| CIA NOTABLE | Part 15. Long Distance Flights |
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| 1900-10-09 | Long distance flight. | 1925 | km |
| | Henry de La Vaulx. Count | Count de Castillon de Saint-Victor |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 1st place | 1887.6 | km |
| | Alan R. Hawley | Augustus Post |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 2nd place | 1814.5 | km |
| | Hans Gericke | Sanil F. Perkins (USA) |
| 1910-10-19 | 5th Gordon Bennett race 1910. 3rd place | 1720 | km |
| | Hugo von Abercron | August Blanckertz |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett. 2nd place. First over 2000 km | 2001 | km |
| | Alfred Leblanc |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett. 1st place. First over 2000 km | 2191 | km |
| | Maurice Bienaimé | René Rumpelmayer |
| 1912-10-29 | 7th Gordon Bennett race 1912. 3rd place | 1751 | km |
| | Harry E. Honeywell |
| 1913-03-21 | Distance record. | 2434 | km |
| | René Rumpelmayer | Mrs Gustave Goldschmidt |
| 1913-12-17 | Distance and Duration record. | 2827 | km |
| | Hugo Kaulen | Alfred Schmitz |
| 1914-02-10 | First flight over 3000 km. | 3053 | km |
| | Hans Rudolf Berliner | Alexander Haase |
| 1920-10-25 | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 1st place | 1769 | km |
| | Ernest Demuyter | M. Labrousse |
| 1920-10-25 | 9th Gordon Bennett race 1920. 2nd place | 1600 | km |
| | Harry E. Honeywell |
| 1929-05-06 | World Record | 1532.1 | km |
| | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | W. Bushnell |
| 1935-09-19 | 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 1st place | 1650.47 | km |
| | Zbigniew Burzynski | Wladyslav Wysocki |
| 1936-09-01 | 24th Gordon Bennett race 1936. 1st place | 1715.8 | km |
| | Ernest Demuyter | Pierre Hoffmans |
| 1938-09-13 | 26th Gordon Bennett race 1938. 1st place | 1692 | km |
| | Antoni Janusz | Franz Janick |
| 1939-04-06 | Distance record | 1701.8 | km |
| | F. Bourlouski | A. I. Aleshin |
| 1941-03-16 | Distance and Duration record. | 2767 | km |
| | Boris A. Neverov | S. S. Gaigerov |
| 1950-10-25 | Soviet distance record. | 3200 | km |
| | Serge A. Sinovjev | S. S. Gaigerov. M. M. Kirpichev |
| 1958-12-12 | Atlantic attempt. First East-west. | 0 | km |
| | Arnold Eiloart | Tim Eiloart. Colin Mudie. Rosmary Mudie |
| 1966-05-01 | Altitude flight. | 0 | km |
| | Nicholas Piantanida |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1970-09-20 | Atlantic attempt. | 2000 | km |
| | 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 | 36 | km |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Mark Yarry |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1973-08-07 | Atlantic attempt. | 1350 | km |
| | Bob Sparks | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1974-02-18 | Atlantic attempt. | 2000 | km |
| | Tom Gatch | Solo flight |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1974-03-07 | Distance record | 542.7 | km |
| | Matt A. Wiederkehr |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1975-01-06 | Atlantic attempt. | 0 | km |
| | Malcolm Forbes | Tom Heinsheimer |
| 1976-10-10 | Atlantic attempt. | 3983 | km |
| | Edward Yost | Solo flight |
| 1977-09-12 | Atlantic attempt. | 3926 | km |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Ben Abruzzo |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1978-01-25 | Distance record | 564.47 | km |
| | Phil Clark |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1978-07-30 | Atlantic attempt. | 3339 | km |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Chris Davey |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1978-08-17 | First successful Atlantic flight by balloon. | 5001 | km |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Ben Abruzzo. Larry Newman |
| 1979-10-01 | Longest flight by female pilot. Pollution research | 3237 | km |
| | Vera Simons | Rudolph Engleman. Fred Hyde. Randy Birch |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1980-03-02 | Distance record | 621.15 | km |
| | Ed Chapman |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1980-05-12 | First North America coast to coast flight. | 4543 | km |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Kristian Anderson |
| 1980-09-20 | US coast to coast attempt. | 3146 | km |
| | John Shoecraft | Ron Ripps |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1980-09-30 | Distance record | 674.53 | km |
| | Geoff Green |
| 1980-12-03 | Distance record | 793.7 | km |
| | Bruce P. Comstock | Jeff VanAlstine |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1981-01-11 | First Round-the-World Attempt. | 4302 | km |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Don Ida |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1981-03-06 | Distance record | 1139.16 | km |
