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PARALYMPIC POWERHOUSE Stuart Robinson is bidding to retain his Olympic gold medal as he heads to Paris with the Team GB wheelchair rugby squad. The Ex-RAF Gunner is hoping to repeat their success in Tokyo in 2020, where they overhauled favourites USA in a nail-biting final. Stu, who lost both his legs and badly injured his arm in an IED strike near Camp Bastion in 2013, is one of the team’s star players with two Invictus titles and two European titles to his name.
THE PRESTIGIOUS Schneider Trophy is coming home after Typhoon pilot Sqn Ldr Ben Polwin stormed to victory in his first competitive outing in a racing plane he built in his garage. The 41-year-old air racing debutant flew his 250mph Vans RV-7 to victory against an international field of competitors, ending a 31year Schneider drought for RAF privateer pilots. And he dedicated his win to his RAF colleague and friend Sqn Ldr Mark Long, who died earlier this year when his Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire crashed during a training sortie. Sqn Ldr Polwin, below, said: “Mark was a good friend. We talked a lot about air racing. I flew him in the aircraft a few weeks before he died. “He kept sending me messages almost daily with details about an aircraft he was hoping to buy, to join me on this venture.” ● See full story on pages 14-15