Project Soar Eagle is the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School effort to break the world absolute altitude record for gliders. TPS initiated the project in 1981 and flew a modified Blanik L-13 from late 1983 until 1985. In 1986 the project team replaced the Blanik with a modified Grob G-103, a sailplane better suited to the mission. A Project Soar Eagle pilot has soared the Grob to 42,200 feet in the mountain wave generated by the Sierra-Nevada Mountains. This report documents and analyzes the Grob G-103 sailplane, the avionics, the life support systems (full pressure suit), and the flight operations used by Project Soar Eagle. The purpose of the report was to provide a blueprint from which the project could be duplicated, to provide a project history, and to aid the safe, successful conclusion of the project.


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    Titel :

    Project Soar Eagle: Wave Flying the Grob 103 Sailplane


    Beteiligte:
    J. M. Payne (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1988


    Format / Umfang :

    40 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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