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A new altitude record of 15,902 metres (52,172 feet) by Jim Payne (USA) and Morgan Sandercock (Australia) from [[Comandante Armando Tola International Airport]] in El Calafate, Argentina. The flight took place on 3 September 2017<ref name="2017 record"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://fai.org/record/teamcrew-18248 | title=Glider absolute altitude record 15,902m}}</ref>

The 2018 season was again based at El Calafate. The project acquired a [[Grob G 520|Grob G 520 Egrett]] turboprop aircraft for use as a tow plane. This enabled Perlan II to be towed to 42{{cvt|44,000|ft}} feet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perlanproject.org/blog/first-everstratospheric-tow-perlan-2-egrett|title=Stratospheric tow of Perlan 2 by Egrett}}</ref> This seems to be the highest glider tow, as records are not registered.

On 26 August 2018 Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock reached an altitude of {{cvt|63,100|ft}}.<!--<ref name=Airbus3sep2018>-->