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Omni Medical visits Perlan Hangar

 

On January 15, 2016,  Mark Harvie, president of Omni Medical Systems visited the Perlan hangar. He was there to sponsor the Perlan flight crew with range extender relief systems. These high tech pump assisted urinary systems will allow Perlan pilots to be comfortable for the entire 8 hour mission. Mark and Rick Arnold briefed the team on system operation.

 

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Minden Build-A-Plane Visit

Saturday, January 16, 2016

 An open house was held from 10:00 AM to Noon for individuals who missed the official ribbon cutting of the Dennis Tito Perlan Hangar:  About  30 visitors came including 10 students that are part of the Minden Build-A-Plane project. 

Successful Test Flights in Minden, NV

January 15, 2016

The Perlan 2 completed two perfect test flights today from Minden, NV.   The weather was clear and calm and above freezing-just what you want for early test flights!  

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Dennis Tito's Perlan Hangar

 

December 9, 2015 - The sponsors and volunteers behind Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to soar an engineless glider to the edge of space, celebrated today the opening of the new Dennis Tito Perlan 2 Hangar at Minden/Tahoe Municipal Airport. The ceremony marked the start of a critical flight test program to prepare for a record-breaking flight in 2016 when project pilots will ride air currents to 90,000 feet, opening up new discoveries in high-altitude flight, climate change and space exploration.

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Graphics installed on the Perlan 2 & the Trailer

 

On Monday, December 7, 2015, Grafics Unlimited installers arrived to put the graphics on the Perlan 2 and the trailer that holds the Perlan 2 for travel.

Installation went to well thanks to the help of the Minden-Tahoe Airport staff who arranged for the Perlan 2 and the trailer to be in a heated hanger near the new Dennis Tito's Perlan Hangar.

Here are pictures of the sponsor logos that were installed:

 

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GVT done at ATA - Now onto Minden, with a stop at Gentex!

 

 November 13, 2015

ATA has terabytes of data!  The final day of testing went well, and the Perlan 2 headed for Minden, NV.  

The Perlan team also dropped by Gentex for measurement of Oxygen masks for the BioMarine re-breather system.

Ground Vibration Test in San Diego & Media Photo Opportunity

 

Ground Vibration Tests at ATA in San Diego.  

Perlan team of Einar, Morgan, Doug, Jim and Jackie brought the Airbus Perlan 2 glider to ATA Engineering in San Diego for Ground Vibration Testing (GVT). This gentle shaking will determine structural frequencies and damping that will be used to create a model for predicting flutter during flight.  After 2 full days of data gathering all seems well at this point. 

 

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Perlan 2 Arrives at ATA for Ground Vibration Test

November 9, 2015

The Airbus Perlan Mission II has reached another major milestone, the Ground Vibration Test (GVT) of the Perlan 2 Glider.  The testing is taking place this week at ATA Engineering,  in San Diego, CA.

Ground vibration testing is often performed on experimental aircraft.  It applies controlled vibration to the structure and then measures how the aricraft responds.  Excessive vibration can cause a variety of problems in a aircraft.

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