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Misspelling of "Buoyant"

There is a spelling error of the word "Buoyant" in the Thermal Airship section. Maverick.fap (talk) 21:48, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 23:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2024

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There are several erroneous references to Jean-Pierre Blanchard on this page. Blanchard exclusively flew gas (hydrogen filled) balloons rather than hot air balloons. References to Blanchard on this page should be deleted. Danielnachbar (talk) 10:40, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Jeff in CA (talk) 20:51, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done M.Bitton (talk) 13:55, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Nott didn't hypothesise Nazca balloon, he was testing hypothesis of Jim Woodman

From Julian's website, he says he didn't see any evidence for a prehistoric balloon flight, but he was excited to discover that it was possible to fly in a balloon made with only the materials the Nazca had available at the time. 2A0A:EF40:D0F:3A01:11D3:306E:37F5:F167 (talk) 23:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Records

Altitude

On November 26, 2005 Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching 21,027 m (68,986 ft). He took off from downtown Mumbai, India, and landed 240 km (150 mi) south in Panchale.^[1]

The previous record of 19,811 m (64,997 ft) had been set by Per Lindstrand on June 6, 1988, in Plano, Texas.

Speed

On January 15, 1991, Per Lindstrand (born in Sweden, but resident in the UK) and Richard Branson of the UK flew 7,671.91 km (4,767.10 mi) from Japan to Northern Canada in the “Virgin Pacific Flyer”. With a volume of 74,000 cubic meters (2.6 million cubic feet), the balloon envelope was the largest ever built for a hot air craft. Designed to fly in the trans-oceanic jet streams, the Pacific Flyer recorded the fastest ground speed for a manned balloon at 394 km/h (245 mph).

Length

The longest duration record was set by Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard (Auguste Piccard's grandson) and Briton Brian Jones, flying in the Breitling Orbiter 3. It was the first nonstop trip around the world by balloon. The balloon left Château-d'Oex, Switzerland, on March 1, 1999, and landed at 1:02 a.m. on March 21 in the Egyptian desert 500 km (300 mi) south of Cairo. The two men exceeded distance, endurance, and time records, traveling 19 days, 21 hours, and 55 minutes.

Briefest trip around the world

Steve Fossett, flying solo, exceeded the record for briefest time traveling around the world on 3 July 2002 on his sixth attempt,^[2] in 320 h 33 min.^[3] Fedor Konyukhov flew solo round the world on his first attempt in a hybrid hot air/helium balloon from 11 to 23 July 2016^[4] for a round-the world time of 268 h 20 min.^[3] Brynn19 (talk) 07:25, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Dr. Vijaypat Singhania enters the Guinness World Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ Fedor Konyukhov (17 September 2016). "Experience: I flew solo around the world in a hot-air balloon". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2016. Article by Konyukhov describing the experience.
^ ^a ^b "Balloon World Records". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016. Steve Fossett and Fedor Konyukhov, both sub-class AM-15.
^ "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[1] "Dr. Vijaypat Singhania enters the Guinness World Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

[2] Fedor Konyukhov (17 September 2016). "Experience: I flew solo around the world in a hot-air balloon". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2016. Article by Konyukhov describing the experience.

[record-ballooning-3] "Balloon World Records". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016. Steve Fossett and Fedor Konyukhov, both sub-class AM-15.

[4] "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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