Perlan II live

[Frank Whiteley]

Hi all,

The Perlan 2 glider just launched for a last test flight in the Sierra. There is a possibility of wave as well. After this we ship to Argentina next week.

You can follow real time tracking on Virtual Cockpit. If using a cell phone screen, the map is below the gauges. The link is
http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html

Perlan Soars!
Jackie

[Duster]

Thanks! At noon est, they were at 21K. Flying above these lenticulars?

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/wfo/rev/vis.jpg

[Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot)]

Cool, thanks for the update.

[ND]

On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:51:08 AM UTC-4, Frank Whiteley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The Perlan 2 glider just launched for a last test flight in the Sierra. There is a possibility of wave as well. After this we ship to Argentina next week.
>
> You can follow real time tracking on Virtual Cockpit. If using a cell phone screen, the map is below the gauges. The link is
> http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html
>
> Perlan Soars!
> Jackie

this is awesome to follow!

[Duster]

Looks like they landed at around 345 Eastern time. I think they made it up to around 30,000 feet, but the better visible secondary and tertiary wave bands looked further east of their position. Great to watch live

[Paul Agnew]

Perlan II is up and just topped 30,000' in the wave.

http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html

Paul A.

[Duster[_2_]]

Satellite pic from new GOES-16 showing wave patterns over El Calafate, Argentina. Use the map transparency slider on the left panel to locate.

http://realearth.ssec.wisc.edu/?products=G16-ABI-FD-BAND02.100&center=-4.823407507184116,-84.78320312499997&zoom=3&width=1188&height=948&timeproduct=G16-ABI-FD-BAND02&timespan=-6t&animationspeed=50

[Duster[_2_]]

32,500' attained yesterday. From Perlan 2 "flight cancelled for today (Aug 1) due to strong gusting winds. May fly tomorrow, weather permitting."

The Perlan 2 blog:

http://www.perlanproject.org/blogs

"Virtual Cockpit":

http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html