Perlan 2 : new (unofficial) altitude record

[Bre901]

On August 26, Perlan 2 broke the altitude record set last year: Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock reached an altitude of at least 62,426 feet (19,227m) from El Calafate (AR)

The release took place at 42,500 feet (13,090 m), it sure helps to have a stratospheric towplane



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[Crakob]

this is by wave riding, right?

[Bre901]

this is by wave riding, right?

Yes, in or close to the polar vortex.

[Bre901]

Bis repetita : right now they just reached 20 km (pressure altitude)

[OXO]

[Bre901]

Perlan 2 was one of my suggestions for future gliders, maybe they would be interested in widening their communication actions by supplying a 3D model from their CAD (they surely have one).

[OXO]

Perlan 2 was one of my suggestions for future gliders, maybe they would be interested in widening their communication actions by supplying a 3D model from their CAD (they surely have one).

Only if YOU make it.

[Bre901]

76 000 ft (~23400 m) today !

[EDB]

Wow..!
When will they soar to Mars..?

[kharmon]

Mars would make a great landscape.

[Bre901]

I read somewhere that at the altitudes they fly, the air density is about the same as close to the ground on Mars,

[Luxaly]

Wow..!
When will they soar to Mars..?

olympus mons ridge soaring incoming