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

Cloudbase Mayhem Podcast by Gavin McClurg

Jan 16, 202657:10Sports & Recreation

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 Dec...

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