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The aircraft was completed in the summer of 2015, with first flight scheduled for 7 September. Windy conditions that day prevented the flight, which finally occurred on 23 September.<ref>[http://www.opb.org/news/article/experimental-glider-flies-for-first-time-in-redmond/ "Experimental Glider Flies for the First Time in Redmond"]</ref> Flight testing started in [[Minden, NV]] in fall and winter of 2015, using a new hangar donated by Tito.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.flyingmag.com/perlan-2-glider-preps-for-flight-tests | title=Perlan 2 Glider Preps for Flight Tests | date=17 December 2015 }}</ref> The first attempts to reach 90,000 feet will be launched from [[El Calafate]], [[Argentina]], deep in the south of [[Patagonia]], in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] soon afterwards in summer of 2016.<!--use month, as summer is January in South-->
Jim Payne (USA) and Morgan Sandercock (Australia) set a new altitude record of 15,902 metres (52,172 feet) 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| date=16 October 2017}}</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 {{cvt|44,000|ft|0}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perlanproject.org/blog/stratospheric-tow-perlan-2-egrett|title=Stratospheric tow of Perlan 2 by Egrett}}</ref> This seems to be the highest glider tow, although such records are not registered.
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