| YEAR |
CREW |
NATION |
TYPE |
AIRCRAFT |
REG |
ROUTE |
REMARKS |
| 1919 : Brown & Alcock cross the Atlantic in a Vickers Vimy |
| 1924 |
US Army Air Service
Lts. Lowell Smith & Leslie. Arnold
Lts .Erik Nelson & John Harding |
USA |
Douglas World Cruisers |
Chicago
New Orleans |
|
WEST
175 d. |
Originately team of 4.
Seattle crashed in Alaska
Boston sank North of Scotland
26,350 Miles - 371 hrs 6 Apr to 28 Sep |
| 1927 : Lindberg crosses the Atlantic |
| 1927-1928 |
Dieudonné Costes
Joseph Le Brix |
FRANCE |
Bré guet-Hispano XIXGR |
Nungesser et Coli |
|
WEST |
Shipped San Francisco
to Tokyo
35,944 Miles 338 hrs - Oct 10 1927 to 14 Apr 1928 |
| 1929 |
Dr. Hugo Eckener
Ernst Lehmann & crew |
GERMANY |
Airship |
Graf Zeppelin |
LZ-127 |
EAST |
First airship
21 days7 hrs |
| 1928-1929 |
Baron Frederick Karl Koenig-Warthausen |
GERMANY |
Daimler-Klemm 20hp
engine |
Kamerad
Huenefeld |
D-1433 |
EAST |
Shipped over oceans
9 Aug -23 Nov 450 hrs |
| 1928-1929 |
Jacques and Violette de Sibour |
France/UK |
DH60G
Gipsy Moth |
Safari II |
G-EBZR |
EAST |
Shipped over oceans
Sptember 1928-July 1929 |
| 1931 |
Richard Halliburton & Moye Stephens as pilot |
USA |
Stearman C3B |
The Flying Carpet |
NR-882N |
EAST |
Shipped across Atlantic
and Pacific |
| 1931 |
Charles Healy. & Gladys M. Day |
USA |
Homebuilt |
Errant |
|
EAST |
Shipped across the Pacific
6 May to 20 Dec |
1930
1931 |
Mary Bruce |
UK |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
Bluebird |
G-ABDS |
EAST |
Shipped across Pacific and Atlantic
25 Sep 1930 to 20 Feb 1931 |
| 1931-32 |
Elly Beinhorn |
GERMANY |
Klemm |
|
D-2160 |
EAST |
Shipped across Pacific
and Atlantic |
| 1931 |
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty |
USA |
Lockheed Vega 5-B |
Winnie Mae |
NR105W |
EAST |
8 days 15 hrs 51 mn 15,474 Miles |
| 1931 |
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon |
USA |
Bellanca Skyrocket |
Miss Veedol |
|
EAST |
|
| 1933 |
Wiley Post |
USA |
Lockheed Vega |
Winnie Mae |
NR105W |
EAST
8 d. |
Solo flight 15,596 Miles 7 days 18 hrs 49 mn |
| 1937 : Amelia Earhart disappears in the Pacific |
| 1938 |
Howard Hughes:
Thomas Thurlow
Henri Conner
Richard Stoddard
Eddie Lund |
USA |
Lockheed 14 Lodestar |
New York's World
Fair 1939 |
NX18973 |
EAST |
10 July to 14 July |
| 1939 |
Nakao / Yoshida /
Shimokawa / Saeki /
Sato / Yaokawa |
JAPAN |
Mitsubishi
G3M2 |
Nippon |
J-BAC |
|
|
| 1939-1945 : World War II |
| 1948/1949 |
Richarda Morrow-Tait & 2 navigators ( Michael Townsend & Jack Ellis) |
UK |
Percival Proctor IV |
Thursday Child |
G-AKUV |
EAST |
First RTW entirely by air by a woman pilot |
| Vultee BT13-Valiant |
Next Thursday Child |
NX54084 |
| 1947 |
Clifford Evans |
USA |
Piper PA12 |
City of Washington |
N2345M |
EAST
122 days 23 hrs |
Flying together
9 Aug to 10 Dec |
| George Truman |
City of the Angels |
N3671M |
| 1951 |
Peter Mack |
USA |
Bonanza A35 |
Friendship Flame formely Waikiki Beach |
|
EAST 111 days |
33,789 SM 223 hrs 113 days |
| 1959 |
Dan Sorkin &
Frank Hansen
|
USA |
Piper Apache |
|
|
EAST |
40 days (from Meigs Field) |
| 1959 |
Peter Gluckman |
USA |
Meyer 200 |
|
N485C |
EAST |
22 Aug to 20 Sep |
| 1960 |
Charles "Chuck" F. Banfe |
USA |
Twin Bonanza |
|
|
|
15 Oct to 23 Oct |
| 1961 |
Max Conrad &
Richard Jennings (observer)
|
USA |
Piper Aztec |
New Frontiers |
N4445P |
WEST |
160 hrs 34 mn 8 days 18 hrs 35 mn |
| 1962 |
Gunther & Alice Balz
|
USA |
Twin Bonanza
D-50 |
|
N4371D |
WEST |
265 days |
| 1964 |
