http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N55LK

He launched at 6:04 AM PDT.

http://flightaware.com/live/airport_status_bigmap.rvt?airport=KMEV

Avweb received word late Wednesday that Gordon Boettger, who was
honored by the NAA this year for his 2011 sailplane flight of 1,321 miles
surfing a mountain wave, plans to aim for a record downwind flight, today
(Thursday); and if he's up you can watch his progress online. The flight is
weather-dependent and if it cooperates, Boettger will depart Minden, Nev., at
05:30 local time with his sights set on "somewhere east of the Rockies."
According to Boettger, "Rapid City, S.D., would be fantastic." It would also
cover more than 900 miles as the crow flies. If he's up, you can follow his
progress online, here. Altitudes, which can get significant on Boettger's
flights, will not be shown on that display. They will be shown at
http://FlightAware.com --
just type in N55LK in the appropriate field on the left side of the screen.
Boettger hopes the weather and his planning will one day conspire to allow him
to reach his goal of achieving overnight flight in a glider, by "parking" in the
lift from a mountain wave.

Thanks to Tim Ettridge.

Gary Osoba <<wosoba>> writes:

He had a fabulous wave flight last year. This particular flight
downwind in successive waves has been postulated by Joachim Kuettner for
decades.