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| YEAR | CREW | NATION | TYPE | AIRCRAFT | REG | PHOTO | ROUTE | REMARKS | |
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| 1924 | US Army Air Service Lts. Lowell Smith & Leslie. Arnold Lts .Erik Nelson & John Harding |
USA | Douglas World Cruisers | Chicago New Orleans |
WEST 175 days |
Originately team of 4. Two crashed |
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| 1927 1928 |
Dieudonné Costes Joseph Le Brix |
FRANCE | Bréguet XIX | Nungesser et Coli | WEST | Shipped San Francisco to Tokyo |
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| 1929-1930 | Baron F.K.Koenig-Warthausen | GERMANY | Daimler-Klemm 20hp engine |
Kamerad Huenefeld |
EAST | Shipped over oceans | |||
| 1931 | Richard Halliburton & Moye Stephens | USA | Stearman | The Flying Carpet | NR-882N | EAST | Shipped across Atlantic and Pacific |
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| 1930-1931 | Mary Bruce | UK | Blackburn Bluebird | Bluebird | G-ABDS | EAST | Shipped across Pacific and Atlantic |
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| 1931-32 | Elly Beinhorn | GERMANY | Klemm | D-2160 | EAST | Shipped across Pacific and Atlantic |
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| 1931 | Wiley Post Harold Gatty |
USA | Lockheed Vega | Winnie Mae | NR105W | EAST 8 days |
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| 1931 | Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon |
USA | Bellanca Skyrocket | Miss Veedol | EAST | ||||
| 1933 | Wiley Post | USA | Lockheed Vega | Winnie Mae | NR105W | EAST 8 days |
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| 1947 | Clifford Evans | USA | Piper PA12 | City of Washington | N2345M | EAST 122 days |
Flying together | ||
| George Truman | City of the Angels | N3671M | |||||||
| 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-Valaint | Next Thursday Child | NX54084 | |||||||
| 1951 | Peter Mack | USA | Bonanza A35 | Friendship Flame | EAST 111 days | 33,789 SM | |||
| 1959 | Peter Gluckman | USA | Meyer 200 | N485C | EAST | ||||
| 1964 | Geraldine Mock | USA | Cessna 180 | Spirit of Colombus | N1538C | EAST 29 days |
First woman solo | ||
| 1966 | Sheila Scott | UK | Comanche 260 | Myth Too | G-ATOY | EAST | |||
| 1967 | Francis Sommer John Reiger |
USA | Bonanza S35 | ||||||
| 1968 | Pellissier Hrissa | FRANCE | Wassmer Super IV | F-BOYS | EAST | Several co-pilots | |||
| 1969 | Alvin Marks | USA | Cessna C210 | Semper Fly II | N942SM | EAST 13 days |
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| 1969 | Hypolite Landry | USA | Bonanza | N5842K | EAST 13 days |
Speed record, 23,767 SM | |||
| 1969 | Cliff Tait | NZ | Airtourer115 | Miss Jacy | ZK-CXU |  |
EAST | Shipped Tokyo - Vancouver | |
| 1969-70 | Sheila Scott | UK | Comanche 260 | Myth Too | G-ATOY | EAST | Second flight | ||
| 1971 | Edward & Diane Miller | USA | Beech Debonair | N1563S | EAST | Their honey moon | |||
| 1972 | Henning Huffer | GERMANY | Messerschmitt-Boelkw BO 209 Monsuun |
D-EAAC | EAST | Shipped across the Pacific | |||
| 1974 | Henning Huffer | GERMANY | Mooney Chaparral M20E |
N 9608V | EAST | ||||
| 1975 | Hans Tholstrup | AUSTRALIA | Grumann AM 1B Trainer 105 hp |
N6505L | EAST 3 months |
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| 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 | |
| 1977 | Henning Huffer +pax |
GERMANY | Mooney Chaparral M20E |
N 9608V | WEST | ||||
| 1977 | Peter Straub | USA | Mooney Super Turbo 21 | ||||||
| 1977 | Jack Rodd Harold Benham |
USA | Bonanza | City of Cortez | EAST | ||||
| 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 | Doc Wisner & Bryce Wisener |
USA | Bonanza | ||||||
| 1980 | Judith Chisholm | UK | Cessna Centurion T210 | G-BAGE | EAST | ||||
| 1982 | Donald Muir André Daemen |
CANADA | Cessna 210N | ||||||
| 1984 | Donald Rodewald | USA | Comanche 260 | EAST | First Wheelchair aviator | ||||
| 1984 | Patrick Franceschi | FRANCE | Aviasud Sirocco | ||||||
| 1985-1986 | Michael Schultz & Hans Kampik | GERMANY | Mooney 231 Porsche PFM 3200 |
D-EAFE | WEST |
100.000 km, 62 countries, 200 landings, 600 hours | |||
| 1986 | James Pirtle Henry Riley |
USA | Comanche | N5425P | |||||
| 1986 | Bill & Genevieve BANCROFT | USA | Bonanza A36 | N9489Q | WEST 26 days |
Flying together | |||
| Wayne Collins Charles Key |
Bonanza V35B | N850T | |||||||
| Frank Haile Stuart Haile |
