The 2026 Gyro Record was a great success. With 71 to beat from 2022 it seemed as though it should be quite straightforward, honestly, I thought we might even hit the 100. Anyway on the day, the winds in the North of the country were not blowing favourably at all and several of our loyal supporters, and a few new ones were just not prepared to face the journey. I respect them for that as we always read and say, safety first.
From the South, the winds were a little lighter which certainly didn’t stop two groups of French pilots making the trip across the channel. 6 flew in quite early on as you will be able to see, 13 more arrived quite late in the afternoon, incredibly they were held at Rochester for 2 1/2 hours by our wonderful border control.
The final count was 88 and a special well done must go to Paul Kerry who managed the journey all the way from Perth.
To enhance the occasion we were in the great company of Elliot Wallis (Ken’s 2nd cousin) who brought along a great display of Ken’s memorabilia including of course Little Nellie herself. That was all topped off with over 120 Aston Martins.
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