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) ...

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The Perlan Mission, initiated by Einar Enevoldson, aims to set glider altitude records using mountain waves, with Perlan I first breaking the 50,000-foot mark in 2006. The Perlan 2 glider recently ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 Airbus Perlan Mission 2 officially launched its flight test program from a new hangar in Minden, Nevada, after its successful first flight. The mission aims to achieve record-breaking flights in ...

Preparing for Move to Argentina Later This Year to Attempt World-Record Breaking Flights Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders Co-Pilots Test Flight of Stratospheric Glider The Airbus Perlan Mission II ...

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 ...

The Perlan Mission II, a technologically advanced glider performing test flights under a project sponsored by Airbus, set a new world record altitude for a glider, reaching 62,000 feet above the ...