BoneHead Composites is sponsoring the flight crew of Perlan 2. They have sent 10 helmets from size Small to XXLarge for the comfort and safety on all Perlan 2 missions. Jim Payne has worn a BH helmet on all short test flights of the Perlan 2. He has also worn a...

  Airbus Group and Perlan Project held a productive quarterly meeting in Minden on January 29, 2016. As always the Perlan 2 glider was the primary focus of the meeting. Public presentations from IMAX, No Right Brain Left Behind, Discovery, Science Committee,...

  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...

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. [gallery...

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! Jim Payne, Pilot in Command (PIC), and Miguel Iturmendi, Flight Test Engineer (FTE),...

  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...