Eight pilots, plus yours truly as marshal, took part in the race from London to Paris. Rob Wood-Ellis would have joined us but could not get a stable link to the Host. Five Hubs were represented.
After a few hitches with the Host the pilots got away on time and left London City at three minute intervals. All the aircraft successfully negotiated Tower Bridge and and The Eiffel Tower, with Ed Watson performing an impressive left turn under the Tower to save time in a wider turn
Ed was the winner over all, but did admit to at least 15 test runs to calculate the optimum fuel load "GORDON BENNETT". James M-R and JMack chose to refuel at Amiens, but with light crosswinds this turned out to be the wrong tactic
I enjoyed the flight in a King Air flying the route after the others had departed from London.
Full Results:
Position Pilot Hrs/mins/secs
1st Ed Watson 2:12:13 - Sydney Hub
2nd Tony Forrest 2:17:14 - Christchurch Hub
3rd Dean Arpel 2:18:00 - Chistchurch Hub
4th Holger Treis 2:23:56 - Frankfurt Hub
5th Milt Honeywell 2:28:42 - Atlanta Hub
6th Peter Watson 2:32:18 - Sydney Hub
7th John Mckeon 2:38:51 - London Hub
8th James M-R 2:46:06 - London Hub
My thanks to JMack for the original idea for the race and for the extra scenery. Also to John Woodside for allowing us to use his really excellent Tiger Moths.
Roger
Subject: STRINGBAG RALLY RESULTS 
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