Wings Around the Globe

Not to be confused with the book.

The Wings Around the Globe Rally, or the WATG Rally, is an annual air racing competition that features air racers from all around the world and is at the center of Planes. It is broadcasted on the Racing Sports Network, with both Brent Mustangburger and Colin Cowling being announcers. The competing planes fly around the world for around 80 hours, across three continents, two oceans and dozens of countries, but only stop in six cities.

History

2010-2012 seasons

The seasons of 2010, 2011, and 2012 were briefly mentioned by Colin Cowling at the start of the 2013 New York to Iceland Leg. The three seasons were all won by Ripslinger.

2013 season

The 2013 season happened during the events of Planes. This season was El Chupacabra and Dusty Crophopper's debut season, and it was won by the latter.

2014 season

The 2014 season happened during the events of Planes: The Video Game. Ripslinger was suspended from competing in this season for smashing the blue and white checkpoints in Nepal, vandalizing the Great Wall of China, and using a paint sprayer to mess with the other racers during a race in China.

Racers

Name	Number	Country
Ned	0	United States
Zed	00	United States
Vecihi	1	Turkey
Arturo	3	Italy
Antonio	3	Spain
El Chupacabra	5	Mexico
Ishani	6	India
Dusty Crophopper	7 (originally D7)	United States
Sun Wing	8	China
Joey Dundee	9	Australia
Bulldog	11	United Kingdom
Gunnar Viking	12	Norway
Ripslinger	13	United States
Little King	14	Ireland
Jan Kowalski	15	Poland
Miguel	16	Brazil
Yellowbird	17	United States
Kolya Ivanov	19	Russia
Rochelle	22	Canada
Tsubasa	23	Japan
Van Der Bird	55	Netherlands

Lincoln Qualifier

Position	Number	Name	Time	Status
1st	17	Yellowbird	01:21:48	Qualified
2nd	23	Tsubasa	01:21:49	Qualified
3rd	3	Arturo	01:21:51	Qualified
4th	9	Joey Dundee	01:23:48	Qualified
5th	8	Fonzarelli	01:24:16	Disqualified (used Nitromethane)
6th	N/A	Dusty Crophopper	01:24:26	Qualified (moved up a position after Fonzarelli was disqualified)
7th	9	Tysonitis	01:24:52	Disqualified
8th	86	LJH 86 Special	01:26:01	Disqualified
9th	18	Jackson Riles	01:26:17	Disqualified
10th	12	Piston	01:27:00	Disqualified
11th	17	Hammer	01:27:03	Disqualified
12th	4	Secord	???	Disqualified
13th	10	Pack Rat	???	Disqualified
14th	16	Firebird	???	Disqualified
DNF	15	Gordon	N/A	Disqualified (suffered an engine failure)
DNF	23	Maddox	N/A	Disqualified (hit a blue pylon)

Legs

Number	Starting Location	Finishing Location	Distance	Winner
1	New York City, United States	Reykjavík, Iceland	2,609 miles (4,199 kilometers)	Ripslinger
2	Reykjavík, Iceland	Munich, Germany	1,477 miles (2,377 kilometers)	Ripslinger
3	Munich, Germany	Agra, India	4,077 miles (6,561 kilometers)	Ripslinger
4	Agra, India	Upper Mustang, Nepal	799 miles (1,285 kilometers)	Dusty Crophopper
5	Upper Mustang, Nepal	Shanghai, China	1,824 miles (2,936 kilometers)	Dusty Crophopper
6	Shanghai, China	Mexico City, Mexico	8,016 miles (12,901 kilometers)	Ripslinger
7	Mexico City, Mexico	New York City, United States	2,307 miles (3,712 kilometers)	Dusty Crophopper

Gallery

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  The logo of the Wings Around the Globe.

Trivia

• The concept of the Wings Around the Globe appears to be recycled from the World Grand Prix.
• Arturo and Antonio share the same number, #3.