Joan Merriam Smith
|
USA |
Piper Apache |
City of Long Beach |
N3251P |
EAST |
17 March to 12 May 27,750 Miles 170 hrs in 56 days |
| 1964 |
Geraldine Mock |
USA |
Cessna 180 |
Spirit of Colombus |
N1538C |
EAST |
First woman solo
29 days 11 hrs 59 mn |
| 1966 |
Sheila Scott |
UK |
PA24 Comanche 260 |
Myth Two |
G-ATOY |
EAST |
29,055 Miles 189 hrs 33 days |
| 1966 |
Robert & Joan
Wallick |
USA |
Baron C-55 |
Philippine Baron |
|
EAST |
112 hrs 35 mn in 5 days 6 hrs |
| 1966 |
Conrad Max and David N. Shefler
|
USA |
Twin Comanche |
Rendez Vous Expo 67 |
N 7003Y |
EAST |
34,000 Miles |
| 1966 |
Herman Miller III
|
USA |
Piper Aztec |
|
|
EAST |
45,000 Miles 250 hrs in 91 days |
| 1967 |
Ann Holtgren Pellegreno
William R. Payne
Lee Koepke
Bill Polhemus |
USA |
Lockheed 10A |
|
|
EAST |
Following Amelia Earhart's route 9 June to 7 July |
| 1967 |
Héctor Ramírez
Manuel Arango |
MEXICO |
Beech Queen Air
BX 100 |
|
|
|
|
| 1967 |
Dr. Francis Sommer
Dr. John Reiger |
USA |
Bonanza S35 |
|
|
|
132 hrs in 35 days |
| 1968 |
Pellissier Hrissa |
FRANCE |
Wassmer Super IV |
|
F-BOYS |
EAST |
Several co-pilots |
| 1969 : Concorde first flight. |
| 1969 |
Alvin Marks |
USA |
Cessna C210 Centurion |
Semper Fi II |
|
EAST |
13 days 22 hrs 3 April to 16 April |
| 1969 |
Hypolite T. Landry |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
EAST |
Speed record, 23,767 SM 13 days 9 hrs 20 mn |
| 1969 |
Cliff Vincent Tait |
NZ |
Airtourer115 |
Miss Jacy |
ZK-CXU |
EAST |
Shipped Tokyo - Vancouver 30,500 Miles 284 hrs in 80 days 5 hrs 30 mn |
| 1969-70 |
Sheila Scott |
UK |
PA24 Comanche 260 |
Myth Two |
G-ATOY |
EAST |
Second flight |
| 1971 |
Edward & Diane Miller |
USA |
Beech Debonair |
|
N1563S |
EAST |
Their honey moon 270 hrs in 3 months |
| 1971 |
Sheila Scott |
UK |
Piper Aztec D |
Mythre |
G-AYTO |
Over North Pole |
Third flight |
| 1971 |
Trevor Brougham
Robert Dixon |
AUSTRALIA |
Beech Baron
B55 |
|
VH-CFO |
EAST |
Speed Record- 5 days 5 hrs 57 mn 4 Aug to 10 Aug |
| 1971 |
Patricio Milmo
Jesús Delgado |
MEXICO |
Turbo Twin Comanche |
Embajador Azteca |
XB-BUO |
EAST< |
29,968 NM 75 days |
| 1971 |
Elgen Long |
USA |
Piper Navajo |
Crossroads Endeavour |
N9097Y |
Via Both Poles |
First r-t-w to overfly both poles 38,896 Miles 28 days 43 mn |
| 1972 |
Henning Huffer |
GERMANY |
Messerschmitt-Boelkow
BO 209 Monsun |
|
D-EAAC |
EAST |
Shipped across the Pacific
First flight 17 March to 28 July |
| 1974 |
Amos Buettell |
USA |
Cessna 310 |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1974-76 |
Henning Huffer |
GERMANY |
Mooney Chaparal
M20E |
|
N 9608V |
EAST |
Second flight |
1974-
1975 |
William & Priscilla Chester |
USA |
Beech King Air 90 |
Angel Bumper |
N12AB |
EAST
15 months |
45 countries, 59.205 NM 15 months |
| 1975 |
Denys Dalton
Keith Carmody |
AUSTRALIA |
Beech Duke 60 |
|
VH-TKE |
EAST |
|
| 1975 |
Denis Dalton
Terry Gwynn-Jones |
AUSTRALIA |
Beech Duke 60 |
|
VH-TKE |
EAST |
Speed record 5 days 2 hrs 19 mn
24,426 SM |
| 1975 |
Hans Tholstrup |
AUSTRALIA |
Grumann AA 1B
Trainer 105 hp |
|
N6505L |
EAST
3 months |
|
| 1975 |
Robert & Peter
Muckestone |
USA |
Cessna Centurion |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1976 |
Doc Wisner &
Bryce Wisener |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
|
|
| 1976 |
Don Taylor |
USA |
Thorp T18 |
Victoria 76 |
N455T |
EAST |
First home built 24,877 Miles 60 days 4 hrs 10 mn
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 1976 |
Henning Huffer
+pax |
GERMANY |
