What's the highest altitude ever reached in a jet, and when and in what jet?
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Hope this helps...\n\nThe highest altitude obtained by a manned air-breathing jet propelled aircraft following an uncontrolled ballistic trajectory is 123,523 feet (37,650 m) set by Alexandr Fedotov, in a Mikoyan Gurevitch E-266M (MiG-25M), on 31st August 1977.\n\nThe highest altitude obtained by a manned air-breathing jet propelled aircraft in controlled horizontal flight is 85,069 feet (25,929 m) set by Robert C. Helt and Larry A. Elliott, in a Lockheed SR-71, on 27th/28th July 1976.
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The clouds that form at the highest level in the troposphere are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus.
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The highest scoring match was in the 1974 World Cup, when Italy defeated Yugoslavia 10-9.\n\nIf you mean highest in terms of height, then the stadium with the highest altitude is in La Paz, Bolivia, with an altitude of more than 3,000m. It's only used during preliminary phase matches though, unless Bolivia somehow gets to host a World Cup tournament. And during home games, the Bolivians find it much easier to play on home turf because they are accustomed to playing at high altitudes, whereas their opponents are not, which explains why they regularly win home matches.\n\nAs for Marachana Stadium, it's situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Highest Elevation\nTaum Sauk Mountain\n1,772 ft  (540 m)\n\nYou could get more information from the link below...
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The highest altitude recorded for a bird is 11,300 m. (37,000 ft.), for a Ruppell’s vulture (Gyps rueppellii), which collided with a commercial aircraft over Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on November 29, 1973.
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Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet.\n\nMeasurement\nRadhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician and surveyor from Bengal, was the first to identify Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852, using trigonometric calculations based on measurements of "Peak XV" (as it was then known) made with theodolites from 240 km (150 miles) away in India. Measurement could not be made from closer due to a lack of access to Nepal. "Peak XV" was found to be exactly 29,000 feet (8,839 m) high, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 feet (8,840 m). The arbitrary addition of 2 feet (0.6 m) was to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 feet was nothing more than a rounded estimate.\n\nThe mountain is approximately 8,848 m (29,028 feet) high, although there is some variation in the measurements. The mountain K2 comes in second at 8,611 m (28,251 feet) high. On May 22, 2005, the People's Republic of China's Everest Expedition Team ascended to the top of the mountain. After several months' complicated measurement and calculation, on October 9, 2005, the PRC's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announced the height of Everest as 8,844.43 m ± 0.21 m (29,017.16 ± 0.69 ft). They claimed it was the most accurate measurement to date.[1]. But this new height is based on the actual highest point of rock and not on the snow and ice that sits on top of that rock on the summit, so, in keeping with the practice used on Mont Blanc and Khan Tangiri Shyngy, it is not shown here. The Chinese also measured a snow/ice depth of 3.5 m,[4] which implies agreement with a net elevation of 8,848 m. But in reality the snow and ice thickness varies, making a definitive height of the snow cap, and hence the precise height attained by summiteers without sophisticated GPS, impossible to determine.\n\nThe elevation of 8,848 m (29,028 ft) was first determined by an Indian survey in 1955, made closer to the mountain, also using theodolites. It was subsequently reaffirmed by a 1975 Chinese measurement [2]. In both cases the snow cap, not the rock head, was measured. In May 1999 an American Everest Expedition, directed by Bradford Washburn, anchored a GPS unit into the highest bedrock. A rock head elevation of 8,850 m (29,035 feet), and a snow/ice elevation 1 m (3 ft) higher, were obtained via this device [3]. Nepal, however, did not officially recognize this survey, and the discrepancy with the above mentioned 2005 Chinese survey is significantly greater than the surveys' claimed accuracy.\n\nIt is thought that the plate tectonics of the area are adding to the height and moving the summit north-eastwards. Two accounts, [4], [5] suggest the rates of change are 4 mm per year (upwards) 3-6 mm per year (northeastwards), but this account[6] mentions more lateral movement (27 mm), and even shrinkage has been suggested [7].\n\nEverest is the mountain whose summit attains the greatest distance above sea level. Two other mountains are sometimes claimed as alternative "tallest mountains on Earth". Mauna Kea in Hawaii is tallest when measured from its base; it rises over 10,203 m (about 6.3 mi) when measured from its base on the mid-ocean floor, but only attains 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level. The summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from the Earth's centre (6,384.4 km or 3,967.1 mi) than that of Everest (6,382.3 km or 3,965.8 mi), because the Earth bulges at the Equator. However, Chimborazo attains a height of 6,267 m (20,561 ft) above sea level, and by this criterion it is not even the highest peak of the Andes.\n\nThe deepest spot in the ocean is deeper than Everest is high: the Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench, is so deep that if Everest were to be placed into it there would be more t
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My buudy siitin' with us(watching the Ultimate Fights) is a veteran of the Air Force. His answer was 40,000ft. For sure gonna keep my out for the answers on this question. Good luck!
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doesn't really exist.  Commonly referred to as MACH.  As you approach Mach the air has trouble getting out of the way fast enough.  This creates a pressure build up.  (why modern jets have swept wings) Once exceeded the jet creates a sonic boom.  \n\nThe sound is still created, but it can't keep up with the source. Try to find a jet by sound alone.  Then find it visually.  It's kinda hard.  Even if directly overhead.
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yep, the others have it right, Mt Everest, at 29,028 feet (not gonna covert to meters, I just don't feel like it) on the border of Tibet and Nepal, is the highest point on Earth.
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I always like to say the Mauna Loa volcano, which from base to peak is 1-2,000 feet higher than Mt. Everest. 16,000 ft. of it is below sea level though hehe. \n\nThe wording of the question prolly means Everest is a better answer but, everyone else already answered Everest anyways hehe.
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Altitude -0.8° 58.2° -0.8°
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altitude.....higher altitude means lower air pressure.  Liquids, water included, vaporizes at lower temp when pressure lowers.  (a glass of water will boil at room temp in a vaccumn)
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The largest is the Andean Condor.\n\nThe highest flyer is Ruppell's Griffon Vulture - it's 7 miles up!!!
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Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth as measured by the height of its summit above sea level - 8,848 meters (29,028 feet).  It is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, and is located on the border between Nepal and China.\n\nBut if you count the highest mountain from its base to its summit, the answer is Mauna Loa in Hawaii (most is under water, but its total height is 30,080 ft (9,170 m).
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well, the current record for the highest balloon flight is held by 2 US navy guys:\nhttp://records.fai.org/balloons/absolute.asp\n\ni would think that would be the highest ever flight without a "machine".. tho they weren't colonels, since the navy doesn't have the rank of colonel.\n\nyou might also be thinking of this guy, joe kittinger, who was an air force captain who holds the world record for skydive height, having jumped from a balloon at 102,000 feet.\nhttp://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Kittinger/EX31.htm\nhttp://home.att.net/~1.elliott/JOEKITTINGER.HTML
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Highest - Cheaha Mountain - 2407 ft above sea level\nLowest  - Gulf of Mexico  - 0    ft above sea level\n\n\nwww.diamondgemztone.piczo.com\n<>dia gemz\nsheri
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Maximum: 1658500000 km \n\nMinimum: 1195500000 km