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Perlan Climbing
On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 7:27:16 PM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 7:03:09 PM UTC-7, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote: With their L/D and a tailwind, one heck of a downwind dash.... But nowhere near enough to get to Africa... Which would make it a downwind splash. Jim |
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Perlan Climbing
On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 7:41:42 PM UTC-7, JS wrote:
On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 7:27:16 PM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote: On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 7:03:09 PM UTC-7, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote: With their L/D and a tailwind, one heck of a downwind dash.... But nowhere near enough to get to Africa... Which would make it a downwind splash. Maybe they could borrow Mr Steven. |
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On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 2:18:06 PM UTC-4, Tom BravoMike wrote:
On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 1:17:28 PM UTC-5, Tom BravoMike wrote: On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 1:16:04 PM UTC-5, Tom BravoMike wrote: Sunday, August 26, 2016, 1:15 pm US Central D Time. Perlan climbing in 4-7 kts. 2018, of, course. Sorry for the typo, but it's so exciting to watch! http://www.perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html Is the displayed "airspeed" true, indicated, or what? |
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Perlan Climbing
I just can’t get excited about this. Until a guy climbs into his sailplane without big money sponsorship or pressure suits “on loan” from NASA and surpasses 49,009 feet, Bob Harris is still the King in my book.
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Perlan Climbing
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:26:19 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I just can’t get excited about this. Until a guy climbs into his sailplane without big money sponsorship or pressure suits “on loan” from NASA and surpasses 49,009 feet, Bob Harris is still the King in my book. I understand where you are coming from, I love it when people go big with no money. Perlan is also awesome. Sponsorship is just the lever adventurers use to fund the fun. Behind the 'serious scientific research funded by Airbus' cover story is a bunch of soaring junkies doing cool flights. |
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Perlan Climbing
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:39:52 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:26:19 PM UTC-4, wrote: I just can’t get excited about this. Until a guy climbs into his sailplane without big money sponsorship or pressure suits “on loan” from NASA and surpasses 49,009 feet, Bob Harris is still the King in my book. I understand where you are coming from, I love it when people go big with no money. Perlan is also awesome. Sponsorship is just the lever adventurers use to fund the fun. Behind the 'serious scientific research funded by Airbus' cover story is a bunch of soaring junkies doing cool flights. Reinhold Messner's "Fair Means" vs "Siege Tactics". The sticky bit is: we all have our own definitions of "Fair Means". Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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Perlan Climbing
At 12:54 29 August 2018, Tango Eight wrote:
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:39:52 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:26:19 PM UTC-4, wr= ote: I just can=E2=80=99t get excited about this. Until a guy climbs into hi= s sailplane without big money sponsorship or pressure suits =E2=80=9Con loa= n=E2=80=9D from NASA and surpasses 49,009 feet, Bob Harris is still the Kin= g in my book. =20 I understand where you are coming from, I love it when people go big with= no money. Perlan is also awesome. Sponsorship is just the lever adventur= ers use to fund the fun. Behind the 'serious scientific research funded by= Airbus' cover story is a bunch of soaring junkies doing cool flights. Reinhold Messner's "Fair Means" vs "Siege Tactics". =20 The sticky bit is: we all have our own definitions of "Fair Means". Evan Ludeman / T8 I thought the tricky bit was above "coffin corner" where VNE is lower than the stall speed,which was why a standard sailplane could not be used. |
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Perlan Climbing
wrote on 8/28/2018 7:26 PM:
I just can’t get excited about this. Until a guy climbs into his sailplane without big money sponsorship or pressure suits “on loan” from NASA and surpasses 49,009 feet, Bob Harris is still the King in my book. Bob Harris did an amazing feet, but even he didn't push the boundaries of high altitude soaring: he was limited by his physiology, not his knowledge of soaring or his skill as a pilot. Any pilots attempting to beat his record are testing their pulmonary function, not their soaring abilities or those of the glider. The Perlan pilots are not limited by their physiology, and what they accomplish will depend on their soaring skills, and their glider's performance. For me, they are the ones pushing back the frontiers of soaring, and not someone that risks death by trying to beat Bob's record using just a mask to breath. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1 - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf |
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Perlan Climbing
Live video now shows them hooking up to Egret on the ramp...
http://www.perlanproject.cloud/VirtualCockpit.html |
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