The Perlan 2 high-altitude glider set a new record by climbing past 62,000 feet over Patagonia, exceeding the Armstrong Line. Piloted by Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock, this flight shattered their ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

The high-altitude Perlan 2 glider may soon be carrying a Thales-made satellite communications system that will broadcast live in-flight video from the sailplane while cruising earth’s stratosphere.

An effort to fly a glider into the stratosphere is rapidly approaching a crossroads. A lack of Sierra Wave during the month of April has left the crew of the Perlan II with a choice — remain in Minden ...

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 For the third time in a week, Airbus Perlan Mission II has set a new ...

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 pressurized, high-altitude Perlan 2 glider is expected to reach a record-breaking altitude of 90,000 feet during the upcoming flight test campaign. The Perlan 2 glider has broken its own world ...

Airbus Perlan Mission II on May 15 announced the launch of its fourth season of operations with a press briefing at Minden-Tahoe Municipal Airport (Minden, Nev., U.S.), the year-round home of the ...

Flying in a glider, some pilots say, is the closest thing to flying like a bird—the aircraft, which has no engine, is towed off the runway by a powered aircraft, then disconnects and climbs currents ...

Airbus's Perlan Mission II took another step to the edge of space yesterday, setting a new record in the skies over Patagonia to become the first engineless glider to soar to over 52,000 ft (15,800 m) ...