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Old September 5th 17, 03:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:47:11 PM UTC-4, Bill (BT) wrote:
On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:28:15 PM UTC-4, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 11:23:47 AM UTC-6, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft


GLIDER ALTITUDE: 53040 ft VERTICAL SPEED: 3 kts


Congratulations to the Perlan Team and to Greg Cole, the designer of the Perlan II!!

BT


an awesome achievement, but only the beginning. they still have to go 38,000 feet higher