WHAT’S THE HIGHEST A HOTAIR BALLOON HAS FLOWN?

Tyler Holmes

The record for a hot-air balloon is 21,027 metres. This was set in Bombay in 2005 by Indian businessman Vijaypat Singhania, who was 67 years old at the time, in a Cameron Z-type balloon. In 1960, US Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger reached a height of 31,090 metres, but that was in a helium balloon.