Perlan Project make Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/...dge-space.html

Thanks, I enjoyed that.

What do the Perlan flights have to offer that balloons don't already measure?

On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:50:04 -0700, Bret Hess wrote:

Thanks, I enjoyed that.

What do the Perlan flights have to offer that balloons don't already
measure?

At a guess, the ability take measurements along nominated tracks through
an air mass. This is unlike a balloon, which is limited to sampling one
vertical column[1] though that air mass.

[1] distorted by the vertical wind profile, of course, but still limited
by its ability to control only its vertical ascent/descent rate.



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On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:28:29 -0700, Tom (TK) wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/...ttempt-record-
breaking-flight-to-edge-space.html

....or go direct to the horses' mouth by reading their blog he
http://perlanproject.org/

Perlan used to have a newsletter you could sign up to, but that's become
rather hit & miss in the last year. OTOH the blog seems to get updated
whenever there's something to report.


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On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 7:10:34 AM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:28:29 -0700, Tom (TK) wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/...ttempt-record-
breaking-flight-to-edge-space.html

...or go direct to the horses' mouth by reading their blog he
http://perlanproject.org/

Perlan used to have a newsletter you could sign up to, but that's become
rather hit & miss in the last year. OTOH the blog seems to get updated
whenever there's something to report.


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When Perlan is flying, there's a "virtual cockpit" here...
http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html
Jim

On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:49:09 -0700, JS wrote:

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 7:10:34 AM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:28:29 -0700, Tom (TK) wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/...ttempt-record-
breaking-flight-to-edge-space.html

...or go direct to the horses' mouth by reading their blog he
http://perlanproject.org/

Perlan used to have a newsletter you could sign up to, but that's
become rather hit & miss in the last year. OTOH the blog seems to get
updated whenever there's something to report.


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When Perlan is flying, there's a "virtual cockpit" here...
http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html Jim

Does anybody know what today's flight was about?

I caught it, by trying out the 'virtual cockpit' URL, at a bit below
12000 and some distance south of El Calafete. Initially it seemed to
almost hold height before gliding back to the field, shedding height and
landing.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

Martin Gregorie wrote on 9/18/2016 10:52 AM:
On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:49:09 -0700, JS wrote:

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 7:10:34 AM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:28:29 -0700, Tom (TK) wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/...ttempt-record-
breaking-flight-to-edge-space.html

...or go direct to the horses' mouth by reading their blog he
http://perlanproject.org/

Perlan used to have a newsletter you could sign up to, but that's
become rather hit & miss in the last year. OTOH the blog seems to get
updated whenever there's something to report.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |

When Perlan is flying, there's a "virtual cockpit" here...
http://perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html Jim

Does anybody know what today's flight was about?

I caught it, by trying out the 'virtual cockpit' URL, at a bit below
12000 and some distance south of El Calafete. Initially it seemed to
almost hold height before gliding back to the field, shedding height and
landing.

The flight was in weak wave, but usable for pilot training, flutter
testing using the built-in wing oscillators, systems checks, and
operations experience.


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http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf

On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 8:28:45 AM UTC-5, Tom (TK) wrote:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/...dge-space.html

Thanks, Jim, for the lik. Virtual cockpit is active now at 10:15am cst. Perlan2 @12,000ft

http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%...M w-d1jmZa0dw