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Col. Leon W. Gray, USAF
1946, 1947 Jet Division
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Malcolm P. Ferguson, center, with Paul Mantz, left & Col. Leon Gray. right. Mantz is the only man to capture Bendix race 3 times. He won in 1946, 47, 48 each time flying a North American P51 Fighter. His best time was 460 mph in 1947. Col. Gray won the "Jet Div." of the Bendix race in 1946 & 1947 in a Lockheed F-80 Jet fighter. His best time was 507 mph made in 1947.