Maykop club “Extreme” owns the biggest balloon in Russia. Its volume is 4360 cubic meters. Its carrying capacity is about a ton. In the autumn of this year the aeronauts of Adygeya capital are going to beat a world record of height of flight which made 12300 meters. 

For now on April, 26 in a suburb of Maykop a trial rise of the thermal balloon had been carried out. It lasted about 2,5 hours, 9 person participated in flight. The chief of the club Igor Kiseliov controlled the flight. He had purchased the balloon with money saved for a car. 

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