Jared Moya
August 18th, 2006, 03:44 PM
A Russian aeronaut set a new world record Thursday as he lifted his airship to an altitude of over 8,000 meters. The previous record of 7,300 meters was established by German pilots who manned the Zeppelin airship in the early 20th century, Russian NTV television network reported.
After the landing the flight recorder installed on board of the Russian airship was sent to the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI) for the deciphering and official registration of the new record.
Initially, the team had planned to lift the airship to the height of 9 kilometers but those plans failed as the airship did not have enough fuel to reach the target.
The airship that was given the name of Polar Goose is an experimental hot air dirigible. The Thursday flight was carried out as part of a joint project by the Russian Air Force, the Russian Space Agency, ROSTO (Russia’s defense and sports organization) and the Aeronautical Federation of Russia.
The project’s objective is to build a system for launching light spacecraft from dirigibles. The new world record was set by aeronaut Stanislav Fyodorov.
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After the landing the flight recorder installed on board of the Russian airship was sent to the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI) for the deciphering and official registration of the new record.
Initially, the team had planned to lift the airship to the height of 9 kilometers but those plans failed as the airship did not have enough fuel to reach the target.
The airship that was given the name of Polar Goose is an experimental hot air dirigible. The Thursday flight was carried out as part of a joint project by the Russian Air Force, the Russian Space Agency, ROSTO (Russia’s defense and sports organization) and the Aeronautical Federation of Russia.
The project’s objective is to build a system for launching light spacecraft from dirigibles. The new world record was set by aeronaut Stanislav Fyodorov.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/08/18/airship.shtml
http://www.mosnews.com/files/16803/dir.jpg