The wings have been fitted to the fusealge after installation of the control rods. After the fitting is completed the final work on the fuselage will be done prior to sending the fuselage to the paint shop.
The Perlan Project and Teachers in Space will be training high school teachers this summer to build CubeSats with experiments that can be carried to the edge of space. Students will build the science packages this next year. They will be carried on Airbus Perlan...
The Perlan 2 will have a ballistic recovery chute for emergency descent to the ground. The BRS strap has been installed on the fuselage prior to sending the fuselage to the paint shop. BRS Aerospace has donated time and expertise to the design and...
The Perlan trailer is finished and on its way to the port in Germany.
Thanks to Airbus, a model of the Perlan 2 was exhibited at the Pairis Le Bourget Airshow June 15-21, 2015. This model is now on permanent display at the Airbus Group Technology building. Here's just a few photos of the setup, before the public was allowed in on...
Wings and wing tips weighted. June 8, 2015
Wings and allerons painted. June 8, 2015
The Perlan II is set up in the RDD shop in Redmond, OR - May 2015
The Portland Mini Maker Fair has come again. We were given the same booth that we had last year, so I think the Portlanders will be expecting us in the same place every year.
July 10, 2017- There's a lot of preparation work that is crtical for Airbus Perlan Mission II success. A new oil pre-heater was installed on the Boreo tow plane. We knew from Minden that one of the accelerometers had stopped sending data. So Morgan and Stewart found...
July 9, 2017 was Unloading Day for Perlan and Independence Day for Argentina. The truck arrived last night and the crane arrived this morning. The Perlan team was in place to download and unload the container. First we needed to sweep and clean the hangar. The hangar...
July 8, 2017 Today was the big arrival day at El Calafate for Airbus Perlan Mission II. Tim and Alec were the early scouting party. They started getting the rental cars ready and met two groups at the airport. Cholo and Raul departed the Atlantic coast in the CNVVM...
The events of July 6-7, 2017 in Argentina were extremely worthwhile for the Perlan Project. The logistics of a Campaign in Patagonia are incredibly complicated. In the past 2 days it is coming together. Tim and Alec arrived in El Calafate after driving hard for three...
On July 4th Tim and Alec drove from Marlague to Bariloche down Route 40. This mostly paved road is 5,000 km (3,000 miles) in total. It is a classic like Route 66 in USA. They stopped at Chos Malal for lunch and the memorial to San Martin. I love the tourist interest...
While the polar vertex has begun to spin high over El Calafate, our Airbus Perlan Mission II team has begun to arrive in Argentina. Tim Gardner and Alec Guay were all smiles as they exited the Mendoza airport yesterday July 2, 2017. Tago met them and took them to see...