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<strong>№40</strong>, July 2017<br />

The record of a Ukrainian equilibristics athlete:<br />

on a rope between balloons<br />

For the first time in the history of Ukraine it was possible to launch two air balloons connected by a strained rope, and<br />

a highliner used it to break the record.<br />

The brave record breaker is the well-known Ukrainian equilibristics athlete Stanislav Paniuta. According to UNN, the<br />

record was set at an altitude of 660 meters.<br />

«For the first time in the history of Ukraine it was possible to launch two air balloons connected by a strained rope,<br />

and a highliner used it to break the record. The record was fixed by the National Register of Records of Ukraine at an<br />

altitude of 660 meters,» the organizers say. The record was taken by the team of the Mongolfier Aeronautics Society and<br />

Lucid dreams project, and the authors of the record were experienced pilots Serhii Skalko, Yurii Beidyk and a highliner<br />

Stanislav Paniuta also known for his other achievements. For example, in 2016 he set the record for Ukraine, when he<br />

walked along a tight rope between two 17-storey buildings (at an altitude of 70 meters).<br />

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