Perlan Project
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perlan-project-201-17624058
title:
Perlan Project
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Perlan Project Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders) designed to fly at extremely high altitudes. On 29 August 2006 Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson, the pilots of Perlan Mission I, broke the existing altitude record for gliders by soaring up to 50,671 feet (15,460m) in a standard glider using stratospheric waves of air. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale has ratified the altitude rec
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American high altitude research organization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlan_Project
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2024-04-12T04:42:08Z
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