Ex-NASA pilot to test glider before new altitude record bid with tycoon (AP)

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...He and former NASA pilot Einar Enevoldson plan to take off from the mountains of southern New Zealand...... attempt to fly a modified Glaser Dirks DG-505 glider to a record 18,900 meters (62,000 feet) above the earth’s surface, said Bill Walker, a local glider pilot who is part of Fossett and Enevoldson’s......The team is focusing on getting beyond the troposphere at 15,240 meters (50,000 feet), which has never been done before —...... to return next year with a specially constructed pressurized glider and fly to The Edge of space at more than 30,400 meters (100,000 feet). ...

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