| | Kristian L. Anderson |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1981-04-26 | Long distance flight | 2167 | km |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Rocky Aoki |
| 1981-10-11 | First US coast to coast flight. | 3442 | km |
| | John Shoecraft | Fred Gorrell |
| 1981-11-12 | First Pacific crossing by Balloon. | 8383 | km |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Larry M Newman. Rocky Aoki. Ron Clark |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1981-11-26 | Distance record | 1154.74 | km |
| | Michel Arnould | Helene Dorigny |
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| 1982-11-07 | Round-The-World Attempt. | 1870 | km |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Don Ida |
| 1983-11-18 | World Distance record | 3221.2 | km |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1984-01-19 | Distance record | 851.33 | km |
| | John R. Petrehn |
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| 1984-09-18 | First solo Atlantic crossing by balloon. | 5703 | km |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | Solo flight |
| Superpressure Balloon |
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| 1984-11-20 | World Distance record | 2391 | km |
| | Julian Nott | Spider Anderson |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1985-01-27 | Distance record | 1470.62 | km |
| | Harold Warner | Phillip A. Johnson |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1985-08-25 | Atlantic attempt. | 2000 | km |
| | Henk Brink | Evelien Brink. Evert Louwman |
| 1986-09-02 | First successful Atlantic crossing by Rozière balloon. | 4057.7 | km |
| | Henk Brink | Evelien Brink. Willem Hageman |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1987-01-10 | Distance record | 521.34 | km |
| | William E. Bussey |
| 1987-07-03 | First Atlantic crossing by Hot Air Balloon | 4486.5 | km |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson |
| 1988-08-06 | First crossing of the North Sea by Hot Air Balloon. | 643 | km |
| | Oliver Holmes | Richard Barr. John Derricott |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1990-10-03 | First flight United Kingdom to USSR. (Ledurga. Latvia) | 1705.2 | km |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Gennadi Oparin |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1991-01-17 | First Pacific crossing by Hot Air Balloon. | 7671.91 | km |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1992-02-14 | First successful East-West Atlantic crossing. | 5046 | km |
| | Thomas Feliu | Jesus Gonzales Green |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 5340 | km |
| | Troy Bradley | Richard Abruzzo |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. second place. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 4822 | km |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Rob Bayly |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 2496 | km |
| | Erich Krafft | Jochen Maas |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 4593 | km |
| | Evert Louwman | Gerhard Hoogeslag |
| 1992-09-16 | Winner of first Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 4931 | km |
| | Wim Verstraeten | Bertrand Piccard |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1993-02-09 | First balloon flight from China to Japan across China Sea | 940 | km |
| | Michio Kanda |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1993-06-03 | Altitude record. Australian Record | 3000 | km |
| | Phil Kavanagh | Brian Smith |
| 1993-06-18 | First flight across Australia. | 3867 | km |
| | Richard Smith | John Wallington |
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| 1993-10-07 | 37th Gordon Bennett race 1993. 1st place | 1832 | km |
| | Josef Starkbaum | Rainer Roehsler |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1994-02-19 | Distance record. female | 736.79 | km |
| | Karen L. Gould |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1994-06-08 | World altitude Record. Flight across Australia | 3452 | km |
| | Steven Wayne Griffin |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1994-06-24 | World Record | 2366.1 | km |
| | Michio Kanda | Chikatsu Kakinuma |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1994-08-22 | Atlantic crossing. | 4378 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Tim Cole |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 1995-02-06 | Distance record | 1434.24 | km |
| | William E. Bussey |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1995-02-22 | First solo flight across the Pacific. | 8748 | km |
