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the Airbus purlin - glider has set a new world record for glider altitude soaring to an incredible 50 mm 172 feet above sea level the record was set earlier this month on September 3rd 2017 in El Calafate a argentine chief pilot Jim Payne and co-pilot Morgan sander use the weather phenomenon called stratospheric Mountain waves which only occur a few times a year in a couple of select locations on earth these rising air currents caused by the polar vortex around the Andes Mountains of argentina helped to push the glider higher into the stratosphere Airbus purlins mission - is an initiative to fly an engine list glider to the edge of space for scientific discovery and they seem to be getting closer to achieving that goal without the help of rocket booster the Airbus purlins two gliders surpassed the previous altitude record of 50,000 727 feet that was set in the unpressurized pullin one glider by the purlins project founder Einar and a balsam and lead project sponsor Steve Fossett in 2006 check out see net for more space and aeronautical related videos and news stories at sea Netcom