OPB: Glider plane makes first test flight Wednesday from the Redmond Airport.
OPB: Glider plane makes first test flight Wednesday from the Redmond Airport.
The glider enters airspace by being towed behind another plane. When it’s released, the glider flies by catching “stratospheric mountain waves” — air waves that extend into the stratosphere.
“It was definitely exciting,” said Mark Mahnke, who runs Redmond company RDD: Research, Design, Develop, which built the Perlan II.
