"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
08/28/2018 at 15:20 • Filed to: Planelopnik
3
11|
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
08/28/2018 at 15:20 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 3
| 11 |
This is one of Steve Fossett’s many pet projects. Keep in mind that the powered aircraft record is only 80,000' and this thing is dependent on some really thin air blowing upward from the Andes to achieve this — the tow plane only takes it to 44,000' and the updrafts do the rest . They’re aiming for 90,000' if the conditions allow.
Despite being owned by Airbus, this is definitely
a homegrown US endeavor.
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/TTN_344436.html
atfsgeoff
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2018 at 15:37 |
|
Air-breathing powered aircraft world record is 85,135 feet (held by, of course, the SR-71), at least for level, sustained flight.
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov took a MiG-25M up to 123,520 feet very briefly
in a zoom climb back in 1977, though.
DipodomysDeserti
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2018 at 15:41 |
|
Payne and Sandercock, huh?
|
Ash78, voting early and often
> DipodomysDeserti
08/28/2018 at 15:49 |
|
The other way around, chronologically speaking.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2018 at 16:48 |
|
Gliders and hang gliders are capable of some amazing things. The current distance record for hang gliding is 472 miles. It was set in Texas back in 2012. Imagine flying for 11 hours, non-stop!
|
Ash78, voting early and often
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/28/2018 at 16:56 |
|
When I was 13-14, I took sailplane lessons from the team who held about half of the distance records in
the US. The Appalachian ridges from TN to PA are a very popular route. I can’t imagine doing anything close to that while dangling below a fabric wing, though :D
|
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2018 at 17:14 |
|
It’s a more visceral experience, for sure. I’ve never been in a glider, but I did get enough experience in a hang glider to get my H-2 rating. I’ve done aerotow, foot launch, and winch tow. I didn’t stick with it long enough to start thermaling, but I might pick it up again after I complete my private pilot certificate.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/28/2018 at 22:01 |
|
Read that as “Glider breaks at 62000 feet” and was really confused
|
Ash78, voting early and often
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
08/28/2018 at 22:02 |
|
That would be bad. Depressurization at that altitude boils your blood.
Sounds awesome!
ttyymmnn
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/30/2018 at 15:24 |
|
Sorry if I stepped on your toes with this . I hadn’t seen your post, and I only read about this today. The Blackbird ultimate recored is 85k and some change. They’re shooting for 100k over the North Pole. That’s nuts.
|
Ash78, voting early and often
> ttyymmnn
08/30/2018 at 15:31 |
|
No worries -- yours was a lot more content-rich and interesting...this was just a blurb!
|
ttyymmnn
> Ash78, voting early and often
08/30/2018 at 15:33 |
|
I stole a bunch from their website. But hey, isn’t that how this business works?