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These are the records set for going the highest in the atmosphere from the age of
ballooning onward. Some records are certified by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Airplanes
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"|-! rowspan=2|Year! rowspan=2 width="110px"|Date! colspan=2|Altitude! rowspan=2 width="135px"|Person! rowspan=2|Aircraft! rowspan=2|Power! rowspan=2|Notes|-!imperial!metric|-| 1903 ||
December 17,
1903| align="center"|1 [Metre| Wilbur Wright ] || propeller || Record uncertified. The Wrights made several more flights, with increasing altitude, in 1904 and 1905, none of which was witnessed by an official body.|-| 1906 ||
October 23, 1906 || [14-bis ],
1906 || [14-bis ],
1908 || Biplane || propeller || at Auovors|-| 1909 || July 1909| align="center"|492 ft || align="center"|150 m| [Louis Paulhan ] || propeller|| Douai Air Show|-| 1909 ||| align="center"|3,018 ft || align="center"|920 m| Louis Paulhan || Farman || propeller|| Lyon|-| 1910 ||
January 9, 1910],
1910 || [Wright biplane ]; 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.], 1910 || [Wright biplane ] race track in Elmont, New York ],
1962 || [North American X-15 || rocket plane |||-| 1963 ||
19 July,
1963 || [North American X-15 || rocket plane |||-| 1963 || 22 August, 1963 || [North American X-15 || rocket plane |||-| 2004 || 4 October,
2004 || [Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne || rocket plane |||}
All balloons
- 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 (balloonist) and Spencer Rush in a free balloon.
- 1862 — 5 September, 1862 — 11.887 km — Coxwell and English physicist James 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 Lt. Comdr. T. G. W. Settle (USN) and Maj Chester L. Fordney (USMC) 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, 614 mph (982 km/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 (Prather drowned during recovery).
Hot air balloons
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"|-! rowspan=2|Year! rowspan=2 width="110px"|Date! colspan=2|Altitude! rowspan=2 width="150px"|Person! rowspan=2|Aircraft! rowspan=2|Notes|-!imperial!metric|-| 2004 ||
December 13,
2004 || Boland Rover A-2 || [Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record for hot air balloon as of 2007, [1783 || [Montgolfier || tethered balloon|}
Gliders
The highest altitude obtained in an unpowered aeroplane is 50,699 feet (15,453 m) on 30th August 2006 by Steve Fossett (pilot) and
Einar Enevoldson (co-pilot) in their high performance research glider, breaking the previous record by 1,662 ft (507m). This record was set as part of the Perlan Project. The previous record was 49,009 feet (14,938 metres) on February 17, 1986 by Robert Harris in lee waves over
California City, USA.
See also
References
These are the records set for going the highest in the atmosphere from the age of
ballooning onward. Some records are certified by
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Airplanes
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"|-! rowspan=2|Year! rowspan=2 width="110px"|Date! colspan=2|Altitude! rowspan=2 width="135px"|Person! rowspan=2|Aircraft! rowspan=2|Power! rowspan=2|Notes|-!imperial!metric|-| 1903 ||
December 17, 1903| align="center"|1 [Metre| Wilbur Wright ] || propeller || Record uncertified. The Wrights made several more flights, with increasing altitude, in 1904 and 1905, none of which was witnessed by an official body.|-| 1906 ||
October 23, 1906 || [14-bis ],
1906 || [14-bis ],
1908 || Biplane || propeller || at Auovors|-| 1909 || July 1909| align="center"|492 ft || align="center"|150 m| [Louis Paulhan ] || propeller|| Douai Air Show|-| 1909 ||| align="center"|3,018 ft || align="center"|920 m| Louis Paulhan || Farman || propeller|| Lyon|-| 1910 ||
January 9, 1910], 1910 || [Wright biplane ]; 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.], 1910 || [Wright biplane ] race track in
Elmont, New York ],
1962 || [North American X-15 || rocket plane |||-| 1963 || 19 July, 1963 || [North American X-15 || rocket plane |||-| 1963 || 22 August,
1963 || [North American X-15 || rocket plane |||-| 2004 ||
4 October,
2004 || [Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne || rocket plane |||}
All balloons
- 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 (balloonist) and Spencer Rush in a free balloon.
- 1862 — 5 September, 1862 — 11.887 km — Coxwell and English physicist James 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 Lt. Comdr. T. G. W. Settle (USN) and Maj Chester L. Fordney (USMC) 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, 614 mph (982 km/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 (Prather drowned during recovery).
Hot air balloons
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"|-! rowspan=2|Year! rowspan=2 width="110px"|Date! colspan=2|Altitude! rowspan=2 width="150px"|Person! rowspan=2|Aircraft! rowspan=2|Notes|-!imperial!metric|-| 2004 || December 13, 2004 || Boland Rover A-2 || [Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record for hot air balloon
as of 2007, [1783 || [Montgolfier || tethered balloon|}
Gliders
The highest altitude obtained in an unpowered aeroplane is 50,699 feet (15,453 m) on 30th August 2006 by
Steve Fossett (pilot) and
Einar Enevoldson (co-pilot) in their high performance research glider, breaking the previous record by 1,662 ft (507m). This record was set as part of the Perlan Project. The previous record was 49,009 feet (14,938 metres) on February 17, 1986 by Robert Harris in lee waves over California City, USA.
See also
- Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
References
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