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Friday, February 25, 2011

High winds loft record-breaking glider flight

by Kurt Hildebrand
khildebrand@recordcourier.com

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High winds loft record-breaking glider flight

Mount Whitney from the inside of a Duo Discus glider during a record-breaking flight along the Sierra Wave.
Mount Whitney from the inside of a Duo Discus glider during a record-breaking flight along the Sierra Wave.ENLARGE
Mount Whitney from the inside of a Duo Discus glider during a record-breaking flight along the Sierra Wave.
Gordon Boettger / Special to The R-C
If the wind is howling out of the west, then chances are Minden resident and soaring record-breaker Gordon Boettger is riding the Sierra Wave high abo...

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