![Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to the highest altitude ever reached on a glider | World Air Sports Federation Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to the highest altitude ever reached on a glider | World Air Sports Federation](https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/article/image/perlan_record.jpg)
Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to the highest altitude ever reached on a glider | World Air Sports Federation
![Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to over 62,000 feet, setting second altitude world record and crossing Armstrong Line | Airbus Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to over 62,000 feet, setting second altitude world record and crossing Armstrong Line | Airbus](https://mediaassets.airbus.com/permalinks/517651/wpr/airbus-perlan-mission-ii-1.jpg)
Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to over 62,000 feet, setting second altitude world record and crossing Armstrong Line | Airbus
![Perlan Project on Twitter: "It's been a record-breaking week. On Aug. 26, #AirbusPerlanMission II set a new unofficial #worldrecord for absolute altitude without an engine. Then on Aug. 28, we surpassed that. Perlan Project on Twitter: "It's been a record-breaking week. On Aug. 26, #AirbusPerlanMission II set a new unofficial #worldrecord for absolute altitude without an engine. Then on Aug. 28, we surpassed that.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dl2wHtAV4AABCCj.jpg:large)
Perlan Project on Twitter: "It's been a record-breaking week. On Aug. 26, #AirbusPerlanMission II set a new unofficial #worldrecord for absolute altitude without an engine. Then on Aug. 28, we surpassed that.
![U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett, seated in the rear, and Perlan Project team leader Einar Enevoldson take their German DG 505 glider for a familiarisation flight near Omarama July 24, 2002. Fossett and U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett, seated in the rear, and Perlan Project team leader Einar Enevoldson take their German DG 505 glider for a familiarisation flight near Omarama July 24, 2002. Fossett and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CRA8C4/us-adventurer-steve-fossett-seated-in-the-rear-and-perlan-project-team-leader-einar-enevoldson-take-their-german-dg-505-glider-for-a-familiarisation-flight-near-omarama-july-24-2002-fossett-and-enevoldson-are-preparing-for-an-attempt-to-break-the-world-glider-altitude-record-the-perlan-project-is-an-effort-to-take-the-glider-past-the-existing-record-of-14938-metres-48996-feet-through-severe-turbulence-and-extreme-temperatures-to-19000-metres-63000-feet-reuterssimon-baker-sbrcs-2CRA8C4.jpg)
U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett, seated in the rear, and Perlan Project team leader Einar Enevoldson take their German DG 505 glider for a familiarisation flight near Omarama July 24, 2002. Fossett and
![American adventurer Steve Fossett (rear) and Perlan Project team leader Einar Enevoldson under tow on their way to attempting the world altitude record in Omarama August 10, 2002. The Perlan Project is an attempt to take a German DG505 glider past the ... American adventurer Steve Fossett (rear) and Perlan Project team leader Einar Enevoldson under tow on their way to attempting the world altitude record in Omarama August 10, 2002. The Perlan Project is an attempt to take a German DG505 glider past the ...](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/cf19949f2ef2495fbb71a061b25bbed5/2d3akjj.jpg)