Height records for humans over time, measured in meters [[above ground level]]: [[First flying machine]] parachute or kite ? ? [[Pilatre de Rozier]] hot-air balloon 100 m November 21, 1783 [[Jacques Charles]] hydrogen balloon 549 m December 1, 1783 [[Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac]] " 7,016 m September 16, 1804 [[Gaston Tissandier]] " 8,600 m April, 1875 [[Auguste Piccard]] balloon 15,785 m May 27, 1931 " balloon 16,200 m August 18, 1932 [[Renato Donati]] biplane 14,433 m April 11, 1934 [[Wiley Post]] plane w/ pressure suit 14,600 m December 1934 A. W. Stevens and O. A. Anderson balloon 22,066 m November 11, 2935 [[Mario Pezzi]] " 17,083 m October 22, 1938 [[Joseph Kittinger]] high-altitude balloon 31,300 m August 16, 1960 [[High altitude balloon]] " 34,668 m April 5, 1961 [[Vostok 1]] space capsule 315,000 m April 12, 1961 [[North American X-15]] rocket plane 95,940 m July 17, 1962 [[X-15 Flight 91]] " 107,960 m August 22, 1963 [[Gemini 11]] space 1,374,100 m September 1?, 1966 ==See also== * [[List of early flying machines]] [[Category:Graphical timelines]] [[Category:Aviation history]]