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Usually you don't fly higher than 12,000 feet in a helicopter, because of the lack of oxygen at those high altitudes.
However, there is a world record, holding up for 40 years:
On June 12, 1972 Jean Boulet piloted the Aerospatiale SA-315 Lama to a helicopter absolute world altitude record of 40,820 feet.
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