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    Perlan Project Inc. is a not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders) designed...
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    Performance for the Perlan Project. The aircraft first flew on 23 September 2015 at Redmond Municipal Airport, Oregon. The Perlan 2 is a follow-up design...
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    1932, in Seattle, Washington – April 14, 2021) was the director of the Perlan Project. He was a civilian research pilot for NASA's Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research...
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    glider Perlan 1, a modified Glaser-Dirks DG-500. This record was achieved over El Calafate (Patagonia, Argentina) and set as part of the Perlan Project. This...
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    Nevada, Alps, Patagonic Andes, and Southern Alps mountain ranges. The Perlan Project is working to demonstrate the viability of climbing above the tropopause...
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    sea-breeze front. More exotic forms of lift are the polar vortices which the Perlan Project hopes to use to soar to great altitudes. A rare phenomenon known as...
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    was the first artificial object to reach the upper stratosphere) Perlan Project Project Excelsior, world record for highest recorded jump 1961-2012 Red...
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    Perlan (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpʰɛrtlan]; English: The Pearl) is a natural history museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is situated on the top of Öskjuhlíð...
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    needed] It was the departure and landing station for the second stage of Perlan Project. Argentina portal Aviation portal Transport in Argentina List of airports...
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    2015-01-27. "Perlan Project web site". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012. "DG Flugzeugbau GmbH Perlan Glider". Retrieved...
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  • Newfoundland folk singer Jim Payne (glider pilot) chief pilot with the Perlan Project Mission 2 Jim Payne (golfer) (born 1970), English golfer Jim Payne,...
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    finally succeeding with this record flight. This endeavor is known as the Perlan Project. As a young adventurer, Fossett was one of the first participants in...
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    1949 Actress Einar Enevoldson 1950 NASA test pilot and director of the Perlan Project Vince Guaraldi 1946 Jazz musician, pianist, and Grammy Award-winning...
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  • Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018. "Perlan Project". perlanproject.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved...
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    College in Incline Village Nevada. She is the chief scientist for the Perlan Project to fly a manned glider to 100,000 feet. Her areas of specialty include...
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  • Bombardier Flight Test Center, Bombardier CSeries 2018 James Payne, Airbus Perlan Project 2019 Evan C. Thomas, Scaled Composites, LLC., Stratolaunch Aircraft...
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    America. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-06. "Perlan Project". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September...
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    Australia  Germany German Aerospace Center (DLR)  United States Argentina Perlan Project High altitude glider towing Data from Grob General characteristics Crew:...
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  • February 2025. "World Record Claim Above 60,000 Feet on August 26, 2018". Perlan Project. 27 August 2018. Kurt Hofmann (31 August 2018). "After Seven Years Swiss...
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    493 m)achieved on this flight has only recently been superseded by the Perlan Project PR-G1 Company designation, one prototype built with Naval designation...
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  • Aviation History, January 2018, pp. 6-7. "Airbus Perlan Mission II - World Record Flight | Perlan Project". www.perlanproject.org. Retrieved 4 September...
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  • 2011-12, page 138. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The Perlan II project continues to develop, 24-25. FreeFlight, the Journal of the Soaring...
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    Cathedral and Parliament House (Alþingishúsið) visible on the right View from Perlan Reykjavík Cathedral King of Atlantis statue in Reykjavík Reykjavík from...
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    original on 16 September 2018. Birgir Olgeirsson (16 January 2015). "Héldu að Perlan væri nýtt hof ásatrúarmanna: "Ég hef verið að leiðrétta þetta"". Vísir.is...
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    hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn Windward Performance Perlan II – will be used to study the northern polar vortex Polar front Cut-off...
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  • engineers, and makers who designed a CubeSat payload that flew onboard Project Perlan's glider during a high-altitude flight in Calafate, Argentina. Sierra-Sastre...
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  • from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012. "Geothermal Projects in NE Iceland at Krafla, Bjarnarflag, Gjástykki and Theistareykir" (PDF)...
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  • Henning Larsen Architects and Olafur Eliasson, 2007–2011) Hallgrímskirkja Perlan Smáratorg Tower Supreme Court of Iceland Architecture of Denmark Architecture...
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    equal". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2019. "Björk Concert Setlist at Perlan, Reykjavik on December 31, 1999". setlist.fm. Retrieved 6 May 2019. "Björk...
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    Iceland. His work Hitavaettur thermal guardian is a permanent installation at Perlan in Reykjavík, Iceland where it is powered by the municipal geothermal hot...
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