| CIA NOTABLE | Part 16. Long Duration Flights |
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| Gas Balloon |
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| 1900-10-09 | Long distance flight. | 35 h | 45 | min |
| | Henry de La Vaulx. Count | Count de Castillon de Saint-Victor |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 1st place | 44 h | 25 | min |
| | Alan R. Hawley | Augustus Post |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 2nd place | 42 h | 29 | min |
| | Hans Gericke | Sanil F. Perkins (USA) |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 3rd place | 39 h | 7 | min |
| | Hugo von Abercron | August Blanckertz |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett. 2nd place. First over 2000 km | 44 h | 47 | min |
| | Alfred Leblanc |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett. 1st place. First over 2000 km | 45 h | 42 | min |
| | Maurice Bienaimé | René Rumpelmayer |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912. 3rd place | 37 h | 6 | min |
| | Harry E. Honeywell |
| 1913-03-21 | Distance record. | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | René Rumpelmayer | Mrs Gustave Goldschmidt |
| 1913-12-17 | Distance and Duration record. | 87 h | 0 | min |
| | Hugo Kaulen | Alfred Schmitz |
| 1914-02-10 | First flight over 3000 km. | 47 h | 20 | min |
| | Hans Rudolf Berliner | Alexander Haase |
| 1920-10-25 | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 1st place | 40 h | 14 | min |
| | Ernest Demuyter | M. Labrousse |
| 1920-10-25 | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 2nd place | 48 h | 25 | min |
| | Harry E. Honeywell |
| 1929-05-06 | World Record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | W. Bushnell |
| 1935-09-19 | 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 1st place | 57 h | 53 | min |
| | Zbigniew Burzynski | Wladyslav Wysocki |
| 1936-09-01 | 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 1st place | 46 h | 24 | min |
| | Ernest Demuyter | Pierre Hoffmans |
| 1938-09-13 | 26th Gordon Bennett race 1938. 1st place | 37 h | 46 | min |
| | Antoni Janusz | Franz Janick |
| 1939-04-06 | Distance record | 61 h | 29 | min |
| | F. Bourlouski | A. I. Aleshin |
| 1941-03-16 | Distance and Duration record. | 69 h | 20 | min |
| | Boris A. Neverov | S. S. Gaigerov |
| 1950-10-25 | Soviet distance record. | 83 h | 29 | min |
| | Serge A. Sinovjev | S. S. Gaigerov. M. M. Kirpichev |
| 1958-12-12 | Atlantic attempt. First East-west. | 94 h | 29 | min |
| | Arnold Eiloart | Tim Eiloart. Colin Mudie. Rosmary Mudie |
| 1966-05-01 | Altitude flight. | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Nicholas Piantanida |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1970-09-20 | Atlantic attempt. | 30 h | 0 | min |
| | Malcolm Brighton | Rodney Anderson. Pamela Anderson |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1972-08-20 | First flight over the Alps in Hot Air Balloon | 5425 h | 0 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Mark Yarry |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1973-08-07 | Atlantic attempt. | 23 h | 30 | min |
| | Bob Sparks | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1974-02-18 | Atlantic attempt. | 18 h | 0 | min |
| | Tom Gatch | Solo flight |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1974-03-07 | Distance record | 16 h | 16 | min |
| | Matt A. Wiederkehr |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1975-01-06 | Atlantic attempt. | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Malcolm Forbes | Tom Heinsheimer |
| 1976-10-10 | Atlantic attempt. | 107 h | 37 | min |
| | Edward Yost | Solo flight |
| 1977-09-12 | Atlantic attempt. | 65 h | 29 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Ben Abruzzo |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1978-01-25 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Phil Clark |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1978-07-30 | Atlantic attempt. | 96 h | 23 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Chris Davey |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1978-08-17 | First successful Atlantic flight by balloon. | 137 h | 6 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Ben Abruzzo. Larry Newman |
| 1979-10-01 | Longest flight by female pilot. Pollution research | 133 h | 44 | min |
| | Vera Simons | Rudolph Engleman. Fred Hyde. Randy Birch |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1980-03-02 | Distance record | 15 h | 42 | min |
| | Ed Chapman |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1980-05-12 | First North America coast to coast flight. | 99 h | 54 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Kristian Anderson |
| 1980-09-20 | US coast to coast attempt. | 65 h | 29 | min |
| | John Shoecraft | Ron Ripps |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1980-09-30 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Geoff Green |
| 1980-12-03 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Bruce P. Comstock | Jeff VanAlstine |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1981-01-11 | First Round-the-World Attempt. | 47 h | 29 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Don Ida |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1981-03-06 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Kristian L. Anderson |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1981-04-26 | Long distance flight | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Rocky Aoki |
| 1981-10-11 | First US coast to coast flight. | 55 h | 25 | min |
| | John Shoecraft | Fred Gorrell |
| 1981-11-12 | First Pacific crossing by Balloon. | 84 h | 31 | min |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Larry M Newman. Rocky Aoki. Ron Clark |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1981-11-26 | Distance record | 29 h | 5 | min |
| | Michel Arnould | Helene Dorigny |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1982-11-07 | Round-The-World Attempt. | 16 h | 0 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Don Ida |
| 1983-11-18 | World Distance record | 72 h | 0 | min |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1984-01-19 | Distance record | 24 h | 12 | min |
| | John R. Petrehn |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1984-09-18 | First solo Atlantic crossing by balloon. | 83 h | 40 | min |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | Solo flight |
| Superpressure Balloon |
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| 1984-11-20 | World Distance record | 33 h | 9 | min |
