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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 will start and continue in [[Minden, NV]] in fall and winter of 2015, using a new hangar donated by Tito.<ref>http://www.flyingmag.com/perlan-2-glider-preps-for-flight-tests</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-->

Awaiting ratification is aA 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>

On 26 August 2018 the Perlan 2 glider reached an unofficial altitude of 62,426 ft<ref>{{cite web |last1=Project |first1=The Perlan |title=Glider Altitude 62,426 ft. |url=https://www.facebook.com/PerlanProject/photos/a.460655557279801/2369475796397758/?type=3&theater |website=Facebook |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=27 August 2018}}</ref>.