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LOOP News Vijaypatsinghania set new record 16 DEC 05: Vijaypat set record for highest ballon flightINDIAN businessman Vijaypat Singhania has set a new world record for the highest flight in a hot air balloon. The official height being claimed is 69,852 feet set after a flight of five hours in temperatures down to -93ºC. It beats the previous record of 64,997 feet set by Per Lindstrand in 1988. The 160ft tall balloon had a pressurized aluminium capsule, 18 burners and a parachute that would have been released automatically in an emergency. Mr Singhania, who chairs Indian textile giant Raymond Group, told the BBC that flying was in his blood. “I thought ‘let us do something important in life’, therefore I went about preparing for this world record.” He said flying was “a want, a passion and an obsession”. Mr Singhania is the only Indian to have won a gold medal from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) that ratifies aviation records, for a 24- day world air race covering 34,000km in 1994. |                      | ||||||
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