Premiere. A team of German pilots of the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) and Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) succeeded, they flew the highest mountain in the world with a motor glider. For the first time they flew at 8,848 meters - almost only with the help of Thermals - on board the special 3D camera system, MACS. The new camera system was developed at DLR-security research center. It provides the basis for a highly accurate 3D model of the Nepalese Everest region with a resolution of up to 15 centimeters.
