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Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2024
Template:Edit semi-protected 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)
- File:Yes check.svg Done Jeff in CA (talk) 20:51, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
- Template:Already done M.Bitton (talk) 13:55, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
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)
Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2025
Template:Edit semi-protected Request to change the "records" subsection of the "history" section to be more clear by adding headers and line breaks. Draft of a revised "records" section below (none of the content changed.)
Records
Altitude
On November 26, 2005 Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching Template:Convert. He took off from downtown Mumbai, India, and landed Template:Convert south in Panchale.[1]
The previous record of Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert.
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 Template:Convert 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)
Commercial pilot certificate
It seems like there are specific requirements to obtain a commercial balloon pilot certificate that differ from the certificate for other aircraft. yutsi (talk) 19:13, 4 June 2025 (UTC)