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.
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! 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 !
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! 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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