| | Steve Fossett |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 1st place. World record | 1628.1 | km |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1995-10-01 | Colorado to Pennsylvania | 2445 | km |
| | Bruce P. Comstock | Helshe |
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| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 4th place. World Records | 2331.17 | km |
| | Lesley Pritchard Davies | Carol Rymer Davis |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 1st place | 2241.9 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | David L. Melton |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 2nd place | 2076.39 | km |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 3rd place | 2046.4 | km |
| | Troy Bradley | Tami Stevenson- Bradley |
| 1995-10-20 | World Record | 1809.36 | km |
| | Carl Eidsness |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1996-01-10 | Round-The-World Attempt. | 0 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| 1997-01-20 | Around the World attempt. First over 3 continents. First to make 2 Atlantic crossings. | 16674 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
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| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 1st place | 1732.5 | km |
| | Vincent Leys | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 2nd place | 1732.3 | km |
| | David N. Levin | Mark Sullivan |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 3rd place | 1732.2 | km |
| | Rien Jurg | Ron van Houten |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 4th place | 1726.9 | km |
| | Josef (Bepperl) Höhl | Thomas Fink |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 5th place | 1725.7 | km |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 6th place | 1719.3 | km |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann |
| 1997-09-09 | 41st Gordon Bennett race 1997. 7th place | 1690.7 | km |
| | Heinrich Brachtendorf | Karl-Heinz Huthmacher |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1998-01-05 | Fastest Atlantic crossing. First to make 3 Atlantic crossings. | 9338 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| 1998-02-07 | Around the World attempt | 8473 | km |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Andy Elson |
| 1998-08-16 | Around the World attempt. First South Atlantic crossing. first Indian ocean crossing. | 22910 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
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| 1998-10-09 | 4th America's Challenge 1998. 1st place | 2235.06 | km |
| | Troy Bradley | Tami Stevenson-Bradley |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1998-12-25 | Around the World attempt. First flight across Asia | 0 | km |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson. Steve Fossett |
| 1999-03-07 | Around the World attempt. | 14408 | km |
| | Andrew Charles (Andy) Elson | Colin Kenrick Prescot |
| 1999-03-21 | First Around-the-World Flight. | 40814 | km |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Brian Jones |
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| 1999-10-05 | 43rd Gordon Bennett race 1999. 1st place | 1666.54 | km |
| | Philippe de Cock | Ronny Van Havere |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 1st place | 2869.62 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer-Davis |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 2nd place | 2751.66 | km |
| | John Kugler | Ralph "Red" Sheesh |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 3rd place | 2688.73 | km |
| | James Hershend | Jack R. Holland |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 4th place | 2667.33 | km |
| | Shane Robinson | Marsha Neal |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 5th place | 2537.77 | km |
| | Johnny Petrehn | Sam Parks |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 6th place | 2431.08 | km |
| | Troy Bradley | Bruce Hale |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 7th place | 2412.41 | km |
| | Lesley Pritchard Davies | Tom Davies |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 8th place | 2367.51 | km |
| | David N. Levin | Alan S. Levin |
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| 2000-02-04 | First flight across Tasman Sea | 1976 | km |
| | Dick Smith | John Wallington |
| 2000-03-03 | Around-the-World attempt | 20455 | km |
| | Kevin J. Uliassi | Solo flight |
| 2000-09-05 | Atlantic crossing. AM8-10 duration record | 4792.57 | km |
| | Laurent Lajoye | Christophe Houver |
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| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 1st place | 3215.46 | km |
| | David N. Levin | Alan S. Levin |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 2nd place | 2752.64 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer-Davis |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 3rd place | 1990.17 | km |
