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The current world-record for highest cannon projectile flight is held by Project HARP’s 410 mm (16 in) space gun prototype, which fired a 180 kg (400 lb) Martlet 2 projectile to a record height of 180 kilometres (590,000 ft; 110 mi) in Yuma, Arizona, on November 18, 1966.
Prior to the 4 September 2017 flight, the glider absolute world altitude record stood at 15,460 meters (50,727 feet), which is the altitude reached by Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson during Perlan Mission I. The previous record was 14,938 meters (49,009 feet).
6,400 metres (21,000 feet) This height was recorded over Nevada; [1] [4] [5] This record occurred when a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner operating a Western Airlines flight suffered a bird strike at cruising altitude. [8] Bar-tailed godwit: Limosa lapponica: Scolopacidae: 6,000 metres (20,000 feet) [5] [9] It can reach this height ...
Year Airspeed Range Ceiling T/O Weight Engine power 1905 60.91 km/h (37.85 mph) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III October 5, 1905 38.95 km (24.2 miles)
Flight levels [3] are described by a number, which is the nominal altitude, or pressure altitude, in hundreds of feet, and a multiple of 500 ft. Therefore, a pressure altitude of 32,000 ft (9,800 m) is referred to as "flight level 320".
It has already surpassed the sub-sonic altitude record set in 1989 by a Lockheed U-2. The program also hopes to beat the 85,069 ft altitude record set in 1975 by a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. [3] The aircraft is made from composites. Its 83.83 ft (25.55 m) span wing has a high aspect ratio of 27.1 and is equipped with airbrakes.
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Altitude record may refer to: Flight altitude record , the highest altitude to have been reached in an aircraft World altitude record (mountaineering) , the highest altitude to have been reached by mountaineers