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Welcome to Earthrounders.com This site is a register of pilots who have flown around the world in light aircraft (*).
It records the pilots and their aircraft in chronological order, and aims to inspire others who have similar flying dreams.
(*) Maximum weight 7000 kg. What is an Earthrounder? Are you one?
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June 30, 2009 : Message from Lauren Cooper of Learntoflyla: "Looking for adult standard IMMERSION SUIT, 1-4 person RAFT and HF radio for sale or rental. Wanted in Los Angeles area or will pick up in Canada.
Thanks! .
Email: n9537q(at)gmail.com Website: www.learntoflyla.com 
June 28, 2009 :
Indefatigable Bob Gannon has spent the last couple of bouts of his timeless flying journey in the Middle East.
It is always a pleasure to follow his steps with his occasional missives and photos. Letter from the Middle East #2 Click here to catch up on the latest (North Africa) Other Letters from Bob Gannon  
June 22, 2009 :
Bonanza for Sale: Madeleine Dupont is selling her Bonanza.Specs, full details and price. June 15, 2009 : Next Earthrounders Meeting in Brasilia. Click here for details of the Programme June 14, 2009 : From Rolf Frieden:"Bo Therkildsen, an excellent contact of an efficient, friendly, and reasonably priced "One Man organization", which can help pilots, to obtain overflight and landing permissions around the world." Full details 
June 12, 2009 : Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte are going well and are now in Brasil.Larger photo www.flight-around-the-world.org/ June 8, 2009 : Message received from Sam Rutherford: " Full 2008 trans-atlantic kit (Canada-Greenland-Iceland-Faroes-Norway), IFR and VFR charts, publications and plates, available free of charge to anyone prepared to pay postage from and back to Belgium." Sam can be contacted on:+32 475 930232 or at: sam (at) prepare2go.com www.prepare2go.com May 23, 2009 : Due principally to the vagaries of global warming and changing weather patterns, it has been decided to delay the Brazil reunion in 2010 for a couple of months, from March (which was very rainy and gloomy this year) to May. New dates and a programme will be posted onto the Website shortly Click here for information May 22, 2009 : Rolf Freiden has a lot of complete Jeppesen Trip Kits, Plates and High/Low Altitude Enroute Charts for sale at 1/3 of the price. SOLD May 5, 2009 : Rolf Freiden and Manfred Melloh have reached Florida at the end of the third leg of their RTW. http://blog.mailasail.com/comanche.hb-pon April 29, 2009 : Yannick Bovier and Fransisco Agullo anounce their departure for an extensive RTW in 2010 with 2 CTLS light aircrafts Celine and Dreamcatcher. www.azimut270.ch April 16, 2009 : Congratulations to Andy Hopper for the succesful completion of his RTW in his Cessna 210 G-SEEK. He landed near Cambridge, UK on April 14, 2009. http://live.adventuretracking.com/andyhopper Andy's previous flights April 8, 2009 : Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte announce their departure from Florida for their RTW in their RV7 N577DL They are now in the Caribbean. www.flight-around-the-world.org 
April 4, 2009 : Announcing CarolAnn Garrat"s new book: UPON SILVER WINGS IIDetails 
April 2, 2009 : From CarolAnn Garrat and Carol Foy: "We are now proud and happy to announce that the World Record has been ratified by the Fédération Aeronautique Internationale! As of March 16, 2009, our speed of 185.6 kilometers per hour, is the new Westbound around the World speed record for piston engine landplanes with take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg. " 
March 29, 2009 :
Andy Hopper on the second stage of his RTW diverted to Northam (YNTM) ,Western Australia, to meet Earthrounder Claude Meunier.
His is on his way back to Europe via Singapore and Colombo.
http://live.adventuretracking.com/andyhopperLarger picture March 22, 2009 : More news from Robert Gannon: "Wanted to share my joy of flying Lucky Lady Too on a medical/humanitarian flight into Basrah, Iraq. In Iraq the cancer rate for children is 2%. In the Basrah area it is 10%. The Basrah Childrens Hospital is about to be completed to address child cancer. " Click here for an article of the event Courtesy "The Golden Nugget" in Iraq. 
March 2, 2009 :
Things are beginning to move down in Brazil and for our next meeting we now have a venue, a date (albeit provisional) and
some interesting ideas being banded around. Don't forget to keep Brazil in mind for 2010. Crisis or no crisis.
Click here for information February 3, 2009 : We have received this latest report on Bon Gannon's travels through a number of countries in the Middle East. Always fascinating. Read more:... February 3, 2009 : From Rolf Freiden in Tahiti: "Manfred and I have decided to end the Stage 2 of our Round the world flight here in French Polynesia and return back to Australia and Switzerland respectively for some weeks to work, before we will continue Stage 3 to Easter Island, Santiago in Chile, Peru, Equador, Panama, the Domenican Republic, the Bahamas, and finally to Florida USA. " http://blog.mailasail.com/comanche.hb-pon January 28, 2009 : Happy New Year of the Bull. 恭喜发财! January 23, 2009 : Rolf Freiden and Manfred Melloh have started the second half of their RTW from Coolangatta (Queensland) and are now in Rarotonga (Cook Islands). Their flight can be followed on Mailasail: http://blog.mailasail.com/comanche.hb-pon January 18, 2009 : Andy Hopper arrives in New Zealand and is now in Palmerston North. . http://live.adventuretracking.com/andyhopper January 4, 2009 : Andy Hopper has started his RTW from the UK in a Cessna 210 on December 31, 2008 and he is now in Recife. His progress can be followed on the Yellow Brick tracking. http://live.adventuretracking.com/andyhopper Andy's previous flights 
December 20, 2008: Earthrounders.com wishes a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year
to all Earthrounders, their families and friends and all Earthrounders-to-be. We hope you are putting on your calendars the Brazil Earthrounders Meeting in 2010. See you there!
Happy landings, blue skies, fair winds and all this kind of things.... 
December 20, 2008:
Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte of Florida are putting the finishing touches on their RV7 after receiving their Certificate of Airworthiness. "After all the test flights and some ski flying, we will be ready to start." www.flight-around-the-world.org/ Larger photo 
December 15, 2008:
Flemming and Angela Pedersen are organising the 3rd bi-annual Earthrounders ski week in Champéry, Switzerland, from Saturday 7 March to Saturday 14 March 2009...Read more... 
December 12, 2008:
They have made it!!!Sincere congratulations to CarolAnn Garratt and Carol Foy. They landed yesterday at Orlando International Airport at 13:55 GMT after their 7 days "Dash fo a Cure". A great effort from the pilots and their ground support teams. We hope the donations to the ALSDI will keep pooring! Photo at Brown Field California. www.alsworldflight.com www.als.net. CarolAnn's first RTW flight 
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