| | Julian Nott | Spider Anderson |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1985-01-27 | Distance record | 27 h | 23 | min |
| | Harold Warner | Phillip A. Johnson |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1985-08-25 | Atlantic attempt. | 26 h | 0 | min |
| | Henk Brink | Evelien Brink. Evert Louwman |
| 1986-09-02 | First successful Atlantic crossing by Rozière balloon. | 51 h | 14 | min |
| | Henk Brink | Evelien Brink. Willem Hageman |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1987-01-10 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | William E. Bussey |
| 1987-07-03 | First Atlantic crossing by Hot Air Balloon | 31 h | 41 | min |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson |
| 1988-08-06 | First crossing of the North Sea by Hot Air Balloon. | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Oliver Holmes | Richard Barr. John Derricott |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1990-10-03 | First flight United Kingdom to USSR. (Ledurga. Latvia) | 45 h | 13 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Gennadi Oparin |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1991-01-17 | First Pacific crossing by Hot Air Balloon. | 46 h | 14 | min |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1992-02-14 | First successful East-West Atlantic crossing. | 129 h | 9 | min |
| | Thomas Feliu | Jesus Gonzales Green |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 144 h | 15 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Richard Abruzzo |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. second place. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 124 h | 6 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Rob Bayly |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 82 h | 23 | min |
| | Erich Krafft | Jochen Maas |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 121 h | 32 | min |
| | Evert Louwman | Gerhard Hoogeslag |
| 1992-09-16 | Winner of first Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 119 h | 20 | min |
| | Wim Verstraeten | Bertrand Piccard |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1993-02-09 | First balloon flight from China to Japan across China Sea | 7 h | 54 | min |
| | Michio Kanda |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1993-06-03 | Altitude record. Australian Record | 41 h | 4 | min |
| | Phil Kavanagh | Brian Smith |
| 1993-06-18 | First flight across Australia. | 40 h | 20 | min |
| | Richard Smith | John Wallington |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1993-10-07 | 37th Gordon Bennett race 1993. 1st place | 59 h | 28 | min |
| | Josef Starkbaum | Rainer Roehsler |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1994-02-19 | Distance record. female | 6 h | 42 | min |
| | Karen L. Gould |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1994-06-08 | World altitude Record. Flight across Australia | 56 h | 27 | min |
| | Steven Wayne Griffin |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1994-06-24 | World Record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Michio Kanda | Chikatsu Kakinuma |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1994-08-22 | Atlantic crossing. | 75 h | 18 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Tim Cole |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1995-02-06 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | William E. Bussey |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1995-02-22 | First solo flight across the Pacific. | 102 h | 14 | min |
| | Steve Fossett |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 1st place. World record | 92 h | 10 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1995-10-01 | Colorado to Pennsylvania | 61 h | 25 | min |
| | Bruce P. Comstock | Helshe |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 4th place. World Records | 60 h | 11 | min |
| | Lesley Pritchard Davies | Carol Rymer Davis |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 1st place | 60 h | 13 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | David L. Melton |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 2nd place | 62 h | 11 | min |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 3rd place | 47 h | 47 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Tami Stevenson- Bradley |
| 1995-10-20 | World Record | 7 h | 0 | min |
| | Carl Eidsness |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1996-01-10 | Round-The-World Attempt. | 51 h | 13 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| 1997-01-20 | Around the World attempt. First over 3 continents. First to make 2 Atlantic crossings. | 146 h | 43 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 1st place | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Vincent Leys | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 2nd place | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Mark Sullivan |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 3rd place | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Rien Jurg | Ron van Houten |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 4th place | 45 h | 38 | min |
| | Josef (Bepperl) Höhl | Thomas Fink |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 5th place | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 6th place | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 7th place | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Heinrich Brachtendorf | Karl-Heinz Huthmacher |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1998-01-05 | Fastest Atlantic crossing. First to make 3 Atlantic crossings. | 108 h | 23 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| 1998-02-07 | Around the World attempt | 233 h | 55 | min |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Andy Elson |
| 1998-08-16 | Around the World attempt. First South Atlantic crossing. first Indian ocean crossing. | 205 h | 59 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
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| 1998-10-09 | 4th America's Challenge 1998. 1st place | 58 h | 54 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Tami Stevenson-Bradley |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1998-12-25 | Around the World attempt. First flight across Asia | 177 h | 56 | min |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson. Steve Fossett |
| 1999-03-07 | Around the World attempt. | 425 h | 41 | min |
| | Andrew Charles (Andy) Elson | Colin Kenrick Prescot |