| | Troy Bradley | Earl Miller |
| 2000-10-12 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 4th place | 1857.04 | km |
| | Shane Robinson | Mike Wilson |
| 2000-10-12 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 5th place | 1761.85 | km |
| | Mark Sullivan | Sid Cutter |
| 2000-10-12 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 6th place | 1621.07 | km |
| | Kevin Brielman | Gerald Stuerzlinger |
| 2001-02-19 | Duration record | 2180.3 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 2001-08-17 | First South Pacific crossing. first solo flight over 300 hours | 19260.3 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2001-09-04 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 1st place | 1626.6 | km |
| | Vincent Leys | Jean-Francois Leys |
| 2001-10-11 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 1st place | 2095.63 | km |
| | Peter Cuneo | Barbara Fricke |
| 2001-10-10 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 2nd place | 1777.67 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Gary Johnson |
| 2001-10-10 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 3rd place | 1732.29 | km |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Greg Winker |
| 2001-10-10 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 4th place | 1694.43 | km |
| | Mark Sullivan | Sid Cutter |
| 2002-01-05 | Distance record | 1971.81 | km |
| | Troy Bradley |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 2nd place | 1784.76 | km |
| | Mark Sullivan | Crispin Williams. UK |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 3rd place | 1723.45 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Jacob Traub |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 4th place | 1670.66 | km |
| | David N. Levin | Alan Levin |
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| 2002-07-03 | Second Around-the-World Flight. First solo flight Around-the-World | 33195.1 | km |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight |
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| 1994-01-12 | Round the World attempt. Valve in anchor balloon failed. | 325 | km |
| | Larry Newman | Richard Abruzzo and David Melton |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 1997-12-31 | Round the World attempt from Rockford. Ill. USA | 290 | km |
| | Kevin Uliassi | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 1995-10-10 | 1st Americas Challenge. 5th place. | 1891 | km |
| | Rien Jurg | Ron van Houten |
| 2002-10-07 | 7th Americas Challenge. 1st place | 2797.08 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Gary Johnson |
| 2002-10-07 | 7th Americas Challenge. 2nd place | 2250.65 | km |
| | Louis Vitanza | Bert Padelt |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 3rd place | 2109.13 | km |
| | Mark Sullivan | Cheri White |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 4th place | 1971.18 | km |
| | Frank Wechter | Thomas Boylan |
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| 2003-01-20 | Distance record | 1634.84 | km |
| | Troy Bradley | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2003-02-05 | Distance record. First transcontinental solo flight | 2074 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Solo fight |
| Rozière Balloon |
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| 2003-09-29 | First transatlantic flight in an open wicker basket | 4427.4 | km |
| | David Hempleman-Adams | Solo flight |
| Gas Balloon |
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| 2003-09-17 | 47th Gordon Bennett race 2003. 1st place | 0 | km |
| | Vincent Leÿs | Jean-Francois Leÿs |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas Challenge. 2nd place | 1647.2 | km |
| | Barbara Fricke | Peter Cuneo |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas challenge. 1st place | 1787.72 | km |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer Davis |
| Hot Air Balloon |
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| 2004-01-27 | Pacific attempt | 0 | km |
| | Michio Kanda | Naoki Ishikawa |
| Superpressure Balloon |
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| 1976-04-19 | US distance and duration record | 919.93 | km |
| | Tom F. Heinsheimer | Peter Neushul |
| 1976-07-04 | US duration record | 0 | km |
| | Tom F. Heinsheimer | Peter Neushul |
| 2003-03-08 | Distance. duration and altitude records | 647.21 | km |
| | Coy Foster | Solo |
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| 2000-12-11 | Distance flight | 536.43 | km |
| | David Hempleman-Adams | Peter Johnson |
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