8/2/2023 0 Comments Perian 2 glider![]() ![]() ![]() It represents 57 percent of the $7 million budget raised to build the glider. That sum makes Airbus the leading partner in Perlan 2, according to a source familiar with the deal. The European aerospace firm has invested close to $4 million in the American group, Mission Perlan 2, which developed the ambitious project, and tested the craft Saturday in the skies over Nevada. The project's goal is to set an altitude record for the unpowered craft of 90,000 feet (27,400 meters) in the frigid temperatures at the edge of space (-70 Fahrenheit, -57 celsius), similar to the conditions on Mars. fighter jets had intercepted six Russian aircraft operating >Īirborne-NextGen 05.16.The space glider Perlan 2 is helping Airbus take on Silicon Valley's brightest innovators, even while pursuing technologies that might eventually lead to passenger flights in space. ![]() But a new generation of powerplants has just been certified with th>Īirborne-NextGen 05.23.23: CAP Drones, Altitude Angel, DJI Matrice 350 RTKĪlso: DeltaHawk DHK180, Stratolaunch Test, Reliable Robotics Test, ERAU Rocket Record The United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) North Carolina Wing (NCWG>Īirborne 05.17.23: Russian Intercepts, Honeywell Anthem, MASSIVE UAL PicketĪlso: KIA WWII Airman Returns, FAA Does Less, TBP Lithium For PC-12, ERAU Rocketry On 14 May, NORAD disclosed that U.S. The F-35A will provide next-generation stealth, enhanced situational awarenes>Īirborne 05.19.23: DeltaHawk DHK180 FAA Cert!, B-17 NPRM, Ditched F-15DĪlso: VG Readies for 5.25 Flight, FedEx Strike?, Reliable Robotics, US Aviation Academy A long time coming? Yes. Air Force’s latest fifth-generation fighter. More News ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.22.23)Īero Linx: F-35A Lightning II The F-35A is the U.S. (Images provided with Airbus Perlan Mission II news release) FMI: The Airbus Perlan Mission II is an initiative to fly an engineless glider to the edge of space, higher than any other winged aircraft has operated in level, controlled flight, to open up a world of new discoveries related to high-altitude flight, weather and climate change.
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