Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test campaign in the U.S., clearing the way for an attempt later this year to set a new aviation world altitude record for manned, level flight.
JUL 01. 2022 Thales is partnering with the Perlan Project to bring Artificial Intelligence capabilities to upstream flight planning, enabling the Project’s Airbus Perlan Mission II stratospheric glider to ascend to record-breaking heights in flights scheduled for...
Paris-La Défense and MINDEN, Nev., January 13th, 2022 – Thales announced today its partnership with Airbus Perlan Mission II, an internationally celebrated and world record setting climate and aerospace research project, aiming to fly Thales’ latest mobile Satellite...
Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, made history again yesterday in El Calafate, Argentina, by soaring in the stratosphere to a pressure altitude of over 62,000 feet (60,669 feet GPS altitude)....
El Calafate, Argentina, September 4, 2017 – Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to send an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, made history yesterday in the Patagonia region of Argentina by soaring to over 52,000 feet and setting a new world...
El Calafate, Argentina, August 2, 2017 – Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider without an engine to the edge of space to collect ground-breaking insights on climate change, weather and high-altitude flight, this week reached a new high altitude in...
Pressurized glider reaches new high altitude on journey to edge of space Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider without an engine to the edge of space to collect ground-breaking insights on high-altitude flight, weather, and climate change, returned...
The Perlan 2 stratospheric glider has gone to sea, departing the United States aboard a container ship on the first leg of a journey that will end in El Calafate, Argentina, by mid-August. The journey marks a transition from a successful six-month flight test program...
The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved its successful first flight today in a historic moment about 5,000 feet above Roberts Field, the Redmond Municipal Airport in Oregon. This was the first test...
Stratospheric glider yielding insights into high-altitude aerodynamics, flight safety and Martian exploration For the third time in a week, Airbus Perlan Mission II has set a new world altitude record for a glider, this time soaring the engineless Perlan 2 to 76,124...
Perlan Project's all-volunteer team has made incredible preparations to get ready for Argentina. Each week additional team members have journeyed to Minden to join the core team. In the past few weeks we have hosted CEO Ed and Linda Warnock, Miguel Iturmendi, Alan...
Family, friends, and colleagues remember Einar’s life. On a recent afternoon, a group gathered at the Julia Morgan Hall, University of California Botanical Garden to celebrate the life of Einar Enevoldson, whose vision inspired The Perlan Project. Old friends to...
The primary stakeholders for the Airbus Perlan Mission II met to discuss budget and logistics last week. Thanks to the generous contributions of AVExperts, Perlan Project can fund a 2023 Campaign in Argentina with a rather austere budget. What we still hope to gain...
The 2023 Soaring Society of America convention in Reno had extreme winter weather constricting attendance. Road and airport closures bracketed the dates. The wide spread storm stretched all the way to Southern California where one ski resort got 65” of snow in 24...
The 2023 Soaring Society of America convention started today. Our Perlan Project booth was ready. Our volunteer team was ready. What a successful day it was! Morgan Sandercock set up the Perlan flight simulator. Our Perlan Virtual Cockpit was operating to the...
The Soaring Society of America biannual convention returns in 2023! The Perlan Project will be well represented in Reno, Nevada. The convention goes from February 23 - 26. Please stop by our fabulous booth to collect some great giveaways like stickers or a 5 X 7 photo...