History Pages
Brief History
1783 - Birth of Flight
1784 - English Aeronaut
1785 - Conquering the Channel
1793 - America Takes Off
1800 - Death of the Hot Air Balloon
1812 - The Irish Question
1898 - Balloons to Airplanes
1931 - A Stratospheric Achievement
1935 - Highest Men in the World
1960 - Balloons and Parachutes
1960s - Renaissance of Hot Air
1978 - Transatlantic Challenge
1981 - Transpacific Challenge
1987 - Richard Branson
1999 - The Last Frontier
2005 - Altitude Record Broken Again
The altitude record was broken again in 1960 when Captain Joe Kittinger parachute jumped from a gas balloon at 102,870 feet. Captain Kittinger also claimed the high altitude parachute jump record. He broke the sound barrier with his body!
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