revision preference src: Ascending from Plano, Texas, on 6 June 1988, Lindstrand set a new world altitude record for hot-air balloons, reaching 19,811 meters (64,997 feet). <SEP> tgt: Lindstrand ascended from Plano, Texas, on 6 June 1988. Lindstrand set a new world altitude record for hot-air balloons, reaching 19,811 meters (64,997 feet).