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These are the records set for going the highest in the atmosphere from the age of ballooning onward. Records are certified by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
[edit] Airplanes
| Year |
Date |
Altitude |
Person |
Aircraft |
Power |
Reference |
| 1910 |
June 17, 1910 |
4,603 feet |
Walter Brookins |
Wright biplane |
propeller |
Washington Post; June 18, 1910; Indianapolis, Indiana, June 17, 1910. Walter Brookins, in a Wright biplane, broke the world's aeroplane record for altitude today, when he soared to a height of 4,603 feet, according to the measurement of the altimeter. His motor stopped as he was descending, and he made a glide of 2 miles, landing easily in a wheat field. |
| 1962 |
17 July 1962 |
95.94 km |
Robert Michael White |
X-15 |
rocket plane |
|
| 1963 |
19 July 1963 |
106.01 km |
Joseph Albert Walker |
X-15 |
rocket plane |
|
| 1963 |
22 August 1963 |
107.96 km |
Joseph Albert Walker |
X-15 |
rocket plane |
|
| 2004 |
4 October 2004 |
111.99 km |
Brian Binnie |
SpaceShipOne |
rocket plane |
|
[edit] All balloons
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- 1783 — August — 24 m Jean Francois Pilatre in a hot-air balloon.
- 1783 — 1 December 1783 — 610 m Professor Charles and assistant Robert in Charliere, his hydrogen-filled balloon.
- 1783 — 1 December 1783 — 2.7 km Professor Charles in Charliere, his hydrogen-filled balloon.
- 1784 — 4 km Pilâtre de Rozier and the chemist Proust in a Montgolfier.
- 1803 — 18 July, 1803 — 7.28 km Etienne Gaspar Robertson and Lhoest in a balloon.
- 1839 — 7.9 km Charles Green and Spencer Rush in a free balloon.
- 1862 — 5 September 1862 — 11.887 km — Coxwell and English physicist Glaisher in a balloon.
- 1927 — November 1927 — 13.222 km — Captain Hawthorne C. Gray of the US Army Air Corps. in a balloon.
- 1931 — 27 May 1931 — 15.787 km — Auguste Piccard & Paul Kipfer in a hydrogen balloon.
- 1932 — 16.2 km — Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns in a hydrogen balloon.
- 1933 30 September — 18.501 km USSR balloon.
- 1933 —20 November — 18.592 km Auguste and Jean Piccard in Century of Progress balloon.
- 1934 — 30 January — 21.946 km USSR balloon.
- 1935 — 10 November — 22.066 km Anderson and Stevens in Explorer II.
- 1960 — 16 August — Joseph Kittinger parachutes from Excelsior III over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,333 m). He sets unbeaten (as of 2005) world records for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without motorized assistance, 982 km/h (614 mi/h).
- 1961 — 4 May — 34.668 km; Victor Prather and Malcolm Ross (balloonist) of the US Navy in Strato-Lab V, a zero-pressure balloon.
[edit] Hot air balloons
[edit] See also
[edit] References
