{"id":15201940,"date":"2026-08-22T15:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/perlan-glider-stratosphere-engineless-record\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:56:55","slug":"perlan-glider-stratosphere-engineless-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/perlan-glider-stratosphere-engineless-record\/","title":{"rendered":"The Engineless Glider That Soared to the Stratosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>No engine. No jet fuel. No rocket. Just a slender white sailplane, its long wings feeding on invisible rivers of rising air, climbing higher than a U-2 spy plane into the freezing black of the stratosphere. In 2018, the engineless Perlan 2 glider soared to 76,124 feet over the mountains of Patagonia, the highest altitude a winged aircraft has ever reached in sustained level flight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is one of the purest feats in all of aviation: reaching the doorstep of space using nothing but the wind and a deep understanding of how the atmosphere moves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Quick Facts: The Perlan Project<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>A\u00e9ronef:<\/strong> Perlan 2, a pressurized, engineless glider<\/li><li><strong>Enregistrer:<\/strong> 76,124 feet, 2 September 2018<\/li><li><strong>Higher than:<\/strong> The U-2 spy plane&rsquo;s 73,737-foot ceiling<\/li><li><strong>O\u00f9:<\/strong> El Calafate, Argentina, over the Andes<\/li><li><strong>Comment:<\/strong> Riding stratospheric mountain waves<\/li><li><strong>Ultimate goal:<\/strong> 90,000 feet<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Riding the wave<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The secret is a phenomenon called the stratospheric mountain wave. When strong winds pour over a mountain range, they can set up enormous standing waves of air that ripple upward for miles. In a few places on Earth, and at a few times of year, the polar vortex amplifies these waves so they reach deep into the stratosphere. Over the Andes near El Calafate, a glider can hitch a ride on them almost to the edge of space. The Perlan 2, weighing just 1,500 pounds and sealed like a spacecraft with its own closed-loop breathing system, is towed aloft and then simply soars.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;This marks a major breakthrough in aviation innovation, one that will allow winged exploration of the atmosphere at the edge of space and lead to new discoveries to unravel some of the continuing mysteries of weather, climate change and ozone depletion.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Ed Warnock<\/strong> &mdash; CEO of the Perlan Project<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1066270961  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/windward-performance-perlan-ii.jpg\" alt=\"Windward Performance Perlan II\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Perlan 2, a pressurized sailplane built to ride mountain waves into the stratosphere. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KE792Y9hyww\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Higher than a spy plane<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The project was the dream of Einar Enevoldson, a former NASA test pilot convinced that gliders could ride these waves far higher than anyone believed. In 2006 he and adventurer Steve Fossett flew the unpressurized Perlan 1 to 50,727 feet. Twelve years later, on 2 September 2018, pilots Jim Payne and Tim Gardner took the new Perlan 2 to 76,124 feet, shattering that record and climbing past the sustained ceiling of the Lockheed U-2. An engineless glider had out-climbed one of the most famous high-altitude aircraft ever built.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=945975678  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/perlan-glider-high-altitude-sailplane.jpg\" alt=\"Perlan glider high-altitude sailplane\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">With its enormous, slender wings, the Perlan 2 is optimised to fly in air so thin it resembles the atmosphere of Mars. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;When I learned somebody was going to attempt to go to the edge of space in a glider, I wanted to be part of such an interesting project.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Ed Warnock<\/strong> &mdash; On why he joined the Perlan Project<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSy3GhdtZ68\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why fly a glider to space<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>It is not just a stunt. Backed by Airbus, the Perlan team uses these flights to study the stratospheric waves themselves, the ozone layer and the mechanics of climate. And because the air at 76,000 feet is about as thin as the surface atmosphere of Mars, the glider is a flying laboratory for how wings behave in near-vacuum, knowledge that could one day help aircraft fly on other planets. The team&rsquo;s dream of 90,000 feet remains, waiting for the perfect wave.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZuYXx_SPdfc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Airbus, F&eacute;d&eacute;ration A&eacute;ronautique Internationale, The Perlan Project, Smithsonian.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Articles similaires<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/scaled-composites-proteus-high-altitude-record-setter\/\">The Spindly Sky-Spider That Set Records for Decades<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/coffin-corner-aerodynamics-stall-mach-high-altitude\/\">Le coin du ciel qui tue dans les deux sens<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No engine. No jet fuel. No rocket. Just a slender white sailplane, its long wings feeding on invisible rivers of rising air, climbing higher than a U-2 spy plane into the freezing black of the stratosphere. 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