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

#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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Episode 125- Breaking the Asian Record with Soheil Barikani

Episode 125- Breaking the Asian Record with Soheil Barikani

On the 2nd of August the summer of records continued when Iranian world cup pilot and instructor Soheil Barikani flew his Gin Boom 11 nearly across the width of Iran 430km, a new Asian free distance r...

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Episode 124- Owen Morse, professional juggling (and joggling!), and a new HG World Record

Episode 124- Owen Morse, professional juggling (and joggling!), and a new HG World Record

On June 19th of this year Wills Wing pilot Owen Morse ticked off something he'd been chasing for six years- a new out and back world record. Owen flew an incredible boomer from Walt's Point in the Owe...

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Episode 123- Best Towing Practices and Safety

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Episode 122- Storytime with James “Kiwi” Oroc

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James "Kiwi" Oroc is a journalist, photographer, artist and pilot born in the small South Pacific nation of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Since 1998 he has been pursuing and reporting on the cutting edge of...

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Episode 121- Stefan Bernhard and Mindset

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Stefan Bernhard has only been racing paragliders for a short time and...

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Episode 120- Lisa Verzella and Understanding XCSkies and Weather Forecasting

Episode 120- Lisa Verzella and Understanding XCSkies and Weather Forecasting

Lisa Verzella flew hang gliders for over 20 years (many of those competitively), has been flying paragliders also for over 20 years and is a professional meteorologist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. S...

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Episode 119- Yael Margelisch and building confidence

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Yael Margelisch began flying ten years ago at the age of 19. She's an Ozone and Swiss national team pilot, has been on the podium ten times on the world cup, is the first woman to fly over 500 km and ...

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Episode 118- Charles Cazaux and Focus

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Charles Cazeaux began flying when he was 15 years old. Shortly after that he became the first person to enter the French juniors program that was created to build exceptional pilots who would represen...

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