#264 – A Monster record downwind wave flight across the US with Gordon Boettger

About this episode

Gordon Boettger shares his extraordinary gliding adventure across the US, discussing the technical aspects and challenges of his record flight.

Gordon Boettger discusses an extraordinary gliding adventure that took he and his copilot Bruce Campbell across the Rockies in mountain wave in an Arcus glider from Minden, Nevada to Dodge City, Kansas- 1112 miles on December 19th, 2025. Gordon shares his lifelong dream of soaring high (max altitude was near 28,000 feet!) and downwind in mountain wave and the technical aspects of his wild flight, including the use of night vision goggles (they took off at 0300) and the importance of very specific weather conditions to pull it off.

People in this episode

Host: Gavin McClurg

Guest: Gordon Boettger

Topics covered

• gliding adventure
• mountain wave
• aviation
• night vision goggles
• weather conditions
• soaring

Keywords

• gliding
• mountain wave
• aviation
• night vision goggles
• weather conditions
• soaring
• flight record

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Minden, Nevada, Dodge City, Kansas, Rockies

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