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RYBINSK, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 7, 2017: A hot air balloon (black) launched by Russian adventurer Fyodor Konyukhov his co-pilot Ivan Menyailo from Rybinsk Yuzhny Airfield. Konyukhov and Menyailo challenge the hot air balloon flight duration record. The current record of 50 hours and 38 minutes was set by Japanese Michio Kanda in 1997. Vladimir Smirnov/TASS (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov\TASS via Getty Images)

RYBINSK, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 7, 2017: A hot air balloon (black) launched by Russian adventurer Fyodor Konyukhov his co-pilot Ivan Menyailo from Rybinsk Yuzhny Airfield. Konyukhov and Menyailo challenge the hot air balloon flight duration record. The current record of 50 hours and 38 minutes was set by Japanese Michio Kanda in 1997. Vladimir Smirnov/TASS (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov\TASS via Getty Images)