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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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Noticeboard
August 31, 2010:
From Zeke Vatlz: Request Help with Insurance & Handling Agents
Full message August 26, 2010: From Yannick Bovier: Azimut270 is selling part of its survival equipment. Details
August 24, 2010:
Congratulations to Wilma and Hans-Juergen Schwerhoff who landed at
Friedrichshafen, Germany, on August 20.
www.rtw2010-s3.de August 21, 2010: During the Brasilia Round Tables it was proposed that an "Archive" be created to preserve "orphaned" Earthrounders' Sites.... More...
August 20, 2010:
Back from Oshkosh! I had the great pleasure, not only to meet many Earthrounders at Oshkosh but also to meet 2
crews who made a point of stopping at the Airventure on their way around the World.Photos July 21, 2010: GONE TO OSHKOSH !!! International tent every day around noon. SEE YOU THERE !!!
July 20, 2010:
Congratulations to O.R. (Butch) Smith and his crew for the successful completion of their RTW. They landed at McKinney TX on July 17, 2010.www.gfm2010.com/ Larger photo July 12, 2010: Congratulations to Ken Evers & Tim Pryse for the successful completion of their RTW in their Autralian Airvan. They landed in Bendigo (Autralia) on July 8, 2010. www.millionsagainstmalaria.com/ ![]() June 21, 2010: Congratulations to Yannick Bovier and Francisco Agullo for the successful completion of their RTW in their CTLS "ecolight". They landed at Sion (Switzerland) on June 19th. Larger picture http://www.azimut270.ch June 20, 2010: Wanted: A Pilot to share the adventure of a flight around the world in a Cessna 182 Details May 25, 2010: Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte are now in Costa Rica and they tell the story of their flight to the Galapagos: http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/Log4.html May 17, 2010: Ken Evers & Tim Pryse of Australia started their RTW in a Gippsland Aeronautics GA8-TC Airvan. They have now crossed the Pacific Ocean. www.millionsagainstmalaria.com May 12, 2010: They came, they enjoyed and they went. The sixth Earthrounders Meeting in Brasilia came to end much too soon. It was a total success thanks to our hosts Margi and Gerard Moss. We all hope to meet again in 2012 for our seventh meeting, this time in Florida. It will coincide with the famous Sun-n-Fun in Lakeland. Bob Gannon will be our host (between 2 more legs of his RTW). Please mark your calendar. That should also be great fun. See you there. May 8, 2010: Wilma & Hans-Juergen Schwerhoff have arrived in Jakarta, on their RTW starting in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on April 8th, 2010. www.rtw2010-s3.de May 5, 2010: :Yannick Bovier and Francisco Agullo took off form Sion, Switzerland for their RTW on April 30, 2010, and have just crossed the Atlantic. www.azimut270.ch
May 3, 2010: GONE TO BRASILIA !!! SEE YOU SOON.
April 7, 2010: Received from Capt. Prashanth Basavaraj :" I am planning to circum-navigate the World this July 2010 and am looking for a SENECA IV with full accessories and LR Tank. Stormscope, 3 -X AP, GPS, HF, and the works for lease for 45 days,. N- TAILS ONLY PLEASE RESPOND ". prashanth.basavaraj@gmail.com March 31, 2010: At the end of April, Yannick Bovier and Francisco Agullo will set off from Sion, Switzerland, to make a tandem flight around the world in two eco-lights. You can follow their trip on www.azimut270.ch March 28, 2010: Reiner Meutsch and Arnim Stief have started the second leg of their Charity Flight on March 20 They have repositioned the aircraft from Oman to Ras Al Khaimah from where they started the second leg of their RTW and are now on their way to Thailand. March 25, 2010: Norman Surplus started on 22nd March in his attempt to make the first circumnavigation in an autogyro. http://www.gyroxgoesglobal.com/ March 22, 2010: Wei Chen of Memphis TN is planning to fly around the world in his Piper Saratoga in June 2010 and he expects to become the "First Chinese Earthrounder" . March 3, 2010: Warning on flying through Venezuela. Full details
March 2, 2010:
From O. R. ´Butch´ Smith:
" Mark David, Bill Davidson, Glenn Smith and I (O. R. ´Butch´ Smith) plan to launch June 13, 2010 for a flight around the world in my
King Air (C90-1 N332MS). Grace Flight Around the World Mission-2010
is being undertaken to raise awareness and needed funds for Grace Flight but also for the adventure! "Larger map http://www.graceflight.org
February 28, 2010:
Earthrounder Claude Meunier welcomes Bill Charney at the Northam Municipal Airport.
Bill is on the first leg of his RTW in his magnificently restored Staggerwing.More photos Bill's full story February 26, 2010: From Melanie and Andreas Stuetz: "Wir sind in Australien angekommen." ( We have arrived in Australia ). More on: http://www.worldflight.tv/news.html February 25, 2010: Vanessa Ascough, Sqdn Ldr MacLaren's grand-daughter will narrates the remarkable story of the Vickers Vulture amphibian aeroplane which was engaged in the the British Round-the-World flight attempt in 1924. The Race was won by 2 of the 4 Douglas World Cruisers : Chicago and New Orleans. ( 24th March at the Civic Centre in Southampton, UK) Details on: "http://www.southampton.gov.uk/news-events/events/whatsonresults.asp?ref=5328&ref2=34666"
February 20, 2010:
Reiner Meutsch (L) and Arnim Stief (R) have completed the first leg of the Fly & Help Charity Flight.
The aircraft is momentarily based in Oman, from there they shall continue to India the Far East Asia and
Australia. Here they are waiting for fueling in Addis Ababa.
February 16, 2010: We are in the process of upgrading our Classic IT Support server to a faster internet connection. The upgrade is envisioned to occur within the next two weeks abd there may be a 4 to 24 hour outage when this upgrade occurs. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. February 1, 2010: The adventure continues, Robert Gannon flies in the Caribbean. Florida to Saint Lucia Other Letters from Bob Gannon
January 30, 2010:
Reiner Meutsch (L) and Arnim Stief (R) are currently in Cape Town.
http://www.fly-and-help.de (The Earthrounders were there too, in March 2008...) January 27, 2010: Ken Evers and Tim Pryse announce their departure from Bendigo, Victoria, Australia on 20 March 2010 for their RTW in a GA8-TC Airvan . Their goal is to raise $1,000,000 for raising awareness about malaria. www.millionsagainstmalaria.com Click here for the form (printable) January 14, 2010: Detlef and Liliana, still in Buenos Aires, have just finished installing a ski-kit to their RV, and are heading for Antarctica in due course. Check out the video on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqn2Ya-mOzQ&feature=fvsr www.flight-around-the-world.org/Log1.html
January 12, 2010:
Sunday 10 January 2010, as several commercial flights were cancelled at Frankfurt International Airport due to heavy snowfall,
Reiner Meutsch and Arnim Stief were lucky to make the start of the Fly and Help World Trip as planned, from Siegerland in Germany..
They are currently now in Marrakesh Morocco.
http://www.fly-and-help.de January 9, 2010: AROUND-THE-WORLD-READY Bonanza for rent! $1,000 USD per day includes 240 gal. tanks and HF. Contact Frank Haile at: N4FH@aol.com January 9, 2010: Madeleine Dupont is selling a FERRY TANK, capacity 120 Gallons. dimadupont@vtr.net Photo January 8, 2010: On January 10, Reiner Meutsch, initiatior of the Fly and Help Foundation will start with co-pilot Arnim Stief the first part of their RTW from Siegerland, Germany to Ruanda. www.fly-and-help.de
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