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The Airbus Perlan 2 Glider First Flight Test is now scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - weather permitting. Poor weather conditions on the originally scheduled date caused the delay. The wind was outside of the defined safety limits for conducting the First...
On the morning of September 9, 2015, everyone in Redmond was working to assemble all the components. Doug was arranging logistics. Morgan was working on final touches to software. Eric and RDD folks are working on interior of cockpits - wiring, instruments, panels,...
One of the most striking visual differences between a normal glider and the pressurized Perlan2 is the windows instead of a canopy. Dennis Tito's DG 1001 has a huge canopy with excellent viz, whereas the Perlan2 has 6 view ports and two transparent top hatches. So on...
The Perlan 2 wing has passed one of its most dangerous tests: the 3G load test. First RDD had to build a beefy test stand to hold the wings aloft, but upside down. Sandbags equal to three times the weight of the whole glider were loaded onto the bottom surface of the...
The Airbus Perlan2 Team is celebrating over Labor Day Weekend! On Friday we received our FAA Airworthiness Certificate for the Perlan2. This is a huge milestone and mega kudos to RDD for their tireless efforts to get everything right. This was a critical step leading...
At Redmond airport there was a comprehensive First Flight Coordination meeting. Several departments from the City of Redmond and several entities from the Redmond Airport sent representatives to sit down with RDD and the Perlan Team. Participating on-line were...