New Airbus glider is set to become the highest-flying winged vehicle ever (sciencealert.com) 1 points by jonknee 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] DrScump 10y ago ↗ This is really poorly researched -- "highest-flying winged vehicle ever" when it hasn't even reached 90K feet yet.An A-12 achieved a sustained altitude of 90,000 feet fifty years ago. A Russian MiG-25 reached over 118,000 feet forty-eight years ago. [0][0] http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/mig25.html
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 11.8 ms ] threadAn A-12 achieved a sustained altitude of 90,000 feet fifty years ago. A Russian MiG-25 reached over 118,000 feet forty-eight years ago. [0]
[0] http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/mig25.html