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For the 2018 season, 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 42,000 feet<ref>http://perlanproject.org/blog/first-ever-tow-egrett</ref>. Unofficially the world's highest glider tow. <ref group=note>Records are not maintained for this activity.</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>.

This was followed by another record breaking flight on 28 August 2018 of 65,605 ft<ref>https://www.fai.org/news/airbus-perlan-mission-ii-soars-highest-altitude-ever-reached-glider</ref> and

on 2nd September 2018 the Perlan 2 glider reached an unofficial altitude of 23,290 metres (76,410 ftfeet)<ref>https://twitter.com/PerlanProject/status /1036314454798028800</ref><ref group=note>This surpassed the 73,737 feet, flown by pilot Jerry Hoyt on Apr. 17, 1989 in a [[Lockheed U-2]] to become unofficialy the highest flight by a subsonic aircraft.</ref>.

After that, it landed safe and sound at [[Comandante Armando Tola International Airport]] (IATA: FTE, ICAO: SAWC)