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| YEAR | CREW | NATION | TYPE | AIRCRAFT | REG | PHOTO | ROUTE | REMARKS | |
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| 1929-30 | Baron F.K.Koenig-Warthausen | GERMANY | Daimler-Klemm | Kamerad Huenefeld |
D 1433 | EAST | Shipped over oceans | ||
| 1930-31 | Mary Bruce | UK | Blackburn Bluebird | Bluebird | G-ABDS | EAST | Shipped across Pacific and Atlantic. Flew 20,000 miles |
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| 1931-32 | Elly Beinhorn | GERMANY | Klemm | D-2160 | EAST | Shipped across Pacific and Atlantic |
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| 1933 | Wiley Post | USA | Lockheed Vega | Winnie Mae | NR105W | EAST 7 days,18 hrs | Speed record. Flew 15,000 miles | ||
| 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 Speed record |
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| 1964 | Joan Merriam Smith |
USA | Piper Apache | City of Long Beach | N3251P | EAST | |||
| 1966 | Sheila Scott | UK | Comanche 260 | Myth Too | G-ATOY | EAST | |||
| 1966 | Herman Miller III |
USA | Piper Aztec | EAST | |||||
| 1969 | Alvin Marks | CANADA | Cessna C210 | Semper Fly II | N942SM | EAST 13 days |
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| 1969 | Hypolite Landry | USA | Bonanza | N5842K | EAST 13 days |
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| 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 | Sheila Scott | UK | Piper Aztec | Mythre | G-AYTO | Over North Pole | Third flight | ||
| 1971 | Elgen Long | USA | Piper Navajo | Crossroads Endeavour | Via Both Poles | First r-t-w to overfly both poles | |||
| 1972 | Henning Huffer | GERMANY | Messerschmitt-Boelkw BO 209 Monsuun |
D-EAAC | EAST | Shipped across the Pacific | |||
| 1974 | Henning Huffr | GERMANY | Mooney Chaparral M20E |
N 9608V | EAST | ||||
| 1974 | Amos Buettell | USA | Cessna 310 |  |
EAST | ||||
| 1975 | Hans Tholstrup | AUSTRALIA | Grumann AM 1B Trainer 105 hp |
N6505L | EAST 3 months |
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| 1976 | Don Taylor | USA | Thorp T18 | Victoria 76 | N455T |  |
EAST | First home built | |
| 1977 | Peter Straub | USA | Mooney Super Turbo 21 | ||||||
| 1978 | Robert Muckelstone | USA | Cessna Centurion T210 | ||||||
| 1980 | Judith Chisholm | UK | Cessna Centurion T210 | G-BAGE | EAST | ||||
| 1982- 1983 |
Dick Smith | AUSTRALIA | Bell Jet Ranger 206 |
Australian Explorer | VH-DIK |  |
EAST | First solo helicopter | |
| 1984 | Donald Rodewald | USA | Comanche 260 | EAST | First Wheelchair aviator | ||||
| 1985 | Sheik Hamad Al Thani |
QATAR | Piper Seneca II | EAST | |||||
| 1984 | Patrick Franceschi | FRANCE | Aviasud Sirocco | ||||||
| 1988 | Peter Norvill | AUSTRALIA | Cessna Hawk XP |
VH-PSV | WEST | ||||
| 1989 | Gaby Kennard | AUSTRALIA | Piper Saratoga | Gerty | VH-GKF | EAST 99 days |
29,000 NM | ||
| 1990 | James Dunlap | USA | Cessna 182 | 74 years old at time of flight | |||||
| 1991 | Tom Casey | USA | Cessna 206 On Floats |
Liberty II | First float plane landing exclusively on water | ||||
| 1991 | R.J. Plimpton | SWISS | Twin Comanche | ||||||
| 1992 | Sheik Hamad Al Thani | QATAR | Aerostar 601P | N900608 | WEST | Second flight | |||
| 1992-1993 | Dieter Langer | USA | Maule | ||||||
| 1993 | Hans Schneider | GERMANY | Cessna 150 | Shipped over oceans | |||||
| 1993 | Zissis Pehlevanudis | GREECE | Bonanza SL-AML |
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| 1994 | Ron Bower | USA | Bell 206 | N206AJ |  |
EAST 17 days | Speed record | ||
| 1994 | Dieter Schmitt | GERMANY | Bonanza F33A | D-EHIB | |||||
| 1994 | Fred Lasby | Canada | Comanche | Oldest pilot to fly solo RTW at 83 years of age | |||||
| 1995 | Antonio Faria e Melio | 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 | Speed record | ||
| 1996 | Claude Meunier | AUSTRALIA | Aerostar 602P/700 | VH-XRD |  |
EAST 99 days |
24,776 NM | ||
| 1996 | Jon Johanson | AUSTRALIA | Van RV4 | VH-NOJ | |
WEST | Second flight Speed record |
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| 1996 | Hans Gutmann | AUSTRIA | Glasair IIS-RG | Elisabeth | OE-CGH |  |
EAST | ||
| 1997 | Dieter Schmitt | GERMANY | Bonanza F33A | D-EHIB | Second flight | ||||
| 1998 | Lee Joo Hak (Peter) | KOREA | Cherokee 235 | Geum Kang II | N15152 | EAST 36 days |
26,000 NM | ||
| 1998 | Mario Ardoino | AUSTRALIA | Archer | VH-MGA | WEST | ||||
| 1998 | Reed Prior | USA | Mooney M20J | N60RP |  |
WEST | |||
| 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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| 2000 | Jennifer Murray | UK | Robinson 44 | G-MURY |  |
Accompanied by Colin Bodill in a "microlight", another R44 and a Caravan chase plane | |||
| 2001 | Polly Vacher | UK | Piper Dakota | G-FRGN |  |
EAST | |||
| 2001 | Michel Gordillo | SPAIN | MCR-01 | EC-ZBQ |  |
EAST | Seneca chase plane | ||
| 2001 | Gérard Moss | BRAZIL | Ximango | PT-ZAM |  |
WEST 100 days | First motor-glider | ||
| 2001 | Simon Oliphant-Hope | UK | MD Notar | N201U | EAST | Speed record attempt | |||
| 2002 | Steve Fossett | USA | Cameron Rozière | Spirit of Freedom | EAST 14 days | First solo in a hot air balloon | |||
| 2002 | Bill Finlen | Australia | Bonanza | VH-TYE |  |
WEST | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Bill Randolph | USA | RV8 | N878DZ |  |
EAST | |||
| 2005 | Dean Stahr | USA | N277SF | WEST | Oldest US pilot | ||||
| 2006 | Manuel Queiroz | UK | RV-6 | G-GDRV |  |
EAST | |||
| 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 | Barrington Irving | USA | Colombia 400 | Inspiration | N731EA |  |
EAST | http://www.experienceaviation.org/ First African American and youngest RTW solo |
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| 2004 | Total to date = 70 solo flights | ||||||||
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