Press Kit with images, infographic, fact sheet, and video is available at: http://bit.ly/perlanpress.
About Airbus
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2016, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe’s number one space enterprise and the world’s second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.
About
Airbus Perlan Mission II
Airbus Perlan Mission II is an initiative to fly an engineless glider to the edge of space, higher than any other winged aircraft has operated in level, controlled flight, to open up a world of new discoveries related to high-altitude flight, weather and climate change. This historic endeavor is the culmination of decades of research and engineering innovation, and the work of a tireless international team of aviators and scientists who volunteer their time and expertise for the non-profit Perlan Project. The project is supported by Airbus Group and a group of other sponsors that includes Weather Extreme Ltd., United Technologies and BRS Aerospace.
Perlan’s other sponsors:
United Technologies
Weather Extreme Ltd.
BRS Aerospace
Equipment, service and institutional donors:
Aero Club Lago Argentino
AGM Container Controls
ANAC
Argentina Air Force Directorate-General of Research and Development
Automated Metal Products
Biomarine Rebreathers
Bonehead Composites
Clouddancers
Cobra Trailer
Community Foundation of Western Nevada
DeLorme inReach
Dragonfly Energy
EANA
Epic Aircraft
Garmin
Intel
Iridium Communications Inc.
Kiloyankeepapa
Laviasa
Leading Edge Jet Center
LX Nav
MH Aviation Oxygen Systems
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn
Omni
Pro-Tint
RDD
Sandia Aerospace
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
SIMCOM
SoaringNV
Soaring Society of America
Sports Aviation Foundation
Trig Avionics
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
Whelen Engineering
The photos are also available via AP PhotoExpress.
Media contacts North America: James Darcy +1 571 214 1722 james.darcy@airbus.com Kristina Messner +1 703 678 6023 kmessner@focusedimage.com Latin America: Lindsy Caballero +1 305 263 7717 Lindsy.caballero@airbus.com Germany: Daniel Werdung +49 8960734275 daniel.werdung@airbus.com France: Matthieu Duvelleroy +33 146974440 matthieu.duvelleroy@airbus.com
