Thanks to you for coming up with the fun challenge as well 
I earned that title many moons ago, guessing the amount of traffic Mudspike would receive in a certain time-frame. The reward was originally supposed to be a steam gift card but instead I asked for a copy of LotATC, hoping to use it during one of mudspikeās fly-ins. Unfortunately, we donāt have that many of those anymore 
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Cool challenge! Actually a really good one to practice the SFO pattern (minus the S)
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This was a fun challenge.
If you watch any of the tracks, the third is worth watching.
First attempt:
54,296 ft ASL.
flight duration: 4:38. edit:[corrected previous entry]
1k2climb_1st.trk (2.5 MB)
It didnāt end very well. In my defense, this was only my second flight in the DCS Viper (though I do have pretty good experience in the BMS falcon) - and the sun was in my eyes.
2nd attempt:
56, 643 ASL.
flight duration: 5:20 edit:[corrected previous entry]
This time, I was aware of how slippery the jet was, so got a better landing.
1k2climb_2nd.trk (2.8 MB)
3rd attempt:
57,694 ASL.
flight duration: 5:26 edit:[corrected previous entry]
I went into a deep stall on this one and, fortunately, the manual pitch override switch is modeled. The plot below is pretty interesting: you can see where the deep stall was entered, then a terminal velocity in the stall along with the pitch oscillations (it took me a second to realize the switch isnāt sticky in DCS so my synced pitch inputs werenāt helping at first.
1k2climb_3rd.trk (1.4 MB)
edit: fixed wrong flight times
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Well, shoot. And here I thought Not reading the thread before making my attempts was the thing to do so I wouldnāt see other folks scores and methods. Turns out I should have read it to find out that the contest was closed. 
Oh, well still a heck of a lot of fun.
Every attempt was made by going full AB and leaving it there until all the gas was gone. The parameter that I was messing with was pitch. Also, get airborn and gear up ASAP. Gentle pull (1.2 g) to desired pitch. The first two attempts I pulled all the way through the vertical. The third Attempt, as seen in the post above, approached 80*.
I didnāt spend any time analyzing how to approach this; my technique comes from missions where Iām at low level and ready to go home Iāve learned that zoom climbing to most efficient altitude usually results in the most fuel efficient ride back.
Iām no pilot, but it works for my in BMS and having almost no experience with the DCS viper, I just went with that.
I think Iāll go try it in BMS now.
Thanks for posting the challenge. Iāll be more timely with the next.
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I donāt think itās closed. Everyone is welcome to beat high score.
Not directed at you, Goblin,
One small (very small) technique I used is reduced power take-off. Instead of going full AB, run at 90% power and right at lift off go full AB. Time will start at unstick so it savesā¦10? seconds of fuel.
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I took off 08:00:15, reached an altitude roughly 42000 feet high and was back on the ground again 08:03:15.
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