A special report 20.03.2002 (2002)

The program title is "Aeronauts".

A report from the winter hot air balloon survival race for the "Shipbuilding Bank" Cup.

Video: Nizhny Novgorod Region, 2 km from the village of Ishotino, 5 a.m.

Men are checking the equipment of a hot air balloon.

A man is talking on the radio.

A man is checking the weather recorder.

Men are loading cylinders with liquid propane into the basket of a hot air balloon.

The burners of the hot air balloon are working, close-up.

The basket with a column of burning gas from the burners is standing on the snow.

The basket of the hot air balloon with the inscription "No. 2 Bakanov".

A man ignites the gas in the burner of the balloon.

A man turns the valve on the gas cylinder.

Mavrin Lev - the pilot of the hot air balloon talks about the price of a gas cylinder.

A column of flame of burning gas from the burners, people near the basket of the balloon.

Mavrin Lev and Tyukhtyaev Leonid - the pilots of the hot air balloons talk about the products taken on the flight.

Tyukhtyaev Leonid - a hot air balloon pilot talks about the actions of the pilots during the balloon flight.

People near the balloon basket on the snow, flames from the burners.

Bazhenov Sergey - a hot air balloon pilot says that he will answer questions later.

Voynov Sergey - a hot air balloon pilot says that the start of the competition has been postponed due to snowfall.

The balloon envelope is on the ground.

Voynov Sergey - a hot air balloon pilot says that the snow is not dangerous for the balloon envelope and the flight will take place.

The pilots fill the balloon envelope with hot air from the burners.

Three balloon envelopes rise above the field.

A man holds a rope coming from the balloon.

The balloon rises above the ground, the pilot in the basket waves his hand.

Two pilots in the balloon basket rise above the ground, the inscription on the basket "No. 3 Voynov".

View from the balloon basket on the balloons.

Kosulnikov Alexey - a correspondent says that the balloon took off from the ground and headed northeast.

Four hot air balloons take off from the ground and rise upward.

The pilot is in the basket of the hot air balloon.

In the sky, a hot air balloon with the inscription "Shipbuilding".

A hot air balloon flies over village houses, view from the ground.

View from the basket of the balloon of the hot air balloons.

The pilot in the basket of the taking off balloon waves his hand.

The pilot in the basket shows a map of the area and adds a flame to the burner.

View of the ground, cars and people from the basket of the balloon.

Balloons over a winter field and forest.

View of a hot air balloon flying over village houses.

Zoom zoom in on a hot air balloon flying over buildings.

Caption: 15 km from the Start.

Tyukhtyaev Leonid - the pilot of the hot air balloon looks at the instruments, talks about the flight speed.

View of the hot air balloon flying over the forest.

The dome of the balloon and burning burners.

Caption: Voynov Sergey, 33, military pilot from Nizhny Novgorod, bronze medalist of the Russian championship, master of sports.

Sergey Voynov talks about searching for wind, speed, looks at the map and instruments in the balloon basket.

View of the road at the level of the wheels of a car.

The radio is on the dashboard in the car, negotiations can be heard.

A man is driving in the car cabin, a man in the passenger seat is talking on the radio.

Caption: Anton is a crew support group.

Anton talks about the work of the support crew going under the balloon.

View of the winter road from the car window, a hot air balloon is visible on the horizon.

On the side of the road, the driver wipes the car window from dirt.

Kuprin Alexander talks about the leader of the race, Leonid Tyukhtyaev.

Caption: Leonid Tyukhtyaev, 45, banker, children's writer, participant in the Baltic Cup, festivals in England and France, prize winner of the 1997 Russian Championship, Russian record holder for flight duration.

The correspondent calls pilot Tyukhtyaev on the radio.

Caption 31 km from the start.

Tyukhtyaev Leonid - the pilot of the hot air balloon speaks about and shows things in the basket of the hot air balloon: a map, gas cylinders, a fire extinguisher.

Two hot air balloons in the sky.

View from the basket of the balloon of the tree crowns.

The pilot of the balloon controls the balloon during landing.

View of the hot air balloon flying over the houses of the village.

The basket of the hot air balloon with the inscription "1 Bazhenov".

The burner flame is directed at the dome of the balloon.

Propane cylinders are on the ground.

Men in the car accompanying the balloon talk on the radio with the pilot of the balloon.

The balloon flies over the roofs of wooden houses.

The balloon flies low over a field, the pilot drops four empty cylinders to the ground.

View from a moving car of the balloon flying over the road.

Caption: Bazhenov Sergey, 36, design engineer, master of sports, silver medalist of the 2001 Russian Championship, is preparing to represent Russia at the World Championship in August 20020. The basket of a hot air balloon with the inscription "1 Bazhenov".

Bazhenov Sergey talks on the radio about his preparations for the World Hot Air Balloon Championship.

