Flight altitude record holders

American aviation pioneers

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)

Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)

French scientist (1774-1862)

Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)

French aviator

Swiss physicist (1884–1962)

French chemist

German aviator (1912–1979)

American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer

French balloonist

American military pilot (1928–2022)

British meteorologist and aeronaut (1809-1903)

Soviet and Russian test pilot (1927–2010)

French marquis (1742-1809)

American test pilot (1921–1966)

Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria (1763-1837)

American computer scientist and skydiver

American officer, astronaut, engineer and test pilot (1924–2010)

American aviator (1901–1960)

French aviator (1883–1963)

French fighter pilot (1914-2005)

United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut (1953–2022)

British balloonist (1785-1870)

American flying ace (1928–1958)

British balloonist (1819-1900)

American test pilot (1916–1968)

Swedish aeronautical engineer

Belgian physicist and explorer (1906–1998)

chairman emeritus

French flying ace

aviator (1891-1944)

French aviator

American aerobatic pilot (1887–1915)

Venezuelan aviator

American amateur parachute jumper (1932–1966)

American female aviation pioneer

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United States admiral (1895–1980)

German aviator (1897-1936)

British Royal Air Force night fighter ace (1917-2002)

American aviator

United States Naval Reserve captain, atmospheric scientist and balloonist