Editing Hot air balloon (section)

===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}}.