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Perlan (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpʰɛrtlan]; English: The Pearl) is a natural history museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is situated on the top of Öskjuhlíð hill . It was initially only a cluster of hot water tanks, but on June 21st, 1991, the building was opened to the public.
The Windward Performance Perlan 2 (English: Pearl) is an American mid-wing, two-seats-in-tandem, pressurized, experimental research glider that was designed by Greg Cole and built by Windward Performance for the Perlan Project. [2] The aircraft first flew on 23 September 2015 at Redmond Municipal Airport, Oregon. [1]
Perlan Project Inc. is a not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders) designed to fly at extremely high altitudes. On 29 August 2006 Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson , the pilots of Perlan Mission I, broke the existing altitude record for gliders by soaring up to ...
Einar K. Enevoldson (June 15, 1932, in Seattle, Washington – April 14, 2021) was the director of the Perlan Project. He was a civilian research pilot for NASA's Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from 1968 until 1986. He was involved in many research programs, including those with experimental wings, propulsion and ...
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Windward Performance is an aircraft design house and manufacturer located in Bend, Oregon.The company is owned and led by Greg Cole. Windward Performance has helped numerous companies with technical expertise and in house they designed and developed the SparrowHawk ultralight sailplane and the DuckHawk high strength, high performance 15m sailplane.
The multi-continental search began on Oct. 25 after the siblings, ages 8 and 9, were reported missing along with their 34-year-old mother.