Mooney Chaparal
M20E |
|
N 9608V |
WEST |
Third fligth following HMS Bounty 17 June 1976 to 7 Jan 1977 |
| 1977 |
Paul Straub |
USA |
Mooney Super Turbo 21 |
|
N300MD |
EAST |
|
| 1977 |
Jack Rodd
Harold Benham |
USA |
Bonanza |
City of Cortez |
|
EAST |
|
| 1977 |
Philander P. Claxton
Jack L. Cink |
USA |
Aerostar 601P |
American Spirit |
|
EAST |
Speed record, 4 days 8 hrs.125 hrs |
| 1978 |
Paul Warren-Wilson
Nicholas Walsh |
UK |
Cherokee 6 |
|
|
|
|
| 1978 |
Robert Muckelstone |
USA |
Cessna Centurion T210 |
|
|
|
|
| 1978 |
Frank Haile
Walt Hedgren |
USA |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N4FH |
EAST
18 days |
24,500 NM |
| 1978 |
Henning Huffer
+camera team |
GERMANY |
M20J |
|
N 201XP |
WEST |
Fourth flight |
| 1980 |
Judith Chisholm |
UK |
Cessna Centurion T210 |
|
G-BAGE |
EAST |
|
| 1980-81 |
Henning Huffer |
GERMANY |
Mooney M20J |
|
N3683H |
WEST |
Fifth flight |
| 1982 |
Donald Muir
André Daemen |
CANADA |
Cessna 210N |
|
|
|
22,700 Miles 6 days 7 hrs 30 mn |
| 1982 |
Robert Reinhold
Donald Grant
Frank Puruello |
USA |
Cheyenne III
PA-42 |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1982 |
Winthrop Dale |
USA |
Cessna 310Q |
|
N7833Q |
WEST |
Loyal Hibbs (Truckee, CA West to Reykjavik, Iceland)
30 days, 164 hrs, 42561 km
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 1982 |
H. Ross Perot Jr
Jay W. Coburn |
USA |
Bell 206L-1
Long Ranger II |
Spirit of Texas |
N3911Z |
EAST
29 days |
First helicopter
(+ Hercules chase plane)
26,000 Miles 29 days 3 hrs 8 mn |
1982-
1983 |
Dick Smith |
AUSTRALIA |
Bell 206
Long Ranger III |
Australian Explorer |
VH-DIK |
EAST |
First solo helicopter 319 hrs 59 mn 35,298 Miles |
| 1984 |
Browne John FX |
USA |
Piper Aztec |
|
N2FX |
EAST |
Via Easter Island
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 1984 |
Donald (Rode) Rodewald |
USA |
Comanche 260 |
|
N8998P |
EAST |
First Wheelchair aviator |
| 1984 |
Patrick Franceschi |
FRANCE |
Aviasud Sirocco |
|
|
|
|
| 1985 |
Michael Schultz |
GERMANY |
Mooney Porsche 231 |
|
|
|
|
| 1985 |
Sheik Hamad Al Thani
|
QATAR |
Piper Seneca II |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1986 |
James Pirtle
Henry Riley |
USA |
Comanche |
|
N2425P |
|
|
| 1986 |
Bill & Genevieve BANCROFT |
USA |
Bonanza A3 |
|
N9489Q |
WEST
26 days |
Flying together |
Wayne Collins
Charles Key |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N850T |
Frank Haile
Stuart Haile |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N4FH
Second time |
Doc Wisner
Janice Sullivan |
Bonanza |
|
Second time |
Dan Bookout
Dan Schilling |
Piper Lance |
|
N8352C |
Dan Webb
Bob Landes |
Bonanza A36 |
|
|
Reinhard Buchally
Andrea Schilan |
GERMANY |
Bonanza |
|
D-EEBR |
| 1986 |
Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager |
USA |
Voyager |
Voyager |
N269VA |
EAST |
First and only non stop
unrefueled circumnavigation
24,986 Miles 9 days 3 mn |
| 1986 |
David McCulloch
Gerald Keating |
CANADA |
Cessna 414 |
|
C-FASB |
WEST |
World Speed Record westbound |
| 1986 |
Ted Rear
Keven Pownell |
AUSTRALIA |
Aerostar 601P |
|
VH-PJC |
WEST |
|
| 1987-1993 |
Donald & Mali Lise Flynn |
USA |
Beech Duchess |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1987 |
Donald & Jim
Fonger |
CANADA |
Turbo Twin Comanche |
|
C-GPZX |
WEST |
Flying Together |
Dr. Talibi
Ken Bamford |
USA |
Turbo Twin Comanche |
|
|
| 1987 |
Calin Rosetti
Richard Norton |
USA
ROM |
Piper Malibu 310P |
Arctic Tern |
N26033 |
|
Over both Poles.
