![]() ![]() Image: Airbus Perlan Mission II Surpasses U-2 © Airbus SAS 2017 – All rights reserved. To find out more about the project and to watch live footage via the virtual cockpit, visit The Airbus team has been providing technical consultations as well as financial backing to support the Perlan’s goal to explore the edges of space in a glider. Combining European heritage with global outreach, the diversity Airbus talent and technology drives innovation, integration and fostering a global community. Airbus Group is a European industrial flagship which unites the capabilities of three market leaders: Airbus, Airbus Defense and Space, and Airbus Helicopters. In 2014 Airbus Group joined the project as a partner and major funder. These missions will provide education and inspiration for young people seeking careers of exploration and adventure in engineering and science. This will require the engineering of a spacecraft with glider wings that can fly in less than 3% of normal air density and at temperatures of minus 70 degrees C, conditions approximating the surface of Mars. Airbus’ Perlan 2 glider is continuing to push the limits of engineless flight, hitting a succession of record altitudes throughout the last week, culminating in a unprecedented 76,000-ft (23,000-m) climb on Sunday. The ultimate goal is for Perlan 2 to fly at 90,000 feet on the edge of space to explore the science of giant mountain waves that help create the ozone hole and change global climate models. The Perlan 2 glider in action during a record-breaking flight last week. Airbus continues to fly the Perlan 2 glider in Argentina in preparation for an attempt to break the world gliding altitude record in the coming weeks. The overall altitude record for level flight of a manned aeroplane is held by the SR-71 Blackbird at 85,069 feet. The Airbus-sponsored Perlan 2 glider is flying over Patagonia in preparation for an attempt to break the world gliding altitude record in the coming weeks. In a single week, the Perlan II has set the world altitude record for gliders three times: Air Force’s famous U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft: 73,737 feet, flown in 1989. The flight made by pilots Jim Payne and Tim Gardner surpasses even the maximum recorded altitude in level flight of the U.S. The Airbus Perlan Mission II has set a new world altitude record for a glider, this time soaring the engineless Perlan 2 to 76,124 feet, in the process collecting vital data on flight performance, weather and the atmosphere. If you have any critique, please PM us or click "message the mods" and we will respond as soon as possible.The Perlan Project is a research project to study atmospheric conditions utilizing sailplanes designed to fly at extremely high altitudes. In general, have fun, be nice in the comments, and enjoy the pictures. Sources and more info are highly, highly encouraged otherwise. This will help users find different categories much more easily.ĭirect image/video links are preferred, but a website with a gallery/information is perfectly fine as long as pictures are provided in the first place.Ī source for more info must be provided in the comments if asked for one by a mod. This is done after submitting by pressing the "flair" button under your post. Provide an accurate description of the aircraft in your post, so if you were describing a Boeing 747 it would be something like "Boeing 747 Commercial, all metal, jet passenger plane, put into production circa 1970"įlair your post with a tag that fits the plane in question. Blueprints and drawings are fine as long as they're detailed well enough! No blurry spy satellite photos or vague silhouettes. Images must be clear and obvious as to the content. This sub is for real designs that were made in the real world this means no photoshops, kitbashing, or purely fictional "what ifs." At least a functional prototype or part of one must have been built for inclusion in the sub. Weird doesn't just mean weird-looking, planes which have interesting stories or are generally obscure are quite fine. Blimps, zeppelins, helicopters, and all other oddities are just as welcome. All aircraft are allowed, not just those with wings. Perlan Project pilots Morgan Sandercock, Ed Warnock, and Jim Payne The Perlan 2 glider, which will attempt to set the all-time world altitude record for wingborne flight in 2023, made its first public flight demo at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Tuesday. ![]() A subreddit spawned from /r/weirdwheels with the same intent, only with planes! This sub is for documenting all those strange planes out there from prototype to production. ![]()
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