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innovation and aviation is currently moving at a rapid pace drones are buzzing all about and quickly becoming imperative in different industries and the Solar Impulse 2 solar-powered airplane is close to finishing its historical trip around the world using only sunlight for fuel while continuing on with this trend in August and September of this year be on the lookout for the purlins 2 glider the highest flying sail plane on the planet the purlins 2 glider is a pressurized sail plane that is engineered to fly extremely high into the stratosphere using powerful updrafts off of mountains called Mountain waves the purlins 2 can reach an altitude of 90 thousand feet without requiring the two-person crew to wear pressure suits now if you've taken a commercial flight you have a sense of what 30,000 to 35,000 feet feels like so just try to imagine tripling that according to the Airbus purlins mission two goals Curlin mission 2 intends to set new altitude records by flying a purpose-built pressurized high-altitude glider purlin to higher than any other manned wing borne aircraft has ever flown the current world gliding altitude record is 50,000 671 feet and was set in 2006 by pilot Steve Fossett and purlins project founder Einar in a vault soon the purlins through glider is currently on its way to El Calafate Argentina where the team will use mountain waves from the Andes Mountains to fly the glider into the upper atmosphere where it will not only break the altitude record but will also collect scientific data about climate change the glider presents a rare opportunity for data collection of clean air samples because it does not have an engine producing exhaust fumes read more about the purlins tube glider at purlins project org and check out more at sea Netcom you