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Andrei Kulkov with his new friend

Andrei Kulkov with his new friend Source: Photographs courtesy of: Ruslan Pranitskiy, Graeme McConnell

Interview with Russian team participated in the Australian National Ballooning Championship 2017: Andrei Kulkov, Russian Hot Air Ballooning Champion in 2011&2015, and flight navigator Ruslan Pranitskiy.


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Interview with Russian team participated in the Australian National Ballooning Championship 2017: Andrei Kulkov, Russian Hot Air Ballooning Champion in 2011&2015, and flight navigator Ruslan Pranitskiy.


Australian National Ballooning Championship 2017 at Northam WA which is considered one of Australia's premier hot air ballooning destinations and has hit both national & international headlines recently as the departure point for the Russian pilot Fedor Konyukhov's record breaking solo round-the-world balloon flight, and the previous epic flights by American pilot Steve Fossett.

Australian National Ballooning Championship 2017
Source: Ruslan Pranitskiy
Andrei Kulkov, Russian Hot Air Ballooning Champion in 2011&2015, and flight navigator Ruslan Pranitskiy.
Source: Graeme McConnell

Andrei Kulkov, Russian Hot Air Ballooning Champion in 2011&2015, and flight navigator Ruslan Pranitskiy.
Source: Graeme McConnell

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