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Old February 21st 13, 06:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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What has happened to the Perlan project? Is the board of directors on vacation?
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Old February 21st 13, 07:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Feb 21, 9:12*am, wrote:
What has happened to the Perlan project? Is the board of directors on vacation?


It has a board of directors?
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Old February 21st 13, 07:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:18:39 AM UTC-8, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Feb 21, 9:12*am, wrote:

What has happened to the Perlan project? Is the board of directors on vacation?




It has a board of directors?


Yes
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Old February 22nd 13, 03:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Here you will find mention of the Perlan project.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2784749

Believe anyone who would like to support the program would be welcome to contact them, or use this link:
http://perlanproject.org/donate/
There are quite a few key people involved, but there's still a lot to do.
Jim
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Old February 23rd 13, 06:36 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On 2/22/2013 9:03 PM, Ramy wrote:
On Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:34:09 PM UTC-8, Frank Whiteley




Greg Cole gave the Barnaby Lecture last year. Very interesting.
SSA pledged funding for the GPS logging.



Frank Whiteley


Did they try to get Red Bull sponsorship? Didn't we all recently
watch another high altitude record heavily sponsored by Red Bull?
Just imagine the publication it will bring to soaring...


I know Red Bull is considered a potential sponsor, but I don't know if
any contacts have been made.

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Old February 23rd 13, 09:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I recall a certain white haired glider pilot was the first to greet Felix Baumgartner when he landed. He's probably a good one to start the get Red Bull request......
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Old February 27th 13, 04:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Friday, February 22, 2013 9:36:07 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 2/22/2013 9:03 PM, Ramy wrote:

Did they try to get Red Bull sponsorship? Didn't we all recently
watch another high altitude record heavily sponsored by Red Bull?
Just imagine the publication it will bring to soaring...



I know Red Bull is considered a potential sponsor, but I don't know if
any contacts have been made.


Now we know - contact has been achieved. Read about it in the latest newsletter, which should be online already, but isn't. Check here in a day or two:

http://perlanproject.org/newsletters/

Here's a partial quote from the article:

"That social gathering took place on January 26
th.

Dennis Tito extended his gracious hospitality to host
both teams. From Red Bull, actually Sage Cheshire
Aerospace, the company that conceived and executed
the jump on behalf of Red Bull, were Art Thompson –
technical project director and visionary behind the
project, Jon Wells – mechanical engineer, Mike Todd –
life support engineer, Mike Jacobs – flight test engineer
and Don Day – meteorologist. From the Perlan team
were Ed Warnock, Doug Perrenod, John Miller, Dennis
Tito, Morgan Sandercock, Greg Cole, Elizabeth Austin,
Jim Payne, Darren Darnborough and myself.

"Myself" refers to Stéphane Fymat, the newsletter editor.

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