Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Balloon-launched UAV Tops 98,000 Feet
Stratodynamics plans to drop its HIdron glider from 114,000 feet soon
Canada’s Stratodynamics Aviation recently achieved a flight altitude of 98,450 feet during a flight beyond visual line of sight with a balloon-launched, fixed-wing UAV.
Canada’s Stratodynamics Aviation recently achieved a flight altitude of 98,450 feet during a flight beyond visual line of sight with a balloon-launched, fixed-wing UAV.

A balloon-launched, fixed-wing UAV has achieved a flight altitude of 98,450 feet (30 km) during a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight. Canada’s Stratodynamics Aviation reported the flight of its Hidron stratospheric glider earlier last week. The flight is one of two scheduled to test the Slovak Academy of Science’s mini extreme universe science observation AMON airglow detector. The Hidron is equipped with stratospheric flight dynamics, datalinks, and autopilot and flew a pre-programmed flight back to earth.