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Glider & Power Wings Purchase Both Glider and Power wire (tunic) and metal (shirt) Wings were being sold at the OPC booth on August 18, 2017 after the Mountain View Wings Parade. The wings are in stock at the OPC office, so, if you know a Cadet that has missed out on the opportunity to purchase these wings, they can be ob- tained through us. Please include the name of the Cadet that the order is being placed for. Glider Metal Wings—$20.00 Glider Wire Wings—$25.00 Power Metal Wings—$20.00 Power Wire Wings—$ 25.00 Shipping costs will be applied, when applicable. PLACE ORDER BY EMAILING: [email protected] Did You Know? The Perlan 2 is a pearlescent white glider weighing approximately 1,100 lbs with a wingspan of a whopping 84 feet! On September 4, 2017, this beauty made a new world record of reaching an altitude of 52, 172 feet above Argentina’s Patagonia region – the highest a glider has ever soared. Full article on wired.com ‘A Pow- erless Plane Rides the Wind to a New Altitude Record’– by Jack Stewart . Image Source: popsci.com