On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:59:04 -0800 (PST), bildan
wrote:
[snip]

Some of the oldtimers may recall that contest re-lights used to be
allowed after a nearby off-field landing and a lightning fast
retrieve. Crews actually practiced this sort of thing so they could
get their pilot re-launched before the start gate closed.

I did one while crewing for Bill Ivans and his Sisu 1A at the 1964
Nationals at McCook, Nebraska. It went like this:

I saw one done with somewhat different motivation, when a pilot not to
be named (though now deceased) flew an Astir under the Rio Grande
Gorge Bridge at Taos. His family was waiting on the plateau with the
trailer ready, and they were out of there in fifteen minutes.

The sheriff's office is twenty minutes away...

rj