(1) A world record attempt! (2) 64-year-old Fedor Konyukhov set off to try and fly around the world solo in this hot-air balloon. (3) Yesterday the Russian Orthodox priest (LEAVE) ________ from Australia where his family were there to wish (HE) ________ well.
(4) "It was his dream from his youth. (5) And he always told me that one of his (BIG) ________ dreams was to go up in a balloon, so it's the main dream of him."
(6) It's not the (ONE) ________ risky adventure he (ATTEMPT) ________. (7) He previously climbed Mount Everest and rowed 16,000 kilometres across the Pacific Ocean.
(8) But to beat this record, he'd have to do it in (LITTLE) ________ than 13 and a half days, something American Steve Fossett (DO) ________ in 2002.
(9) (ATTEMPT) ________ to fly the world solo has been a childhood dream of Fedor's.
(10) He'll have to wait and see whether it (LIVE) ________ up to his expectations.