| 1999-03-21 | First Around-the-World Flight. | 477 h | 47 | min |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Brian Jones |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1999-10-05 | 43rd Gordon Bennett race 1999. 1st place | 40 h | 9 | min |
| | Philippe de Cock | Ronny Van Havere |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 1st place | 64 h | 17 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer-Davis |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 2nd place | 65 h | 7 | min |
| | John Kugler | Ralph "Red" Sheesh |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 3rd place | 62 h | 10 | min |
| | James Hershend | Jack R. Holland |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 4th place | 63 h | 49 | min |
| | Shane Robinson | Marsha Neal |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 5th place | 61 h | 57 | min |
| | Johnny Petrehn | Sam Parks |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 6th place | 58 h | 42 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Bruce Hale |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 7th place | 60 h | 25 | min |
| | Lesley Pritchard Davies | Tom Davies |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 8th place | 60 h | 35 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Alan S. Levin |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 2000-02-04 | First flight across Tasman Sea | 55 h | 17 | min |
| | Dick Smith | John Wallington |
| 2000-03-03 | Around-the-World attempt | 243 h | 28 | min |
| | Kevin J. Uliassi | Solo flight |
| 2000-09-05 | Atlantic crossing. AM8-10 duration record | 146 h | 49 | min |
| | Laurent Lajoye | Christophe Houver |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 1st place | 64 h | 4 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Alan S. Levin |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 2nd place | 62 h | 59 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer-Davis |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 3rd place | 52 h | 25 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Earl Miller |
| 2000-10-12 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 4th place | 39 h | 0 | min |
| | Shane Robinson | Mike Wilson |
| 2000-10-12 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 5th place | 42 h | 7 | min |
| | Mark Sullivan | Sid Cutter |
| 2000-10-12 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 6th place | 41 h | 0 | min |
| | Kevin Brielman | Gerald Stuerzlinger |
| 2001-02-19 | Duration record | 80 h | 18 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 2001-08-17 | First South Pacific crossing. first solo flight over 300 hours | 300 h | 56 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2001-09-04 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 1st place | 77 h | 46 | min |
| | Vincent Leys | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 2001-10-11 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 1st place | 58 h | 22 | min |
| | Peter Cuneo | Barbara Fricke |
| 2001-10-10 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 2nd place | 44 h | 22 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Gary Johnson |
| 2001-10-10 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 3rd place | 44 h | 40 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Greg Winker |
| 2001-10-10 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 4th place | 43 h | 25 | min |
| | Mark Sullivan | Sid Cutter |
| 2002-01-05 | Distance record | 35 h | 17 | min |
| | Troy Bradley |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 2nd place | 60 h | 6 | min |
| | Mark Sullivan | Crispin Williams. UK |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 3rd place | 47 h | 6 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Jacob Traub |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 4th place | 46 h | 35 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Alan Levin |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 2002-07-03 | Second Around-the-World Flight. First solo flight Around-the-World | 355 h | 50 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1994-01-12 | Round the World attempt. Valve in anchor balloon failed. | 11278 h | 0 | min |
| | Larry Newman | Richard Abruzzo and David Melton |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1997-12-31 | Round the World attempt from Rockford. Ill. USA | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Kevin Uliassi | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1995-10-10 | 1st Americas Challenge. 5th place. | 45 h | 17 | min |
| | Rien Jurg | Ron van Houten |
| 2002-10-07 | 7th Americas Challenge. 1st place | 43 h | 7 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Gary Johnson |
| 2002-10-07 | 7th Americas Challenge. 2nd place | 35 h | 35 | min |
| | Louis Vitanza | Bert Padelt |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 3rd place | 67 h | 15 | min |
| | Mark Sullivan | Cheri White |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 4th place | 66 h | 57 | min |
| | Frank Wechter | Thomas Boylan |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 2003-01-20 | Distance record | 0 h | 0 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2003-02-05 | Distance record. First transcontinental solo flight | 73 h | 20 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Solo fight |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 2003-09-29 | First transatlantic flight in an open wicker basket | 83 h | 17 | min |
| | David Hempleman-Adams | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2003-09-17 | 47th Gordon Bennett race 2003. 1st place | 53 h | 42 | min |
| | Vincent Leÿs | Jean-Francois Leÿs |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas Challenge. 2nd place | 63 h | 7 | min |
| | Barbara Fricke | Peter Cuneo |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas challenge. 1st place | 63 h | 14 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer Davis |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 2004-01-27 | Pacific attempt | 12 h | 38 | min |
| | Michio Kanda | Naoki Ishikawa |
| Superpressure Balloon |
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| 1976-04-19 | US distance and duration record | 31 h | 44 | min |
| | Tom F. Heinsheimer | Peter Neushul |
| 1976-07-04 | US duration record | 32 h | 29 | min |
| | Tom F. Heinsheimer | Peter Neushul |
| 2003-03-08 | Distance. duration and altitude records | 12 h | 27 | min |
| | Coy Foster | Solo |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 2000-12-11 | Distance flight | 6 h | 29 | min |
| | David Hempleman-Adams | Peter Johnson |
| | © CIA, Hans Åkerstedt | | 2025-01-18 |