Machine Design

Windward Performance Designs and Manufactures Sailplanes and Gliders. The Perlan to Set Altitude Record for Manned Flight

Advances in laminar-flow airfoils and composites have sparked a renaissance in sailplane design. And no company seems to have exploited these two technologies more adeptly than Windward Performance in ...
Aviation Week

Perlan II Glider Team Reactivates To Make 90,000-ft. Altitude Attempt

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—A U.S.-based team seeking to make history by soaring a specially designed glider to a record height of 90,000 ft. is soliciting donations and volunteers to make another series of ...
DLR

World-first in-flight measurements of contrails from hydrogen propulsion

The world's first in-flight measurements of contrails from a hydrogen-powered turbojet engine have been conducted. The measurements provide new insights into the climate impact of contrails produced ...
KVIA

Borderland students sending experiments to edge of space on potentially record-setting flight

DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Students from Sunland Park, Anthony, and Las Cruces are sending science experiments to the edge of space on the Airbus Perlan Mission II. The pressurized glider ...
Business Wire

Airbus Perlan Mission II Back in Air to Set World Altitude Record

WASHINGTON & MINDEN, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test ...
The Engineer

Thales joins forces with Airbus Perlan Mission II

Thales has partnered with the climate and aerospace research project Airbus Perlan Mission II, with plans to create the ‘highest ever Wi-Fi hotspot’. Through the partnership, Thales will aim to fly ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sailplane to the Stratosphere

Optimized for altitude: Jim Payne, one of the most accomplished glider pilots in the world, is one of four who will fly the purpose-built glider on its record attempts. A wall of cloud runs above the ...
Flightglobal

Perlan Project outfits Perlan 2 with new sensors, preps for 2021 flights

After scrubbing a 2020 flight programme due to coronavirus, the Perlan Project team hopes to fly its high-altitude sailplane in the US Sierra Nevada mountains in early 2021 before returning to ...
The Aviationist

Go Full Screen When You Watch This Breathtaking Video of The Airbus Perlan II.

Incredible Video of Record-Breaking High Altitude Glider Will Take Your Breath Away. You may not have heard of the remarkable Airbus Perlan II ultra-high altitude glider and its impressive series of ...
Flightglobal

Perlan glider project prepares for record-setting 90,000ft flight

The team behind the Perlan II is kicking off a fourth flying season with the goal of soaring the unpowered aircraft to a record altitude of 90,000ft this year. That would be the highest Perlan II can ...
Detroit Free Press

Perlan 2 glider breaks its own record

SARASOTA — The revolutionary record-smashing Perlan 2 glider did it again over Argentina last Sunday when the spindly-looking craft flew higher than the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane. Perlan 2, ...