Speed record |
| 1987 |
Dan Webb
+ diff. copilots |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
|
Second time |
| 1988 |
Edwin Galkin
& Bob Zuber |
USA |
Cessna 210 |
|
N2160S |
EAST |
|
| 1988 |
Peter Norvill |
AUSTRALIA |
Cessna
Hawk XP |
|
VH-PSV |
WEST
35 days |
|
| 1988 |
Chuck Classen
Phil Greth |
USA |
Bonanza G35 |
|
N4493D |
|
|
| 1988 |
Mike &
Anne Wright |
UK |
Jodel Mousquetaire |
|
G-ARDZ |
EAST |
|
1988-
1989 |
Dick Smith
Giles Kershaw |
AUSTRALIA |
Twin Otter |
Sir Hubert Wilkins |
VH-SHW |
Both Poles |
First r-t-w with landings at both Poles |
| 1989 |
Gaby Kennard |
AUSTRALIA |
Piper Saratoga |
Gerty |
VH-GKF |
EAST
99 days |
29,000 NM |
| 1989 |
Günther Kuhlmann
Peter Kuffner |
GERMANY |
Bonanza V35B |
|
D-EDVV |
WEST
40 days |
Flying together |
Frank Haile &
Carson Gilmer |
USA |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N4FH
3rd time |
Dan Webb
Richard Meyehoff |
Bonanza A36 |
|
Dan's third time |
Doc Wisner
Janice Sullivan |
Bonanza |
|
Doc's third time |
| 1989 |
Tony Aliengena +
Mr. Alienena
Gunther Hagen |
USA |
Cessna 210 +
chase plane |
|
|
EAST
46 days |
Crossed mainland Russia
Youngest earthrounder pilot: 11 year old! |
| 1990 |
James Dunlap |
USA |
Cessna 182 |
|
|
|
|
| 1990 |
Wayne Collins
Charles Key |
USA |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N850T |
EAST
46 days |
Second time |
| 1990/1993 |
Hans Schneider |
Germany |
Cessna 150 |
Corvus |
D-EENH |
|
|
| 1990 |
Tom & Fran Towle |
USA |
Cessna 310R |
|
|
WEST |
|
| 1991 |
R.J. Plimpton |
SWISS |
Twin Comanche |
|
|
|
|
| 1991 |
Alex Zawaski
Roberta Alexander |
USA |
Comanche 260B |
|
N8944P |
EAST |
30,737 NM |
| 1991 |
Allyn Caruso
David Norgart
Yakov Sabodin
John Miller
John Gallishon |
USA/Russia |
Fairchild Metro III |
Spirit of Partership |
|
EAST
7 days |
30 World Records |
| 1991 |
Thomas Casey |
USA |
Cessna 206
On Floats |
Liberty II |
|
|
First float plane exclusively over water |
| 1991 |
David Bledsoe
Mark van Benschoten |
USA |
Mooney M20F |
|
N6744N |
WEST |
38 days |
| 1989-1992 |
Gérard & Margi Moss |
BRAZIL |
Embraer Sertanejo |
Romeo |
PT-RXE |
EAST
980 days |
First crossing Australia-South America. 50 countries |
| 1992 |
Dr. Howard Wisner
Janice Sullivan |
USA |
Bonanza S-35 |
|
N6826Q |
EAST |
Flying together.
