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

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.

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#264 – A Monster record downwind wave flight across the US with Gordon Boettger is an episode from Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast by Gavin McClurg.

This episode is 57:10 long.

This episode was published on Jan 16, 2026.

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