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| YEAR | CREW | NATION | TYPE | AIRCRAFT | REG | ROUTE | REMARKS |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1975 | Hans Tholstrup | AUSTRALIA | Grumann AA 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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 | ||||
| 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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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. Alienena 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 | ||||
| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. (Click here for details). | ||||||
| 1992 | 1992 AROUND THE WORLD AIR RALLY (VIA RUSSIA). (Click here for details). | ||||||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1994 | 1994 AROUND THE WORLD AIR RACE. (Click here for details). | ||||||
| 1994 | Ron Bower | USA | Bell 206B-3 Jet Ranger II |
N206AJ | EAST 24 days |
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| 1994- 1995 |
Dick & Pip Smith | AUSTRALIA | Sikorsky S76 | World Explorer | VH-SHW | WEST | |
| 1995 | Antonio Faria e Mello | 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 |
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| 1996 | Jennifer Murray Quentin Smith |
UK | Robinson 44 | ||||
| 1996-1995 | Ron Bower John Williams |
USA | Bell 430 | N430Q | WEST 17 days |
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| 1997 | Peter and Kathrin Kappaler | SWITZERLAND | Atzec PA 23-250 | HB-LDH | EAST | ||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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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| 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 |
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| 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 | Lloyd Harmon Bill Clark | USA | Mooney Ovation | N91678 | EAST | Participating in London-Sydney Air Race FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
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| 2001 | David Hare & various co-pilots or none |
UK | Piper Aztec | Red Tape | G-TAPE | EAST | Participating in London-Sydney Air Race |
| 2001 | Denise Waters & various co-pilots or none |
USA | Twin Comanche PA30B | Ride the Sun | N7998Y | Participating in London-Sydney Air Race | |
| 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 | Antonio Feria e Melio | 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 | 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 |
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| 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 Log of the Flight FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
| 2006 | Ulf & Matthias Muehlbacher | GERMANY | Turbine Piper PA46 Malibu | N49HF | EAST |  http://www.worldflight2006.de |
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| 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 |
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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 | 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 |
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| 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. (Click here for details). | ||||||
| 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. (Click here for details). | ||||||
| 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 |
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| 2010 | Hans-Juergen and Wilma Schwerhoff | Germany | Cessna P210 | D-ESAY | EAST | http://www.www.rtw2010-s3.de FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
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| 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 | Thom Kane | USA | Cessna 180 | N6TK | WEST | ||
| 2011 | Wei Chen | China | TBM 700 | N168CW | EAST | http://www.weiaroundtheworld.com/ First Chinese national to fly around the Word First light aircraft allowed in China |
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| 2011 | Peter and Kathrin Kappeler | Switzerland | Cheyenne | EAST | |||
| 2011 | Ralf and Marga Hannemann |
Germany | Partenavia | Geier-Flyer | D-GHAN | EAST | http://www.geier-flyer.com/index2.php |
| 2011 | Forest Ward and Robert Martin | USA | Aerostar | N601PE | WEST | 18 days http://www.RaceAgainstPolio.com |
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| 2011 | Patrick and Linda Elliott | UK | LongEze | G-LGEZ | EAST | Shipped over the Pacific Ocean http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/eskimo/1/tpod.html |
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| 2011 | James Pitman and Jean D'Assonville | South Africa | Sling 4 | ZU-TAF | EAST | www.airplanefactory.co.za/sling4atw.asp |
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| 2011 | Robert Jeffrey | Australia | Twin Comanche | EAST | |||
| 2011 | Harry R. Anderson | USA | Lancair Colunbia | N788W | EAST | http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog/harry4123/1/tpod.html | |
| Total of "Light Aircraft around the World" to date: 338 | |||||||
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