There is a prior claim - a few decades ago an RAF Victor pilot waiting
around over Scotland to refuel a bunch of fighters had a plaintive call
from one of the guys in the hole in the back:

"Captain, the engines are back at 60% and we are climbing at 800 feet per
minute - can someone please tell me what's going on?"

You can't trust glider pilots, even when they are doing their day job.

At 03:56 12 March 2009, bumper wrote:
Hi all,

Below is a copy of SoaringNV's (glider FBO at Minden, NV) most recent
wave

alert email. Towards the bottom is a shameless account of what some may
construe as flagrant cheating by pilot Gordo Boettger in a not so obvious

attempt at cornering a world record in the new 52 meter open class,
multi-turbo self-launch category. bumper zz

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