Bonehead Composites Delivers Official Flight Helmets for Airbus Perlan Mission II
Perris, CA, February 11, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Bonehead Composites, an industry leader in composite aerospace technology specializing in products for extreme sports, today announced the delivery of ten PilotX Flight Helmets as part of its sponsorship of Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly an engineless glider to the edge of space. The Airbus Perlan Mission II team will attempt to soar this first-of-its-kind sail plane to 90,000 feet in Argentina this summer, to open up a world of new discoveries related to high-altitude flight, climate change and space exploration.
“We are proud to support the Airbus Perlan Mission. This visionary mission perfectly aligns with our love of flight and our goals of using the latest technology to continue developing innovative products for the aviation and composite communities,” said Naomi Wagner, CEO of Bonehead Composites.
The Bonehead Composites team’s passion for flying led them to design the PilotX flight helmet in early 2015, after they had noticed that pilots were purchasing skydiving helmets and wearing them over in-ear headsets. With the only other flight helmets on the market being specifically designed for the military, they felt there was a place for a specially designed aviation helmet for use in the cockpits of high-performance aerobatic aircraft. As a result, Bonehead Composites introduced PilotX Flight Helmets – lightweight, low-profile flight helmets that include communications, quick disconnect and options for ANR and Oxygen Receivers.
“We are extremely excited to have Bonehead Composites as a sponsor and thankful that our pilots will have the best available helmets to use for the world-record breaking altitude levels that our glider team will take us to,” said Ed Warnock, CEO of The Perlan Project. “Bonehead Composites’ protection and performance is unmatched in extreme, high-altitude aviation. Their contribution to our project will provide our pilots with the features needed to operate the Perlan 2 glider with confidence, precision and the utmost safety.”
About Airbus Perlan Mission II
Airbus Perlan Mission II is an initiative to fly an engineless glider to the edge of space, higher than any other winged aircraft has operated in level, controlled flight, to open up a world of new discoveries related to high-altitude flight, climate change and space exploration. The Airbus Perlan Mission II team is currently preparing the Perlan 2 glider to attempt to soar to 90,000 feet in Argentina in summer 2016. It will set a new world altitude record for controlled flight, surpassing even the U-2 and the SR-71. This historic endeavor is the culmination of decades of research and engineering innovation, and the work of a tireless international team of aviators and scientists who volunteer their time and expertise for the non-profit Perlan Project. The project is supported by Airbus Group and a group of other sponsors that includes Weather Extreme Ltd., United Technologies and BRS Aerospace. For more information go to www.perlanproject.org and for press kit and visuals go to www.airbusgroup.com/Perlan.
About Airbus Group Inc.
Airbus Group, Inc. is the U.S.-based operation of Airbus Group, a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. Airbus Group contributes more than $16.5 billion to the U.S. economy annually and supports over 250,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers.
About Bonehead Composites
Bonehead Composites is an industry leader in composite aerospace technology specializing in products for extreme sports. Bonehead Composites is based in Perris, California, and offers a line of open and full face helmets for military and civilian skydiving worldwide and also manufacture various components for other companies and provide services for short and long term production runs, prototyping (FDM), bulk table cutting and pattern digitizing, routering and tooling. For more information, go to www.boneheadcomposites.com.
Media Contact
Naomi Wagner
Bonehead Composites
naomi@boneheadcomposites.com
951-943-1166
James Darcy
Airbus Perlan Mission II
james.darcy@airbus.com
571-214-1722 (mobile)
www.boneheadcomposites.com
“We are proud to support the Airbus Perlan Mission. This visionary mission perfectly aligns with our love of flight and our goals of using the latest technology to continue developing innovative products for the aviation and composite communities,” said Naomi Wagner, CEO of Bonehead Composites.
The Bonehead Composites team’s passion for flying led them to design the PilotX flight helmet in early 2015, after they had noticed that pilots were purchasing skydiving helmets and wearing them over in-ear headsets. With the only other flight helmets on the market being specifically designed for the military, they felt there was a place for a specially designed aviation helmet for use in the cockpits of high-performance aerobatic aircraft. As a result, Bonehead Composites introduced PilotX Flight Helmets – lightweight, low-profile flight helmets that include communications, quick disconnect and options for ANR and Oxygen Receivers.
“We are extremely excited to have Bonehead Composites as a sponsor and thankful that our pilots will have the best available helmets to use for the world-record breaking altitude levels that our glider team will take us to,” said Ed Warnock, CEO of The Perlan Project. “Bonehead Composites’ protection and performance is unmatched in extreme, high-altitude aviation. Their contribution to our project will provide our pilots with the features needed to operate the Perlan 2 glider with confidence, precision and the utmost safety.”
About Airbus Perlan Mission II
Airbus Perlan Mission II is an initiative to fly an engineless glider to the edge of space, higher than any other winged aircraft has operated in level, controlled flight, to open up a world of new discoveries related to high-altitude flight, climate change and space exploration. The Airbus Perlan Mission II team is currently preparing the Perlan 2 glider to attempt to soar to 90,000 feet in Argentina in summer 2016. It will set a new world altitude record for controlled flight, surpassing even the U-2 and the SR-71. This historic endeavor is the culmination of decades of research and engineering innovation, and the work of a tireless international team of aviators and scientists who volunteer their time and expertise for the non-profit Perlan Project. The project is supported by Airbus Group and a group of other sponsors that includes Weather Extreme Ltd., United Technologies and BRS Aerospace. For more information go to www.perlanproject.org and for press kit and visuals go to www.airbusgroup.com/Perlan.
About Airbus Group Inc.
Airbus Group, Inc. is the U.S.-based operation of Airbus Group, a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. Airbus Group contributes more than $16.5 billion to the U.S. economy annually and supports over 250,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers.
About Bonehead Composites
Bonehead Composites is an industry leader in composite aerospace technology specializing in products for extreme sports. Bonehead Composites is based in Perris, California, and offers a line of open and full face helmets for military and civilian skydiving worldwide and also manufacture various components for other companies and provide services for short and long term production runs, prototyping (FDM), bulk table cutting and pattern digitizing, routering and tooling. For more information, go to www.boneheadcomposites.com.
Media Contact
Naomi Wagner
Bonehead Composites
naomi@boneheadcomposites.com
951-943-1166
James Darcy
Airbus Perlan Mission II
james.darcy@airbus.com
571-214-1722 (mobile)
www.boneheadcomposites.com
Contact
Bonehead Composites
Naomi Wagner
951-943-1166
www.boneheadcomposites.com
Naomi Wagner
951-943-1166
www.boneheadcomposites.com
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Chief Pilot, Jim Payne
Airbus Perlan Mission II Chief Pilot Jim Payne flying with the Bonehead PilotX Flight helmet.
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