38,900 feet - see her (excellent) book 'Flying with Condors'

Dave

"Agent" <fvachss@gte.net> wrote in message
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>
> About ten years ago Judy Leden did a high altitude balloon drop (I
> want to say 50,000 ft or so) over the Jordanian desert. There was an
> extensive write up in Hang Gliding magazine and I assume in the
> European press (Skywings, etc.). As I recall there was a fair bit of
> concern regarding the duration of vertical drop before flying speed
> would be reached. Since stall speed up that high is about 2-3 times
> what it is at sea level there is more time to get into an unusual
> attitude during the drop. To avoid this they may have dropped her
> pointing straight down, but you'd have to check the article to be
> sure. After the drop, I think the flight was pretty normal - a really
> really long sledder.
>
> Fred Vachss

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