The Perlan Mission, initiated by Einar Enevoldson in the 1990s, aims to demonstrate that gliders can soar to extreme altitudes in the stratosphere by utilizing mountain waves. The Perlan 2 glider ...

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) ...

High-altitude aerospace research nonprofit Perlan Project plans this year to take another shot at flying its Perlan 2 glider to a record 90,000ft, after which it intends to terminate that flight-test ...

And it did so without any help from an engine. ENGINES ARE FOR LOSERS. Turns out, you don't actually need an engine in order to fly ridiculously high. On Sunday, Airbus's Perlan 2 glider soared to an ...

The Perlan glider team is continuing its mission to reach greater heights. The team is currently in South America attempting to catch the mountain waves of the Patagonia mountain range in the ...

The Perlan 2 sailplane/glider, which had its first test flight last September in Oregon, will attempt to reach its optimal cruising altitude of 90,000 feet as early as this coming June in Argentina, ...

Flying well into the stratosphere to set a record for the highest manned flight takes guts. Doing it in a glider takes skilled engineers, pilots, and atmospheric scientists, elusive weather conditions ...

The Perlan Mission II glider, which is designed to fly higher than the U-2 spy plane and SR-71 Blackbird, has made its maiden flight. The aircraft separated from its towplane at an altitude of 5,000 ...

After COVID-19 delays, stratospheric research glider aims for 90,000-foot world record Nonprofit team collects climate science and aerospace engineering data en route to edge of space WASHINGTON & ...

A daring plan to fly a glider to the edge of space is a step closer after a successful test flight on Sunday. The Perlan 2 glider hopes to create aviation history by soaring to 90,000 feet – 17 miles ...