

Fedor Konyukhov and Ivan Menyaylo have successfully landed their hot-air balloon ‘PhosAgro’ in the village of Khatanga, in the eastern part of the Taymyr Peninsula, setting a world record for the longest nonstop flight. During the expedition, the pilots covered a distance of 2,540 km, surpassing the previous world record, set in 1994 by Michio […]

Kirovsk (Murmansk region) – The legendary traveller Fedor Konyukhov and the President of the Russian Ballooning Federation, Ivan Menyaylo, have begun their transcontinental flight on AX-12 hot-air balloon “PhosAgro”. The historic expedition was launched on 24 March at 5:15 a.m. from a site near Kirovsk, in the Murmansk region. In order to set two world […]

24 March 2023. Fedor Konyukhov and Ivan Menyalo took off for double record (distance and duration) attempt in AX 12 build by Rusbal. the current distance record of 2,360 km, which was set in 1997 by the Japanese pilot Michio Kanda, flying over Australia; the current flight duration record of 55 hours, which was set […]

PhosAgro will act as the general partner for an upcoming record flight in AX-12 hot-air balloon – by the renowned traveller Fedor Konyukhov and Ivan Menyalo, President of the Russian Ballooning Federation, together they will challenge two world records at once: the current distance record of 2,360 km, which was set in 1997 by the […]