AIRBUS Perlan sets NEW WORLD RECORD by flying over 62000 FEET.

Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to over 62,000 feet, setting second altitude world record and crossing Armstrong Line



EL CALAFATE, Argentina, 27 August, 2018 – Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, made history again yesterday in El Calafate, Argentina, by soaring in the stratosphere to a pressure altitude of over 62,000 feet (60,669 feet GPS altitude). This set a new gliding altitude world record, pending official validation.



The pressurized Perlan 2 glider, which is designed to soar up to 90,000 feet, passed the Armstrong Line, the point in the atmosphere above which an unprotected human’s blood will boil if an aircraft loses pressurization.



This marks a second glider altitude world record for Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock, the same two Perlan Project pilots who soared the Perlan 2 to 52,221 feet GPS altitude on Sept. 3, 2017, in the same remote region of Argentine Patagonia. The 2017 record broke a previous record that was set in 2006, in the unpressurized Perlan 1, by Perlan Project founder Einar Enevoldson and Steve Fossett.



“This is a tremendous moment for all the volunteers and sponsors of Airbus Perlan Mission II who have been so dedicated to making our nonprofit aerospace initiative a reality,” said Ed Warnock, CEO of The Perlan Project. “Our victory today, and whatever other milestones we achieve this year, are a testament to a pioneering spirit of exploration that runs through everyone on the project and through the organizations that support us.”



“Innovation is a buzzword in aerospace today, but Perlan truly embodies the kind of bold thinking and creativity that are core Airbus values,” said Tom Enders, Airbus CEO. “Perlan Project is achieving the seemingly impossible, and our support for this endeavor sends a message to our employees, suppliers and competitors that we will not settle for being anything less than extraordinary.”



Another first-of-its kind achievement this year for the Perlan Project was the use of a special high-altitude tow plane rather than a conventional glider tow plane. During yesterday’s flight, Perlan 2 was towed to the base of the stratosphere by a Grob Egrett G520 turboprop, a high-altitude reconnaissance plane that was modified for the task earlier this summer. Operated by AV Experts, LLC, and flown by chief pilot Arne Vasenden, the Egrett released Perlan 2 at around 42,000 feet, the approximate service ceiling of an Airbus A380.

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Perlan’s other sponsors:
United Technologies
Weather Extreme Ltd.
BRS Aerospace

Equipment, service and institutional donors:
Aero Club Lago Argentino
AGM Container Controls
ANAC
Argentina Air Force Directorate-General of Research and Development
Automated Metal Products
Biomarine Rebreathers
Bonehead Composites
Clouddancers
Cobra Trailer
Community Foundation of Western Nevada
DeLorme inReach
Dragonfly Energy
EANA
Epic Aircraft
Garmin
Intel
Iridium Communications Inc.
Kiloyankeepapa
Laviasa
Leading Edge Jet Center
LX Nav
MH Aviation Oxygen Systems
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn
Omni
Pro-Tint
RDD
Sandia Aerospace
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
SIMCOM
SoaringNV
Soaring Society of America
Sports Aviation Foundation
Trig Avionics
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
Whelen Engineering

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