Round-the-World Flights


Mansfield Festival Round-the-World Air Race



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Mansfield Festival Round-the-World Air Race
The Portland Training College for the Disabled in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England was in need of money to complete the construction of a swimming pool for its students. Local business people decided that as a way to raise the needed money, they would conduct a race round-the-world. Four townsfolk agreed to use commercial flights and to race each other as passengers flying round-the-world. The Mansfield Festival round-the-world race-against-the-clock would become a fund-raiser that would bring world attention to this race generating pledges to the college in sponsorship of this epic flight marathon. All four participants beat the previous 1953 round-the-world passenger speed record of 90H 59M Chicago/Chicago. Don Price won this race round-the-world in 57H 37M. !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! ! Don Price Itinerary: ! Sheila Sanderson Itinerary ! ! 57H 37M ! 58H 33M 10S ! ! Departed London, England 09/21/71 ! Departed London, England 09/21/72 ! ! Athens, Greece ! Athens, Greece ! ! Bangkok, Thailand ! Bangkok, Thailand ! ! Singapore ! Singapore ! ! Sydney, Australia ! Sydney, Australia ! ! Nandi, Fiji ! Nandi, Fiji ! ! Honolulu, HI ! Honolulu, HI ! ! Chicago, IL ! Chicago, IL ! ! New York, NY ! New York, NY ! ! Arrived London, England 09/24/71 ! Arrived London, England 09/24/72 ! !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! ! David Jones Itinerary: ! John Hall Itinerary: ! ! 65H 9M 2S ! 67H 2M 55S ! ! Departed London, England 09/20/72 ! Departed London, England 09/22/72 ! ! Los Angeles, CA ! New York, NY ! ! Honolulu, HI ! Los Angeles, CA ! ! Sydney, Australia ! Honolulu, HI ! ! Hong Kong ! Nandi, Fiji ! ! Delhi, India ! Sydney, Australia ! ! Tehran, Iran ! Darwin, Australia ! ! Vienna, Austria ! Singapore ! ! Arrived London, England 09/23/72 ! Bombay, India ! ! ! Bahrain ! ! ! Zurich, Switzerland 09/25/72 ! ! ! Arrived London, England ! !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!


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