No doubt that hot air balloons are fun to ride and great to see the wonderful views of earth from mountains, rivers, valleys and temples (which u can't see except in specific places like Bagan which is in the region of Myanmar ). Temples of B agan, Myanmar But sadly hot air balloons can't go further than 21,027 m (68,986 feet) which is the world altitude record for highest hot-air balloon flight and it was achieved by Vijaypat Singhania , he took off from downtown Mumbai , India and he was the one who broke the previous record which was 19,811 m (64,997 feet). There are some events with hot air balloons that happen every year like the Albuquerque balloon festival which is in New Mexico , USA and it's held for the first 9 days in October, QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning which is held at the Solberg Airport in Readington Township, New Jersey and the time of occurrence is the The last weekend of July. The first hot air balloon ...