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Perlan Project Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders) designed to fly at extremely high altitudes.
On 29 August 2006 Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson, the pilots of Perlan Mission I, broke the existing altitude record for gliders by soaring up to 50,671 feet (15,460m) in a standard glider using stratospheric waves of air.
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale has ratified the altitude record of 22,657 metres (74,334 ft) achieved on 2 September 2018,[1] a substantial improvement over the previous year's best altitude of 15,902 metres (52,172 ft), which was set on 3 September 2017.[2][3][4] These flights used the custom designed and built pressurized high-altitude Windward Performance Perlan II glider, sponsored by Airbus. They also collected data about Earth's atmosphere and its ozone layer.
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^"Airbus Perlan Mission II Soars into History, Sets New World Record for Glider Altitude | Airbus". 28 October 2021.
PerlanProject Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders)...
Performance for the PerlanProject. The aircraft first flew on 23 September 2015 at Redmond Municipal Airport, Oregon. The Perlan 2 is a follow-up design...
1932, in Seattle, Washington – April 14, 2021) was the director of the PerlanProject. He was a civilian research pilot for NASA's Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research...
Perlan (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpʰɛrtlan]; English: The Pearl) is a natural history museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is situated on the top of Öskjuhlíð...
glider Perlan 1, a modified Glaser-Dirks DG-500. This record was achieved over El Calafate (Patagonia, Argentina) and set as part of the PerlanProject. This...
Nevada, Alps, Patagonic Andes, and Southern Alps mountain ranges. The PerlanProject is working to demonstrate the viability of climbing above the tropopause...
sea-breeze front. More exotic forms of lift are the polar vortices which the PerlanProject hopes to use to soar to great altitudes. A rare phenomenon known as...
was the first artificial object to reach the upper stratosphere) PerlanProjectProject Excelsior, world record for highest recorded jump 1961-2012 Red...
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America. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-06. "PerlanProject". Retrieved 4 September 2018. "VFR Guide 2009" (PDF). Civil Aviation...
finally succeeding with this record flight. This endeavor is known as the PerlanProject. As a young adventurer, Fossett was one of the first participants in...
2016. Australia Airborne Research Australia United States Argentina PerlanProject High altitude glider towing Data from Grob General characteristics Crew:...
Aviation History, January 2018, pp. 6-7. "Airbus Perlan Mission II - World Record Flight | PerlanProject". www.perlanproject.org. Retrieved 4 September...
College in Incline Village Nevada. She is the chief scientist for the PerlanProject to fly a manned glider to 100,000 feet. Her areas of specialty include...
August 2018. "World Record Claim Above 60,000 Feet on August 26, 2018". PerlanProject. 27 August 2018. Kurt Hofmann (31 August 2018). "After Seven Years Swiss...
Newfoundland folk singer Jim Payne (glider pilot) chief pilot with the PerlanProject Mission 2 Jim Payne (golfer) (born 1970), English golfer Jim Payne,...
2011-12, page 138. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The Perlan II project continues to develop, 24-25. FreeFlight, the Journal of the Soaring...
hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn Windward Performance Perlan II – will be used to study the northern polar vortex Polar front Cut-off...
from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012. "Geothermal Projects in NE Iceland at Krafla, Bjarnarflag, Gjástykki and Theistareykir" (PDF)...
was a member of various jazz bands, including performed in the jazz club Perlan in Tórshavn, which was demolished in 1983. In 1988, she released a cassette...
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