Speedy Pigeons In Oz

[ozzytone]

On Saturday we held a 5 bird special race from The Twins in South Australia 389 miles away, there was a total of 280 birds, the first bird completed the race in 4 hours and 3 minutes at an average speed of 95.5 miles per hour, there was another dozen which came in very close. How does that compare with the flying speeds in Europe. I hasten to add that for a lot of the way there was a very strong wind blowing in in the direction of home. In the open race of 2000 birds they produced speeds of about 92 mph and many birds ( mine included) were blown past Adelaide and returned a few hours later taking about 7 hours to complete the race.This really was a blow home.

 

Cheers Oz

[alex young]

That's fast approx. 2800 ypm. in all the years I've flown pigeons the fastest was 2300ypm in a blow home.

[greenbar]

A serious blaw name,

[Roland]

That's fast approx. 2800 ypm. in all the years I've flown pigeons the fastest was 2300ypm in a blow home.

 

Same here 2300