{"id":5945,"date":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/konyukhov.dev2.binn-team.ru\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:53:19","slug":"balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/figure>\n

24 hours ago at around 01:00 UTC 21st Fedor flew into very severe thunderstorm activity.\u00a0 He was at around 8,500 metres with the tops well above him and unreachable at night on the burners.\u00a0 Fedor had made the decision to cross the low pressure system on the best forecasting available so the intensity of the activity was an unwelcome surprise.\u00a0 Surrounded by nonstop electrical activity and towering cumulonimbus clouds with 60 to 90 knot (ref windyty.com) sea surface winds over the southern ocean is not a balloonist\u2019s preferred position.\u00a0 We discussed the situation with the very helpful staff at the Australian Maritime Safety Authority as Fedor tracked through the conditions.\u00a0 The tension at the control room was extreme – and we had our feet safely on the ground!<\/p>\n

A combination of factors has meant Fedor has had no gondola heat for the last day and a half. All his water is frozen and needs to be thawed by using the main burner.\u00a0 Adequate hydration is essential for many reasons including avoiding frost bite.\u00a0 Some equipment particularly with touchscreens has failed in the extreme cold.<\/p>\n

As I write this Fedor\u2019s balloon is doing exactly as predicted by David Dehenauw and after reaching 60 degrees south is now heading for Western Australia at 220kph.\u00a0 It is no time to relax as a frontal system still needs to be crossed although the weather should be well below his level.\u00a0 We are currently working with Air Traffic Control in Melbourne because, as remote as he is a Qantas jet will fly nearby in a few hours.\u00a0 The support and flexibility of Air Traffic Controllers through the entire flight has been really appreciated.<\/p>\n

On approaching the coast, hopefully in the early hours of Saturday the plan is to descend to get out of the flow that otherwise would miss Australia to the south.\u00a0 The balloon should then track inland passing the take off longitude and possibly setting a new around the world by balloon speed record.\u00a0 In the control room this is the first time we have considered the record. Just achieving a safe outcome has been the focus.<\/p>\n

Excitement is rising.<\/p>\n

John Wallington<\/p>\n

Flight coordinator. Northam, Western Australia.<\/p>\n

You can follow the balloon\u2019s path here: https:\/\/my.yb.tl\/RRTW2016<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also view the route map at www.iridium360.ru<\/a><\/p>\n

The official website for the project \u201cAround the world in a Roziere balloon \u201cMorton\u201d can be found at a flyfedor.ru<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

24 hours ago at around 01:00 UTC 21st Fedor flew into very severe thunderstorm activity.\u00a0 He was at around 8,500 metres with the tops well above him and unreachable at night on the burners.\u00a0 Fedor had made the decision to cross the low pressure system on the best forecasting available so the intensity of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBalloon MORTON on its way to Australia - Fedor Konyukhov<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia - Fedor Konyukhov\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"24 hours ago at around 01:00 UTC 21st Fedor flew into very severe thunderstorm activity.\u00a0 He was at around 8,500 metres with the tops well above him and unreachable at night on the burners.\u00a0 Fedor had made the decision to cross the low pressure system on the best forecasting available so the intensity of the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fedor Konyukhov\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-22T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-17T08:53:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/01e97df4c5067976c6618bb01c94b046\"},\"headline\":\"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-22T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-17T08:53:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":414,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/270A5158_6.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"\u0411\u0435\u0437 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0438\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia - Fedor Konyukhov\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/270A5158_6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-22T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-17T08:53:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/01e97df4c5067976c6618bb01c94b046\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/270A5158_6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/270A5158_6.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"270A5158_6\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/270A5158_6.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fedor Konyukhov\",\"description\":\"Site Description\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/01e97df4c5067976c6618bb01c94b046\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/272ba4a03e302e77386b44fa8b1bb8bc0eda4eb2f016070d54fae03ab90797a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/272ba4a03e302e77386b44fa8b1bb8bc0eda4eb2f016070d54fae03ab90797a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/272ba4a03e302e77386b44fa8b1bb8bc0eda4eb2f016070d54fae03ab90797a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/konyukhov.ru\\\/en\\\/team\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia - Fedor Konyukhov","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia - Fedor Konyukhov","og_description":"24 hours ago at around 01:00 UTC 21st Fedor flew into very severe thunderstorm activity.\u00a0 He was at around 8,500 metres with the tops well above him and unreachable at night on the burners.\u00a0 Fedor had made the decision to cross the low pressure system on the best forecasting available so the intensity of the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/","og_site_name":"Fedor Konyukhov","article_published_time":"2016-07-22T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-17T08:53:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"http:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/01e97df4c5067976c6618bb01c94b046"},"headline":"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia","datePublished":"2016-07-22T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-17T08:53:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/"},"wordCount":414,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg","articleSection":["\u0411\u0435\u0437 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0438"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/","url":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/","name":"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia - Fedor Konyukhov","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg","datePublished":"2016-07-22T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-17T08:53:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/01e97df4c5067976c6618bb01c94b046"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/balloon-morton-on-its-way-to-australia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"270A5158_6","item":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Balloon MORTON on its way to Australia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/","name":"Fedor Konyukhov","description":"Site Description","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/01e97df4c5067976c6618bb01c94b046","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/272ba4a03e302e77386b44fa8b1bb8bc0eda4eb2f016070d54fae03ab90797a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/272ba4a03e302e77386b44fa8b1bb8bc0eda4eb2f016070d54fae03ab90797a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/272ba4a03e302e77386b44fa8b1bb8bc0eda4eb2f016070d54fae03ab90797a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/team\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/270A5158_6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paiQOy-1xT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=5945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14394,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945\/revisions\/14394\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=5945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=5945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=5945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}