Their 4th RTW. |
Dan Webb
& Frank Haile |
USA |
Bonanza A-36 |
|
N4504S |
| 1992 |
Bill Signs
Iouri Kharitonov |
USA
USSR |
Mooney 20E |
|
|
|
|
| 1992 |
Tim Findlow
+ 2 diff pax |
AUSTRALIA |
Cessna 310Q |
|
VH-HKW |
WEST
19 flying days |
|
| 1992 |
Dick Levin & Dan Boone |
USA |
Piper Twin Comanche |
|
N8213-Y |
WEST |
|
| 1992 |
Sheik Hamad Al Thani |
QATAR |
Aerostar 601P |
|
N900608 |
WEST |
Second flight |
| 1991-1992 |
Wolgang Hamann & a copilot to Recife |
GERMANY |
Piper Arrow IV 210T |
|
N600KR |
WEST |
|
| 1992 |
1992 AROUND THE WORLD AIR RALLY. |
| 1992 |
1992 AROUND THE WORLD AIR RALLY (VIA RUSSIA).
|
1992
1993 |
Dieter Langer |
USA |
Maule |
|
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Martin Evelyn Lutin
Bernard Renny Shapiro |
USA |
Cessna A 441 |
|
N77ML |
EAST |
|
| 1993 |
W. Paul Thayer Byrum W. Teekell |
USA |
Cessna 414A |
|
N414BW |
EAST |
73 64 years old
23033 NM |
| 1993 |
Hans Schneider |
GERMANY |
Cessna 150 |
|
D-EENH |
|
Shipped over oceans |
| 1993 |
Murray Goodrich
Jay Shower |
USA |
Bonanza F33A |
N567M |
|
EAST
45 days |
Crossed Equator 6 times. |
| 1993 |
Zissis Pehlevanudis |
GREECE |
Bonanza
SL-AML |
|
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Jacques Lemaigne du Breuil
Nicolas Gorodiche
Olivier Waisblat |
FRANCE |
TBM 700 |
|
F-GKJV |
|
Speed record around the World |
| 1994 |
Fred Lasby |
Canada |
Comanche |
|
|
|
Oldest pilot to fly solo RTW at 83 years of age |
| 1994 |
Dieter Schmitt |
GERMANY |
Bonanza F33A |
|
D-EHIB |
|
|
| 1994 |
Peter Weidmann
Eduardo Nixon |
GERMANY
EL SALVADOR |
Bonanza F33 |
El Salvador |
YP-257P |
WEST
35 days |
|
| 1994 |
1994 AROUND THE WORLD AIR RACE. |
| 1994 |
Ron Bower |
USA |
Bell 206B-3
Jet Ranger II |
|
N206AJ |
EAST
24 days |
|
1994-
1995 |
Dick & Pip Smith |
AUSTRALIA |
Sikorsky S76 |
World Explorer |
VH-SHW |
WEST |
|
| 1995 |
Faria e Mello António |
PORTUGAL |
Bonanza F33 |
Alice 19 |
CS-AZI |
EAST
70 days |
Wheelchair aviator
28,372 NM |
| 1995 |
Jay Merten &
Sandi Smith
|
USA |
Malibu |
Round the World for Sight, 1995 |
N313JM |
EAST |
86 days
25,303 NM |
| 1995 |
Jon Johanson |
AUSTRALIA |
Van RV4 |
|
VH-NOJ |
EAST |
|
| 1995 |
Makagonov Vladimir, Molchanyuk Mikhail, Alekseeko Victor |
RUSSIA |
SM-92 |
Finist |
RA44484 |
EAST |
41 days
28.015 km |
| 1996 |
Claude Meunier |
AUSTRALIA |
Aerostar 602P/700 |
|
VH-XRD |
EAST |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 1996 |
Hans Gutmann |
AUSTRIA |
Glasair IIS-RG |
Elisabeth |
OE-CGH |
EAST |
|
| 1996 |
Jon Johanson |
AUSTRALIA |
Van RV4 |
|
VH-NOJ |
WEST |
Second flight |
| 1996 |
Bill Signs
Ruth Jacobs |
USA |
Cessna 210L |
|
N90NB |
|
First single r-t-w to land
on 7 continennts |
| 1996 |
Jennifer Murray
Quentin Smith |
UK |
Robinson 44 |
|
|
|
|
| 1996-1995 |
Ron Bower
John Williams |
USA |
Bell 430 |
|
N430Q |
WEST
17 days |
|
| 1997 |
Jüergen Timm |
GERMANY |
Bonanza V35B |
|
D-EBNQ |
WEST |
Flying together |
| Guenther Kuhlmann |
Bonanza V35B |
|
D-EDDV |
| 1997 |
Dieter Schmitt |
GERMANY |
Bonanza F33A |
|
D-EHIB |
|
Second flight
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 1997 |
Jorge Cornish
Alfredo Dehmlow |
MEXICO |
Mooney 231/305R |
Aquila Negra |
XB-CNA |
EAST
55 days |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 1997 |
Dick Rutan |
USA |
Long EZ |
|
N169SH |
EAST
81 days |
Flying together. 30,000 plus NM |
| Mike Melvill |
USA |
|
N26MS |
| 1997 |
Waldemar Miszkurka , Andrzej Szymanski, Boguslaw Gajek |
POLAND |
Antonov-2 |
|
SP-DLA |
EAST |
First RTW flight by Polish pilots |
| 1997 |
Tony Cowan
Ced Hughes
Bill Purchase |
UK |
2 Chipmunks
1 Islander |
|
WP962
WP833
G-PASU |
EAST
Across Russia |
Flying together |
| 1997 |
Linda Finch &
copilots |
USA |
Lockheed 10 |
|
|
EAST |
Flying together |
Reid Dennis
Andy Macfie |
Grumann Albatross |
|
|
| 1997 |
Jürgen Fuchs &
Harmut Bader |
GERMANY |
Mooney M20M |
|
D-ERFU |
EST |
|
| 1998 |
Reed Prior |
USA |
Mooney M20J |
|
N60RP |
WEST |
|
| 1998 |
Doug Cayne
John Fulton |
USA |
King Air E90 |
Ponceby |
N898WW |
WEST |
|
| 1998 |
Brian Milton +
K. Reynolds, P. Petrov ( part of the way) |
UK |
Trike |
GT Global Flyer |
|
EAST
121 days |
First trike 23,130 SM |
| 1998 |
Lee Joo Hak (Peter) |
