Aircraft not flying by mountain waves broke the world record

While the Airbus A380 has a record-breaking 15 km engine, Airbus's Perlan 2 sets a new world record as it flew as high as 52,000 feet (1 ft = 30.48 cm) without an engine.

While the Airbus A380 has a record-breaking 15 km flight, Airbus's Perlan 2 sets a new world record as it flies up to 52,000 feet without a motor. The record-breaking flight took place when Perlan 2 departed from El Calafate, Argentina.

Picture 1 of Aircraft not flying by mountain waves broke the world record

Perlan 2 flew at 17km without any engine.

Picture 2 of Aircraft not flying by mountain waves broke the world record

Two pilots, Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock, were on board.

Picture 3 of Aircraft not flying by mountain waves broke the world record

Perlan 2 flies from El Calafate in Argentina.

Picture 4 of Aircraft not flying by mountain waves broke the world record

Perlan 2 at a height of 14km look down to the ground.

Picture 5 of Aircraft not flying by mountain waves broke the world record

It broke the previous record of 50,671 feet, which was set up in 2006 by Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson.

Airbus long-term plan to develop Perlan jet airplanes into space-free airplanes. Airbus's Perlan 2 aircraft has a historic flight to create a new world record for skydiving.

Perlan 2 aircraft is a hovercraft designed to loop around the so-called "mountain waves" , which operate in some areas near the north and south poles, which can enter the stratosphere. .

Mountain formation occurs when strong winds of at least 15 knots cross a perpendicular mountain and the atmosphere is a "stable" wave that will form on the other side of the mountain range.

Update 12 December 2018
« PREV
NEXT »
Category

Technology

Life

Discover science

Medicine - Health

Event

Entertainment