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Old September 3rd 17, 06:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tom Kelley #711
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft
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Old September 3rd 17, 06:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 11:23:47 AM UTC-6, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft


GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52375 ft
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Old September 3rd 17, 06:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

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
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Old September 3rd 17, 06:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bill (BT)
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

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
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Old September 3rd 17, 07:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Karl Kunz[_2_]
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

Latest Tweet from the Perlan Project:

Perlan Project†@PerlanProject 27m27 minutes ago
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Flight Update: New Unofficial #WorldRecord! Perlan 2 glider on #AirbusPerlanMission II reaches 53,400 feet. Calibrating for confirmation.

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Old September 3rd 17, 08:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot)
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

Cool beans.
Thanks for the links and follow up.
Curious to see if altitude record is approved.

BTW, thanks for your contests posts. Most of us appreciate it.
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Old September 3rd 17, 10:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 2:10:55 PM UTC-4, Karl Kunz wrote:
Latest Tweet from the Perlan Project: ...


Any confirmation they are safe on the ground?
Nothing I can see since 3+ hrs ago.
Last I saw they were approaching pattern altitude...
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Old September 4th 17, 01:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

From Jackie:

Wrap up: World Record claim of 52,172 feet GPS altitude. It is on OLC now.

Will blog tonight
Jackie

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Old September 4th 17, 01:56 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

Well, 52,172 ft doesn't sound enough to claim a new world record. According to sporting code,

3.0.4 World record margins
A new record claim must exceed the current value by 1 kilometre for distance, 1 km/h for speed, and 3% for altitude.

The current altitude record is 50,720 ft. Adding 3% to it, you need at least 52,241.6 ft to claim a new altitude record.

On their Virtual Cockpit page, I did see altitude over 53,800 ft. I hope they can claim a new world record!
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Old September 4th 17, 02:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tom Kelley #711
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Default Perlan GLIDER ALTITUDE: 52004 ft

On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 6:56:13 PM UTC-6, G Shib wrote:
Well, 52,172 ft doesn't sound enough to claim a new world record. According to sporting code,

3.0.4 World record margins
A new record claim must exceed the current value by 1 kilometre for distance, 1 km/h for speed, and 3% for altitude.

The current altitude record is 50,720 ft. Adding 3% to it, you need at least 52,241.6 ft to claim a new altitude record.

On their Virtual Cockpit page, I did see altitude over 53,800 ft. I hope they can claim a new world record!


I also saw 53,900. downloaded the IGC file and See You shows max. altitude of 54,022 ft at 14:31.24 with a landing at 15:44.28. Am wondering what software will be used to analyze the claim? Is it GPS or pressure altitude?
Anyway, Congrats to all!

Best. Tom #711.
 




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