Editing Hot air balloon (section)

==Records==
===Altitude===
On November 26, 2005 [[Vijaypat Singhania]] set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching {{convert|21027|m|ft|abbr=on}}. He took off from downtown [[Mumbai]], India, and landed {{convert|240|km|mi|abbr=on}} south in Panchale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prdomain.com/upload/104/10443872.pdf |title=Dr. Vijaypat Singhania enters the Guinness World Records |access-date=2008-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624220610/http://www.prdomain.com/upload/104/10443872.pdf |archive-date=2008-06-24 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> 

The previous record of {{convert|19811|m|ft|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|7671.91|km|abbr=on}} from Japan to Northern Canada in the “Virgin Pacific Flyer”. With a volume of 74,000 cubic meters (2.6&nbsp;million cubic feet), the balloon envelope was the largest ever built for a hot air craft. Designed to fly in the trans-oceanic [[jet stream]]s, the ''[[Pacific Flyer]]'' recorded the fastest ground speed for a manned balloon at {{convert|245|mph|km/h|order=flip|abbr=on}}. 

===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&nbsp;a.m. on March 21 in the Egyptian desert {{convert|300|mi|km|-2|order=flip|abbr=on}} 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,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/sep/16/experience-flew-solo-round-world-hot-air-balloon |title=Experience: I flew solo around the world in a hot-air balloon |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 September 2016|author=Fedor Konyukhov |access-date= 17 September 2016}} Article by Konyukhov describing the experience.</ref> in 320 h 33 min.<ref name=record-ballooning>{{cite web |url=http://www.fai.org/record-ballooning |title=Balloon World Records |publisher=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale |access-date=17 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908172221/http://www.fai.org/record-ballooning |archive-date=8 September 2016 }} Steve Fossett and Fedor Konyukhov, both sub-class AM-15.</ref> [[Fedor Konyukhov#Ballooning|Fedor Konyukhov]] flew solo round the world on his first attempt in a hybrid hot air/helium balloon from 11 to 23 July 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_record_sport%3A2027 |title=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale|website=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale|date= 20 June 2019 |access-date= 20 June 2019}}</ref> for a round-the world time of 268 h 20 min.<ref name=record-ballooning/>