altitude records
Peak elevation milestones
Altitude records are documented achievements for reaching the highest point in a particular category—typically in aviation, ballooning, mountaineering, or spaceflight.
Different records exist for different craft or conditions: the altitude record for a propeller-driven aircraft, the altitude record for an unpressurized cabin.
Breaking an altitude record often requires specialized equipment and carries significant risk.
- EverestTallest peak on Earth
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
- stratosphereSecond atmospheric layer up
- ballooningSwelling or aerial drifting
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
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