Sets New World Record for Glider Altitude

Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to send an engine-less aircraft to the edge of space, made history yesterday in the Patagonia region of Argentina by soaring to over 52,000 feet and setting a new world altitude record for gliding.

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