KOREA |
Cherokee 235 |
Geum Kang II |
N15152 |
EAST
36 days |
26,000 NM |
| 1998 |
Gary Burns
Alex Schenk |
AUSTRALIA |
Lancair IV |
|
VH-LKG |
EAST |
|
| 1998 |
Mario Ardoino |
AUSTRALIA |
Archer |
|
VH-MGA |
WEST |
|
| 1998 |
Nikki Mitchell
Rhonda Miles |
USA |
Maule M5E |
|
|
EAST
49 days |
Across whole of mainland Russia |
| 1999 |
Horst Ellenberger
+ diff. copilots |
GERMANY |
Turbine Bonanza |
Orion |
D-EVIK |
EAST
Flying together |
FAI Circumnavigarot Badge |
Peter Woelfel
+ varying pax |
Bonanza A36 |
Papa Whisky |
N10PW |
|
| Robert Reiss |
USA |
Turbine Bonanza |
Third time |
N9675R |
|
| 1999 |
Mario Ardoino |
AUSTRALIA |
Archer |
|
VH-MGA |
WEST |
Second flight |
| 1999 |
Bertrand Picard
Brian Jones |
SWISS / UK |
Rosiere balloon |
Breitling Orbiter 3 |
HB-BRA |
EAST |
First Balloon 19 days 21 hrs 47 mn 28,059 Miles
1 March to 21 Marc |
| 2000 : Tragic Concorde last flight. |
| 2000 |
Jennifer Murray |
UK |
Robinson 44 |
|
G-MURY |
EAST |
|
| Quentin Smith |
Robinson 44 |
|
G-JEFA |
| Colin Bodill |
Mainair Blade 912S |
|
G-NOWW |
| Heinz Rust |
Cessna Citation |
|
G-EELS |
| 2000 |
H G Schmid |
SWISS |
Long EZ |
|
HB-YCT |
EAST
27 days |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2000 |
H G Schmid |
SWISS |
Long EZ |
|
HB-YCT |
WEST
27 days |
Second flight
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2000 |
Jon Johanson |
AUSTRALIA |
Van RV4 |
|
VH-NOJ |
EAST |
Via the North Pole |
| 2000 |
Robert Ragozzino |
USA |
Stearman N2S-B |
|
|
EAST
5 months |
|
| 2000 |
Dan Dominguez
Chris wall |
USA |
Aero Commander |
Dream Catcher |
|
EAST |
66 days |
| 2001 |
Masaki Kubara (pilot)
Kozo Takita (pilot and team leader)
Hiroshi Kazama (pilot)
Tetsuo Inoue (journalist) |
JAPAN |
Malibu |
|
JA4084 |
EAST |
Other participating aircraft :
One Bonanza A36 N3616Z (Seatle-Tokyo)
One Mooney M20 (Canadian legs)
One Pilatus PC-12 N660NR(ditched in Russian waters)
Details on:
http://www18.tok2.com/home/soar/world.htm
|
Fumio Oyama (pilot)
Shojiro Hamatani (pilot)
Akinori China (pilot)
Yukata Otsu (journalist) |
JAPAN |
Malibu |
|
JA4200 |
| 2001 |
Polly Vacher |
GB |
Piper Dakota PA28-235 |
|
G-FRGN |
EAST |
124 days 29,206 Miles |
| 2001 |
Simon Oliphant-Hope |
UK |
MD Notar |
N9201U |
|
EAST |
An attempt to break Ron Bower's record |
| 2001 |
Gordillo Michel |
SP |
MCR-01 |
|
EC-ZBO |
EAST |
|
| 2001 |
Dari Shalon & Michel Verniol |
|
Eurocopter AS350B3 |
|
LY-HDS |
EAST |
|
| 2001 |
Moss Gérard |
BRAZIL |
Ximango |
|
PT-ZAM |
WEST |
Second RTW |
| 2002 |
Cpt. Dick Sollner &
Cpt. Bill Moore |
USA |
Twin Comanche PA30B |
|
N178E |
WEST |
|
| 2002 |
Bill Finlen |
AUSTRALIA |
Bonanza |
|
VH-TYE |
WEST |
|
| 2002 |
Flemming & Angela Pederesen |
SWITZERLAND |
Mooney |
HoneyMooney |
HB-DVN |
EAST |
http://honeymooney.com/ |
| 2002 |
Dick Smith + various copilots |
AUSTRALIA |
Cessna Caravan |
|
VH-SHW |
EAST |
|
| 2002 |
Steve Fossett |
USA |
Rosiere balloon |
Spirit of Freedom |
|
EAST |
First solo in a balloon 20,206 Miles 14 days 19 hrs 51 mn |
| 2003 : Concorde last commercial flight. |
| 2002-2003 |
Doug Cairns & a safety pilot |
USA |
Beech Baron |
Diabetes World Flight |
N30TB |
EAST |
26,300NM
63 legs
22 countries |
| 2003 |
Jason Bahnsen |
AUSTRALIA |
Mooney |
|
VH-JDY |
WEST |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2003 |
Philipp Sturm and Danielle Rentsch |
Switzerland |
Super Dimona |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Reto and Trudy Godly |
Switzerland |
Cessna 185 |
|
N185GW |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Bob Reiss |
USA |
Turbine Bonanza |
|
N9675R |
EAST |
His fourth RTW |
| 2003 |
Robert Irwin |
USA |
Baron |
|
N100N |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
António Faria e Mello |
Portugal |
Bonanza |
|
CS-AZI |
EAST |
His second RTW in a wheel chair |
| 2003 |
Delfim Costa |
Portugal |
Cessna 210 |
|
CS-AOD |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Frank & Dorise Heittlich |
GERMANY |
PA34 |
|
DGOMM |
WEST |
|
| 2003 |
Paul Ryan and Alan McMahon |
Ireland |
Cherokee Six |
|
PH-SMD |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
CarolAnn Garratt |
USA |
Mooney MSE |
|
N220FC |
WEST |
7 months, 36,667 nm.
