Hot air balloons are capable of flying to incredible heights. Vijaypat Singhania established the world record for the highest hot air balloon trip on November 26, 2005, reaching 21,290 meters (69,852 feet). He took off from Mumbai's central business district and landed at Panchale, India, 240 kilometers (150 miles) south. Per Lindstrand established the previous record of 19,811 meters (64,980 ft) on June 6, 1988, in Plano, Texas. As is the case with any unpressurized aircraft, oxygen is required for all crew and passengers on every balloon trip that reaches or exceeds 3,810 meters in altitude (12,500 feet). [reference required] On January 15, 1991, a balloon named the Pacific Flyer carrying Per Lindstrand (born in Sweden but now residing in the United Kingdom) and Richard Branson of the United Kingdom traveled 7,671.91 kilometers from Japan to Northern Canada. The balloon envelope, with a capacity of 74,000 m3 (2,600,000 ft3), was the biggest ever constructed for a hot air craft. The Pacific Flyer was designed to fly in the trans-oceanic jetstreams and achieved the maximum land speed for a manned balloon of 245 mph (394 km/h). [reference required]
