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Perlan: wave flight, altitude records and the right altitude measurement
Understanding Perlan’s 2018 high-altitude flight: mountain waves, thin air, pressure cabin and the difference between pressure altitude and record altitude. With real photos, own 3D explanations and German subtitles.
- Duration: 1:19:41
- Ton: German
- Subtitle: German
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About this video
Independent technical film on the documented flight of the 2nd. September 2018. AI-supported own text and own schematic graphics; synthetic German narrative voice and German subtitles provided. Source images show Oshkosh 2022 and Patagonia 2025, no reconstruction of the record day. Computational cases are hypothetical, not Perlan operating data or instructions for action. Independent publication without recommendation by Perlan, Airbus, FAI, WMO, NOAA or NASA; NASA is an image source and not responsible for AI spending.
Source and Author
Own film design, text and graphics: pilot training1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), insofar as intellectual property rights exist. Perlan flight photo: Juergen Schiffmann, 2022, CC BY-SA 4.0. Perlan exhibition photo: Lestocq, 2022, CC BY-SA 4.0. Both via Wikimedia Commons. ISS074-E-8940: NASA/JSC, 2025, factual editorial use according to NASA media guideline; source version already cropped/contrast improved/objectively adjusted. Images scaled fully proportionally, no further retouching. Sources, license links and individual terms of use are obtained separately; no blanket CC0 attribution.