altitude record
Peak elevation achievement
An altitude record is the highest point reached by a person, vehicle, or aircraft in a particular category.
Aviation and aerospace maintain separate records for different craft types: She set the altitude record for hot air balloons.
The term applies to any domain where height achievement is measured: the altitude record for a land mammal.
- heightVertical extent upward
- elevationHeight above reference point
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- peakUtmost height attained
- death zoneUnsurvivable high altitude region
ceiling · climb · ascent · stratosphere · thin atmosphere · aviator · test pilot · pilot · flight · soaring · above the clouds · atmosphere · oxygen · thin air · Everest · mountaineer · aircraft · balloon
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- flightsdeparture, arrival, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- Climbing Featsfirst ascent, free solo, solo climb, free climb, send
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- air sportsskydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, wingsuit flying, parachuting
altitude recordspeed record
Documented fastest performance
land speed record · distance record · endurance record · time record
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