Russian hot-air balloon adventurer Fedor Konyukhov launches solo flight

The adventurer at the helm of this flight is 65-year-old Russian Fedor Konyukhov, who is hoping to beat Steve Fossett's record of 13 days. If everything goes according to plan, he'll be flying at an altitude of between 5-thousand and 8-thousand metres and will face temperatures of minus 40 degrees celsius.
Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby reports.
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[@e0o9kii]

God Bless him.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day,
He's aloft...!
Currently somewhere between the Launch-Spot & the Western Australian - South Australian Border, so he's over the Nullarbor Plain, at the moment, racing the Emus...
;-p
Ciao !

[@Janihavik]

Good Luck to Fedor!