Bonanza V35B | N4FH Second time |
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| 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 | ||||||
| 1987 | Calin Rosetti Richard Norton |
USA ROM |
Piper Malibu 310P | Arctic Tern | N26033 | Over both Poles. Speed record |
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| 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 |
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| 1988 | Chuck Classen Phil Greth |
USA | Bonanza G35 | N4493D | |||||
| 1988 | Mike & Anne Wright |
UK | Jodel Mousquetaire | EAST | |||||
| 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 |
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| Dan Webb Richard Meyehoff |
Bonanza A36 | Dan's third time | |||||||
| Doc Wisner Janice Sullivan |
Bonanza | Doc's third time | |||||||
| 1989 | Tony Aliengena + Mr. Aliengena + Gunther Hagen |
USA | Cessna 210 + chase plane |
EAST 46 days |
Crossed mainland Russia Youngest earthrounder pilot: 11 year old! |
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| 1990 | James Dunlap | USA | Cessna 182 | 74 years old at time of flight | |||||
| 1990 | Wayne Collins Charles Key |
USA | Bonanza V35B | N850T | EAST 46 days |
Second time | |||
| 1990/1993 | Hans Schneider | Germany | Cessna 150 | Corvus | D-EENH | ||||
| 1991 | Alex Zawaski Roberta Alexander |
USA | Comanche 260B | N8944P | EAST | 30,737 NM | |||
| 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 | |||
| 1991-1992 | Wolgang Hamann & a copilot to Recife | GERMANY | Piper Arrow IV 210T | N600KR | WEST | ||||
| 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. |
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| Dan Webb & Frank Haile |
USA | Bonanza A-36 | N4504S | ||||||
| 1992 | Bill Signs Iouri Kharitonov |
USA USSR |
Mooney 20E | ||||||
| 1992 1993 |
Dieter Langer | USA | Maule | ||||||
| 1993 | Hans Schneider | GERMANY | Cessna 150 | 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 |
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| 1993 | Nicolas Gorodiche Jacques Lemaigne Olivier Waisblat |
FRANCE | TBM | ||||||
| 1994 | Dieter Schmitt | GERMANY | Bonanza F33A | D-EHIB | |||||
| 1994 | Peter Weidmann Eduardo Nixon |
GERMANY EL SALVADOR |
Bonanza F33 | El Salvador | YS-257P | WEST 35 days |
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| 1995 | Antonio Faria e Mello | PORTUGAL | Bonanza F33 | Alice 19 | CS-AZI |  |
EAST 70 days |
Wheelchair aviator 28,372 NM |
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| 1995 | Jon Johanson | AUSTRALIA | Van RV4 | VH-NOJ |  |
EAST | |||
| 1995 | Jay Merten & Sandi Smith |
USA | Malibu | Round the World for Sight, 1995 | N313JM | EAST | 86 days 25,303 NM |
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| 1995 | Makagonov Vladimir, Molchanyuk Mikhail, Alekseeko Victor | RUSSIA | SM-92 | Finist | RA44484 |  |
EAST | 41 days 28.015 km |
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| 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 |
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| 1997 | Jürgen Timm | GERMANY | Bonanza V | Flying together | |||||
| Gunter Kuhlmann | Bonanza A36 | ||||||||
| 1997 | Dieter Schmitt | GERMANY | Bonanza F33A | D-EHIB | Second flight | ||||
| 1997 | Jorge Cornish Alfredo Dehmlow |
MEXICO | Mooney 231/305R | Águila Negra | XB-CNA |  |
EAST 55 days |
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| 1997 | Dick Rutan | USA | Long EZ | N169SH | EAST 81 days |
Flying together. 30,000 plus NM | |||
| Mike Melvill | USA | N26MS | |||||||
| 1997 | Tony Cowan Ced Hughes Bill Purchase |
UK | 2 Chipmunks 1 Islander |
WP962 WP833 G-PASU |
EAST Across Russia |
Flying together | |||
| 1997 | Waldemar Miszkurka , Andrzej Szymanski, Boguslaw Gajek | POLAND | Antonov-2 | SP-DLA |  |
EAST | First RTW flight by Polish pilots | ||
| 1997 | Jürgen Fuchs & Harmut Bader |
GERMANY | Mooney M20M | D-ERFU | EAST | ||||
| 1998 | Lee Joo Hak (Peter) | KOREA | Cherokee 235 | Geum Kang II | N15152 | EAST 36 days |
26,000 NM | ||
| 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 | Mario Ardoino | AUSTRALIA | Archer | VH-MGA | WEST | ||||
| 1997 | Gary Burns Alex Schenk |
AUSTRALIA | Lancair IV | VH-LKG |  |
EAST | |||
| 1998 | Nikki Mitchell Rhonda Miles |
USA | Maule M5E | EAST 49 days |
Across whole of mainland Russia | ||||
| 1998 | Reed Prior | USA | Mooney M20J | N60RP |  |
WEST | |||
| 1999 | Horst Ellenberger + diff. copilots |
