Soaring the Sky Podcast
E092: The Perlan Project, Soaring On Mars and the Club Class Nationals
Our seventh instalment of this ongoing series where we select and present episodes from Chuck Fulton’s highly regarded soaring podcast. See Resources, below, for links where you can find Soaring the Sky, or simply click the green play button below to start listening. — Ed.
On this episode, we first talk with Miguel A. Iturmendi-Copado, one of the pilots from the Perlan Project as he answers your questions and shares his adventures flying super high altitudes and what it’s like soaring in the only pressurized glider in the world. Is it possible to fly the Perlan on Mars? You may be surprised when you hear the answer. Miguel is also a test pilot and will also tell us about a very famous solar motor glider he has been flying most recently.
Also, at 52:52, Dale Masters is back and has another Soaring Tales With Dale and this one is titled Eagle Eyes.
Finally, at 56:58, contestants David Hart and Daniel Sazhin chat with us on location at Chilhowee Gliderport (92A) in Benton, Tennessee as they get ready to compete with others in the Club Class Nationals! What is it like flying a contest? How is the course? All this and more now on episode 092 of Soaring The Sky!
Resources
- The Perlan Project, Inc. — From the website: “The Perlan Project is an internationally celebrated, world record setting climate and aerospace research project…”
- Soaring the Sky — From the website: “an aviation podcast all about the adventures of flying sailplanes. Join host Chuck Fulton as he talks with other aviators around the globe”. You can also find Chuck’s podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
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