"Giant Glider to Climb 13 Miles"

[RanulfC]

Ok my search-fu may have seriously failed me, (it's been pretty consistantly bad tonight ) but I found this article to be of interest:
http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=NCYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA43&dq=skeets+coleman&hl=ar&ei=vqutTLmTF8brOfa-4OAF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=true

Page 106 starts and article on an "Air Force Space Glider to be lofted to 13 miles high by Mountain Wave" wind. Anyone know if this got any further than just a PM article?

Randy

 

[robunos]

Some links and images :-

http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/55161.pdf

http://www.mdml.dri.edu/

http://www.socalsoaring.com/newsletter/scs_12_novdecjan2004.pdf pp.3-6

The images; 1, 2 from 'British Gliders and Sailplanes', page 213, 3-7, 'Sailplanes by Schweizer', pp. 120-123.


cheers,
Robin.