Kosulnikov Alexey - correspondent talks on the radio with pilot Bazhenov Sergey.

The basket of a hot air balloon.

The balloon flies over the river.

The basket of a hot air balloon with the inscription "1 Bazhenov".

The balloon with the inscription "Economy and Life" flies over a snow-covered field.

The pilot adds gas to the burners of the hot air balloon.

In the escort car, Alexey says that the balloons are practically in the clouds.

The balloon flies in a foggy sky.

Flame in the burners of the balloon.

Caption: 43 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Voynov.

Voynov Sergey talks about the clouds in which the balloon flies.

The correspondent calls pilot Bakanov Mikhail on the radio.

The basket of pilot Bakanov Mikhail is fully loaded with propane tanks.

Hot air balloon basket with the inscription "No. 2 Bakanov", the pilot in the basket.

Caption: Bakanov Mikhail, 39, aircraft designer from Moscow, participant in all Russian championships since 1996, represented Russian Aeronautics at the World Championships in Luxembourg in 2000. The balloon flies over the forest.

A hand holds a radio against the background of a map of the area.

Caption: 51 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Tyukhtyaev.

View of the Volga River from the basket of the hot air balloon.

The men in the balloon escort car look at the map and talk about the balloon's flight over the Volga and the forest.

A member of the film crew in the escort car calls pilot Voynov Sergey and correspondent Kosulnikov Alexey on the radio.

View from the basket of the hot air balloon of the courtyards in the village.

Pilot Voynov Sergey speaks on the radio, discusses the landing site with correspondent Kosulnikov Alexey.

Pilot Voynov makes a hard landing of the hot air balloon, the cabin hits the ground, the image shakes, the balloon's shell falls off and lands on the ground.

Caption: Video diary, crew 5, 63 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Tyukhtyaev.

Pilot Tyukhtyaev Leonid eats an apple in the balloon's basket.

The Oka car drives away from the territory of a gas station with the inscription "Volga".

Kuprin Alexander - correspondent and Alexey from the support group of crew #5 talk about the pilots' decision not to fly over the Volga River.

View of the road at the level of the wheels of a passenger car.

The car drives along the bridge over the Volga River.

The hot air balloon flies in the sky, in the foreground there is a pole with wires.

The burners are working, sending flames into the dome of the balloon.

The support members read the map, choose a route.

The hot air balloon flies over a field.

A member of the film crew in the escort car calls the pilots of all the balloons on the radio and says that pilots Tyukhtyaev, Bazhenov, Bakhanov have set new flight duration records.

The balloon flies over the hangar.

The balloon flies over the birch trees.

Caption: Crew 2, 322 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Bakanov.

The burners are working, sending flames into the dome of the balloon.

Pilot Bakanov lands the balloon on a clearing, tree branches, the image shakes, the shell of the balloon falls, lies on the ground.

Caption: Video diary, crew 5, 296 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Tyukhtyaev.

Pilot Leonid Tyukhtyaev talks about a competing balloon in the air and the upcoming landing.

View of a snow-covered forest and a field under the basket of the balloon.

The woman behind the wheel of the car says that the road has become bad.

Shooting Range: Crew support group #5. A hot air balloon flies over the road.

View through the car windows of the road and the hot air balloon.

A sound engineer with a microphone helps push out a car that has skidded on the ice.

The pilot says on the radio that he has some gas left, but he needs to set down, the sun is setting.

The hot air balloon flies in the fog.

The hot air balloon basket has the inscription "1 Bazhenov".

Bazhenov Sergey says on the radio that he is preparing for landing.

The hot air balloon basket slowly lands on the ground.

View of the hot air balloon flying over the houses of the village.

People go to a snow-covered field to meet the landing hot air balloon.

Caption: Video diary, crew 5, 340 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Tyukhtyaev.

Pilot Leonid Tyukhtyaev comments on the landing of the balloon.

The hot air balloon disappears behind a building during landing.

Caption: Video diary, crew 5, 340.4 km from the start.

Caption: Pilot Tyukhtyaev.

A woman walks along the road and waves.

The film crew and schoolchildren greet the balloonist Leonid Tyukhtyaev.

A child near the balloon basket.

Leonid Tyukhtyaev says the balloon landing time is 17:38, schoolchildren are standing nearby.

Caption: Pilot Tyukhtyaev.

Caption: Russian record for flight duration is 10 hours 57 minutes.

Presentation of the cup to Leonid Tyukhtyaev.

The wife of pilot Tyukhtyaev wipes away tears while holding a meteorological recorder.

Caption: Pilot Bazhenov.

Caption: Russian record for flight range is 345 km, 200 m.

Presentation of the cup to Sergei Bazhenov.

Villagers are standing near the balloon basket.

Pilots Leonid Tyukhtyaev and Sergei Bazhenov.

Villagers are helping to transport the balloon basket on a sled.