Perlan plans for 2021 flights following loss of 'compass' Enevoldson | News
By Jon Hemmerdinger2021-04-30T20:56:00+01:00 Perlan Project proved you don’t need fuel to fly to the edge of space. Mountain air will do the trick. But you probably need a man like Einar Enevoldson, the legendary test pilot behind a project that has flown sailplanes to altitudes exceeding 70,000ft, capturing records and advancing high-altitude scientific research. “His primary job was being our compass,” Perlan chief executive Ed Warnock says of Enevoldson, who founded Perlan Project. �...
Source: flightglobal.com