Feb 28-Oct 12 |
| 2003 |
Salvatore Tasca & Mario Battistello |
ITALY |
Cessna 210 |
|
OO-TVH |
WEST |
229 hrs, 07 mns for 33,205 NM |
| 2003 |
Gianandrea Caravatti & Sergio Dallan |
ITALY |
Aerostar 601P |
Marilyn |
G-RIGS |
WEST |
See their Route
and Log
|
| 2004 |
John Coale |
USA |
Cessna 210 |
|
N30EW |
EAST |
|
| 2004 |
Polly Vacher |
UK |
Piper Dakota |
|
G-FRGN |
WEST |
First woman solo over 7 continents
First woman solo over the North Pole
First solo in single over 7 continents
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2004 |
Thomas Scherer |
GERMANY |
Europa |
|
N81EU |
EAST |
|
| 2004 |
Dr Ed Galkin
Cpt Dick Sollner |
USA |
Cessna 210 |
|
N2160S |
WEST |
Second RTW for both pilots |
| 2004 |
Matevz Lanarcic |
SLOVENIA |
Pipistrel Sinus 912 |
|
|
EAST |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2004 |
Sherry & Larry Sietsma |
USA |
Beechcraft Baron |
|
N3199J |
EAST |
|
| 2004 |
Ricky De Angrela |
South Africa |
Micro-light |
|
|
EAST
|
Shipped over oceans
34,550 NM
http://www.safreedomflight.com/ |
| 2005 |
Steve Fossett |
USA |
Model 311 |
Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer |
N277SF |
EAST |
First non stop solo RTW 22,877 Miles 67 hrs 1 mn
28 Feb to 3 March |
| 2005 |
Bil Randolph |
USA |
RV8 |
|
N878DZ |
EAST |
|
| 2005 |
Dean Stahr |
USA |
|
|
N277SF |
WEST |
Oldest US pilot |
| 2005 |
Peter Moore
Jim Hazelton
Don McBean
Geoff Hazelton
Keith Bushnell |
AUSTRALIA |
King Air |
|
VH-HPX |
EAST |
|
| 2005-2007 |
Henkell Marrk & Armin Stief |
GERMANY |
Cirrus SR22-G3 |
|
N241PK |
EAST |
http://www.n-flight-enroute.com |
| 2006 |
Manuel Queiroz |
UK |
RV-6 |
'Slavka' |
G-GDRV |
EAST |
www.chasingthemorningsun.com
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2006 |
Perren Stephan & Nicolas |
SWITZERLAND |
Mooney |
|
HB-DGL |
EAST |
|
| 2006 |
Rolandas Paksas & Vladimir Makagonov |
LITHUANIA/RUSSIA |
SM 2000 |
Phoenix |
HA-SMA |
WEST |
Second RTW for Vladimir Makagonov
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2006 |
Ulf & Matthias Muehlbacher |
GERMANY |
Turbine Piper PA46 Malibu |
|
N49HF |
EAST |
 http://www.worldflight2006.de |
| 2006 |
Johan Hammarström
Henrik Ejderholm
Martin Håkansson |
SWEDEN |
Diamond DA42 Twin Star |
|
SE-LVO |
EAST |
http://www.worldflightforhearing.com/ |
| 2007 |
Arnim Stief and Markus Henkell |
GERMANY |
Cirrus SR 22 |
|
N241PK |
EAST |
http://www.n-flight-enroute.com |
| 2007 |
Peter Mennel and Reinhard Flatz |
AUSTRIA |
Bonanza |
The Spirit of Bregenz |
N5NZ |
EAST |
80 hours, 14 days
http://www.upcs.at/allgemeines/downloads/files/Tagebuch_einer_Reise_mit_Hindernissen.pdf
|
| 2007 |
Barrington Irving |
USA |
Colombia 400 |
Inspiration |
N731EA |
EAST |
http://www.experienceaviation.org/
First African American and youngest RTW solo |
| 2007 |
Farhad Rostampour and Arshid Moti-Ghavanin |
IRAN |
Bonanza F33 |
|
N266DC |
EAST |
http://freedomflight.us
First Iranian pilots |
| 2007 |
Uwe Thomas Carstensen & Sebastian Rothammel (first half), Hans Christian Albertsen (second half) |
GERMANY |
Cessna 206 |
Marie |
D-EMCA |
EAST |
www.globeflight-rallye.com/en_start.php |
| 2007 |
Rahul Monga & Anil Kumar |
INDIA |
CTSW |
|
ML105 |
EAST |
|
| 2007-08 |
Ralf and
Marga Hannemann |
Germany |
Partenavia |
Geier-Flyer |
D-GHAN |
EAST |
340:32 hrs, all continents, 29 countries, 92 legs, 44 956 NM |
| 2007 |
Jennifer Murray and Colin Boddil |
UK |
Bell 407 |
|