GERMANY | Turbine Bonanza | Orion | D-EVIK |  |
EAST | Flying together | |
| Peter Woelfel + varying pax |
Bonanza A36 | Papa Whisky | N10PW | ||||||
| Robert Reiss | USA | Turbine Bonanza | Third time | N9675R |  |
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| 1999 | Mario Ardoino | AUSTRALIA | Archer | VH-MGA | WEST | Second flight | |||
| 2000 | H G Schmid | SWITZERLAND | Long EZ Homebuilt | HB-YCT |  |
EAST 27 days |
Speed record | ||
| 2000 | H G Schmid | SWITZERLAND | Long EZ Homebuilt | HB-YCT | |
WEST 27 days |
Second flight Speed record |
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| 2000 | Jon Johanson | AUSTRALIA | Van RV4 | VH-NOJ | |
EAST | Via the North Pole | ||
| 2000 | Robert Ragozzino | USA | Stearman N2S-B |  |
EAST 5 months |
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| 2001 | Masaki Kubara (pilot) Kozo Takita (pilot and team leader) Hiroshi Kazama (pilot) Tetsuo Inoue (journalist) |
JAPAN | Malibu | JA4084 |  |
EAST | Flying together. 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 |
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| Fumio Oyama (pilot) Shojiro Hamatani (pilot) Akinori China (pilot) Yukata Otsu (journalist) |
JAPAN | Malibu | JA4200 |  |
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| 2001 | Polly Vacher | UK | Piper Dakota | G-FRGN |  |
EAST | |||
| 2001 | Lloyd Harmon & Bill Clark | USA | Mooney Ovation | N91678 | EAST | Participating in London-Sydney Air Race FAI Circum Badge |
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| 2001 | Michel Gordillo | SPAIN | MCR-01 | EC-ZBQ |  |
EAST | Seneca chase plane | ||
| 2001 | Gérard Moss | BRAZIL | Ximango | PT-ZAM |  |
WEST | |||
| 2002 | Bill Finlen | AUSTRALIA | Bonanza | VH-TYE |  |
WEST | |||
| 2002 | Flemming & Angela Pederesen | SWITZERLAND | Mooney | HoneyMooney | HB-DVN |  |
EAST | ||
| 2002 | Dick Smith & various copilots | AUSTRALIA | Cessna Caravan | VH-SHZ |  |
EAST | |||
| 2002 | Salvatore Tasca & Mario Battistello | Italy | Cessna 210 | OO-TVH | WEST | 229 hrs, 07 mns for 33,205 NM | |||
| 2003 | Jason Bahnsen | AUSTRALIA | Mooney | VH-JDY | WEST | ||||
| 2003 | Paul Ryan and Alan McMahon | Ireland | Cherokee Six | PH-SMD |  |
EAST | |||
| 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 | Antonio Feria e Mello | Portugal | Bonanza | CS-AZI | |
EAST | His second RTW in a wheel chair | ||
| 2003 | Delfim Costa | Portugal | Cessna 210 | CS-AOD |  |
EAST | |||
| 2003 | CarolAnn Garratt | USA | Mooney MSE | N220FC |  |
WEST | 7 months, 36,667 nm. Feb 28-Oct 12 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| 2005 | Steve Fossett | USA | Model 311 | Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer | N277SF |  |
EAST | First non stop solo RTW | |
| 2005 | Bil Randolph | USA | RV8 | N878DZ |  |
EAST | |||
| 2005 | Dean Stahr | USA | Cessna T182RG | N4906S | WEST | Oldest US pilot | |||
| 2006 | Manuel Queiroz | UK | RV-6 | Slavka | G-GDRV |  |
EAST | www.chasingthemorningsun.com | |
| 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 | |
| 2006 | Ulf & Matthias Muehlbacher | GERMANY | Turbine Piper PA46 Malibu | N49HF |  |
EAST | Gold Star Award for Web Excellence http://www.worldflight2006.de |
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| 2007 | Arnim Stief and Markus Henkell | GERMANY | Cirrus SR 22 | N241PK |  |
EAST | http://www.n-flight-enroute.com | ||
| 2007 | Jens Abilgaard Hansen | DANEMARK | Cessna 182 | N2217L |  |
EAST | www.hosbiz.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 |
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| 2007 | Wojciech Mirski | SWITZERLAND | Comanche 260C | HB-OTF |  |
EAST | http://www.flying-doctor.ch | ||
| 2007 | Barrington Irving | USA | Colombia 400 | Inspiration | N731EA |  |
EAST | http://www.experienceaviation.org/ First African American and youngest RTW solo |
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| 2007 | Farhad Rostampour and Arshid Moti-Ghavanin | IRAN | Bonanza F33 | N266DC |  |
EAST | http://freedomflight.us First Iranian pilots |
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| 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 | Norman Livingstone & Vajee Misakawan | Canada & Thailand | Ovation | Nang Fah | N667DL |  |
EAST | www.around-the-world-2007.com/ | |
| 2007 | Total to date = 139 flights with single engine aircraft | ||||||||
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