Perlan Glider Completes First Test Season

Credit: Perlan: Perlan Project
The Airbus Perlan Mission II team has wrapped up its first season of flights in Argentina en route to attempting to set a glider altitude record of 90,000 ft. in the stratospheric Perlan 2. The team was late reaching Patagonia so was able complete only six test flights from El Calafate, reaching 35...

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