N407PF |
Pole to Pole |
|
| 2007 |
Jens Abilgaard Hansen |
DANEMARK |
Cessna 182 |
|
N2217L |
EAST |
www.hosbiz.com |
| 2007 |
Wojciech Mirski |
SWITZERLAND |
Comanche 260C |
|
HB-OTF |
EAST |
http://www.flying-doctor.ch |
| 2007 |
Norman Livingstone & Vajee Misakawan |
Canada & Thailand |
Ovation |
Nang Fah |
N667DL |
EAST |
www.around-the-world-2007.com/ |
| 2008 |
Marc Aurel Lehmann & Karl-Heinz Maxwita |
GERMANY |
Diamond D40 XL |
|
N351DS |
EAST |
http://www.flugzeug-weltumrundung.de |
| 2008 |
Ron Siwik |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
EAST |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2008 |
Jim Nisbet |
UK |
Mooney |
|
G-CERT |
EAST |
www.jimsbigadventure.co.uk
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2008 |
Mike Hebel and Mookie Bahiri |
USA |
Baron |
|
N158BB |
EAST |
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2008 |
Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik |
USA |
AgustaWestland 109 Grand |
|
N1US |
EAST |
Attempted Speed Record: 11 days, 7 Hrs, 2 mns |
| 2008 |
2008 AIR JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD AIR RALLY. |
| 2008 |
Jacques Lemaigne du Breuil
Richard de Tscharner
Mario Julen |
FRANCE |
PC12 |
|
LX-JFN |
EAST |
http://www.wingsandbridges.org/ |
| 2008 |
CarollAnn Garratt
Carol Foy |
USA |
Mooney |
Silver Wings |
N220FC |
WEST |
http://www.alsworldflight.com
Dash for a cure:
CarollAnn second RTW |
| 2009 |
FAI AROUND THE WORLD AIR RALLY 2009. |
| 2009 |
Ludwig Frieling & Jürgen Hoch |
GERMANY |
Cessna P210N |
Silver Eagle |
D-EMDT |
EAST |
|
| 2009 |
Andy Hopper |
UK |
Cessna 210 |
|
G-SEEK |
WEST |
|
| 2009 |
Rolf Friede& Manfred Melloh |
SWISS/AUSTRALIA |
Comanche P24/260 |
|
HB-PON |
EAST |
http://blog.mailasail.com/comanche.hb-pon |
| 2009 |
Blythe Mike & Pitman James |
SOUTH AFRICA |
SLING |
|
ZU-TAF |
WEST |
http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/world/default.asp |
| 2010 |
Ken Evers and Tim Pryse |
Australia |
GA8-TC Airvan |
|
VH-BYI |
EAST |
http://www.millionsagainstmalaria.com/ |
| 2010 |
Bovier Yannick |
Switzerland |
CTLS |
Dreamcatcher |
HB-WYB |
WEST |
http://www.azimut270.ch/
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2010 |
Agullo Francisco |
Switzerland |
CTLS |
Céline |
HB-WYA |
WEST |
http://www.azimut270.ch/
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2010 |
O.R.(Butch) Smith (Captain)
Glenn A. Smith (First Officer)
W.Mark David (Navigator) |
USA |
King Air C90-1 |
Babe |
N332MS |
EAST |
8805 hours
21,154 NM
www.gfm2010.com/ |
| 2010 |
Huntley Peter and Hamilton Brian |
UK |
TBM 700 |
|
N868AT |
EAST |
22 days, 105 hrs
26061 NM |
| 2010 |
Hans-Juergen and Wilma Schwerhoff |
Germany |
Cessna P210 |
|
D-ESAY |
EAST |
http://www.www.rtw2010-s3.de
FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2010 |
Reiner Meutsch and Arnim Stief |
Germany |
Cheyenne |
|
N191MA |
EAST |
http://www.fly-and-help.de/ |
| 2010 |
Alexander Tschakaloff |
Germany |
Cessna 210 Centurion |
|
D-EHJA |
WEST |
http://d-ehja.blogspot.com/ |
| 2010 |
Jeffery Ying |
China |
Piper Malibu |
|
N9258Q |
EAST |
http://jeffreyandreneearoundtheworld.blogspot.com/ |
| 2011 |
Robert Gannon |
USA |
Cessna 182 |
Lady Luck Too |
N182VE |
EAST, WEST, POLES |
Started 1992
http://www.worldflyingadventure.com/ |
| 2011 |
Thon Kane |
USA |
Cessna 180 |
|
N6TK |
WEST |
|
| Total of "Light Aircraft around the World" to date: 330 |
