Highest crewed balloon flight
- WHO
- Alan Eustace
- WHAT
- 41,422 metre(s)
- WHERE
- United States
- WHEN
- 24 October 2014
Age Restriction: Applications for this record title will only be accepted if the applicant is 16 years of age or over.
On 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace (USA) performed a stratospheric skydive from an altitude of 41,422 m (135,898 ft) above New Mexico, USA. He had achieved the altitude by ascending in a pressure suit tethered directly under a balloon, rather than inside a capsule or gondola. Eustace was a senior executive at Google at the time of his jump, which was carried out in secret without any surrounding marketing events.
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