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On August 26, 2018 Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock reached an altitude of {{cvt|18,492|m}}.<ref name=Airbus3sep2018 /><ref name=altituderecords>{{cite web|url=https://www.fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_record_sport%3A2019&f%5B1%5D=field_type_of_record%3A504|title=FAI Absolute Altitude Records : Gliding}}</ref>
This was followed by {{cvt|19,439|m}} with Jim Payne and Miguel Iturmendi on August 28, 2018.<ref name=altituderecords />
On September 2, 2018, Jim Payne and Tim Gardner reached an altitude of {{cvt|22,646|m}},<ref name=altituderecords /> surpassing the {{cvt|73,737|feet}} attained by Jerry Hoyt on April 17, 1989 in a [[Lockheed U-2]]: the highest manned heavier than air subsonic flight.<!--<ref name=Airbus3sep2018>-->
The Perlan 2 could fly to {{cvt|90,000|feet}} if conditions allow, higher than the manned level flight altitude record of the [[SR-71 Blackbird]] at {{cvt|85,069|feet}}.<ref name=Airbus3sep2018>{{cite press release |url= https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/09/airbus-perlan-mission-ii-glider-soars-to-76-000-feet-to-break-ow.html |title= Airbus Perlan Mission II glider soars to 76,000 feet to break own altitude record, surpassing even U-2 reconnaissance plane |date= September 3, 2018 |publisher= Airbus}}</ref>
Previous records were measured with [[pressure altitude]], high altitude soaring records now require [[GPS]] data.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.perlanproject.org/blog/world-record-claim-above-60000-feet-august-26-2018 |date= August 27, 2018 |title= World Record Claim Above 60,000 Feet on August 26, 2018 |publisher= Perlan Project}}</ref>
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