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Enders Flies in Perlan 2 on Airbus Perlan Mission II Media Day

Enders Flies in Perlan 2 on Airbus Perlan Mission II Media Day

  Despite the rainy conditions in the morning the Perlan team welcomed Airbus CEO Tom Enders and a large group of international reporters to the Tito Perlan hangar at Minden Tahoe airport on May 7, 2016. Earlier that morning Perlan CEO Ed Warnock, meterologist...

Drogue Chute Deployment Test

Drogue Chute Deployment Test

  On April 29 the Perlan team successfully conducted the first airborne deployment test of Perlan's drogue parachute.     (The BRS parachute is for lower altitude recovery/landing.) Minden airport ops provided fantastic support. Stefan from SoaringNV...

Teachers in Space Visit Minden

Teachers in Space Visit Minden

Teachers in Space arrived at the Perlan hangar on April 23. Liz Kennick, Joe Latrell, Chris Murphy, and Austin Reese pitched in immediately with a ground test being conducted for the glider. That's Austin's CubeSat experiment in his hands in the red case. In...

Tail Tost Release Test

Tail Tost Release Test

  On Sunday April 24 Perlan Project did a static load test to verify the tail was strong enough to withstand the maximum opening shock from the rear drogue chute. The glider was held taunt between a snow plow in the front and from behind a Ford 250 pickup...

Minden Wave Camp

Minden Wave Camp

  Minden Wave Camp sponsored by SoaringNV was held April 5 - 10, 2016. Perlan Project was well represented by team members Einar and Susana, Ed and Linda, Tim, Stewart, Morgan, Doug, Jim and Jackie. BJ Holden and Paul Carmel were able to see the glider for first...

Iturmendi presents to Society of Experimental Test Pilots

Iturmendi presents to Society of Experimental Test Pilots

On April 8, 2016 Flight Test Pilot and Engineer Miguel Iturmendi presented to the regional meeting of SETP in Florida. His description of the Perlan 2 glider, and the Perlan Project was of high interest to over 100 other Test Pilots. Turns out that several of the...

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