Height, depth and spaceWorld record
Highest hot-air balloon flight
Record
21.291 km
13.230 mi
- Holder
- Vijaypat Singhania
- Year
- Standing since
- 2005 (21 years)
What to remember
Taking off from Mumbai on 26 November 2005, Vijaypat Singhania flew a hot-air balloon up to an altitude of 21.291 km. No hot-air balloon has flown higher.
Altitude records are kept by type of aircraft, and in the hot-air balloon category, Singhania's flight from Mumbai sits at the top.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Record d'altitude” (revision used 229680401). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Kropsoq, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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