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| YEAR | CREW | NATION | TYPE | AIRCRAFT | REG | PHOTO | ROUTE | REMARKS | |
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| 1938 | Howard Hughes: Thomas Thurlow Henri Conner Richard Stoddard Eddie Lund |
USA | Lockheed 14 | New York's World Fair 1939 |
EAST | ||||
| 1939 | Nakao / Yoshida / Shimokawa / Saeki / Sato / Yaokawa |
JAPAN | Mitsubishi G3M2 |
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| 1959 | Dan Sorkin & Frank Hansen |
USA | Piper Apache | EAST | |||||
| 1960 | Charles "Chuck" F. Banfe | USA | Twin Bonanza | 15 Oct to 23 Oct | |||||
| 1961 | Max Conrad & Richard Jennings |
USA | Piper Aztec | New Frontiers | N4445P | WEST | |||
| 1962 | Gunther & Alice Balz |
USA | Twin Bonanza D-50 |
N4371D | WEST | ||||
| 1964 | Joan Merriam Smith |
USA | Piper Apache | City of Long Beach | N3251P | EAST | |||
| 1966 | Robert & Joan Wallick |
USA | Baron C-55 | Philippine Baron | EAST | ||||
| 1966 | Herman Miller III |
USA | Piper Aztec | EAST | |||||
| 1967 | Ann H. Pellegreno William Payne Lee Koepke Bill Polhemus |
USA | Lockheed 10A | EAST | |||||
| 1967 | Héctor Ramírez Manuel Arango |
MEXICO | Beech Queen Air BX 100 |
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| 1971 | Sheila Scott | UK | Piper Aztec | Mythre | G-AYTO | Over North Pole | Third flight | ||
| 1971 | Trevor Brougham Robert Dixon |
AUSTRALIA | Beech Baron B55 |
VH-CFO | EAST | Speed Record- 5 days 6 hrs | |||
| 1971 | Patricio Milmo Jesús Delgado |
MEXICO | Turbo Twin Comanche | Embajador Azteca | XB-BUO | EAST 75 days |
29,968 NM | ||
| 1971 | Elgen Long | USA | Piper Navajo | Crossroads Endeavour | N9097Y | Via Both Poles | First r-t-w to overfly both poles | ||
| 1974 | Amos Buettell | USA | Cessna 310 |  |
EAST | ||||
| 1974- 1975 |
William & Priscilla Chester | USA | Beech King Air 90 | Angel Bumper | N12AB | EAST 15 months |
45 countries, 59.205 NM | ||
| 1975 | Denys Dalton Keith Carmody |
AUSTRALIA | Beech Duke 60 | VH-TKE | EAST | ||||
| 1975 | Denys Dalton Terry Gwynn-Jones |
AUSTRALIA | Beech Duke 60 | VH-TKE | EAST | Speed record 5 days 2 hrs 24,426 SM |
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| 1977 | Phil Claxton Jack Cink |
USA | Aerostar 601P | American Spirit | EAST | Speed record, 4 days 8 hrs. | |||
| 1982 | Winthrop Dale | USA | Cessna 310Q | N7833Q | WEST | Loyal Hibbs (Truckee, CA West to Reykjavik, Iceland) 30 days, 164 hrs, 42561 km FAI Circumnavigarot Badge |
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| 1982 | Robert Reinhold Donald Grant Frank Puruello |
USA | Cheyenne III PA-42 |
EAST | |||||
| 1984 | Browne John FX | USA | Piper Aztec | N2FX | EAST | Via Easter Island FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
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| 1985 | Sheik Hamad Al Thani |
QATAR | Piper Seneca II | EAST | |||||
| 1986 | Dick Rutan Jeana Yeager |
USA | Voyager | Voyager | N269VA | EAST | First and only non stop unrefueled circumnavigation |
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| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 1990 | Tom & Fran Towle | USA | Cessna 310R | WEST | |||||
| 1991 | Allyn Caruso David Norgart Yakov Sabodin John Miller John Gallishon |
USA/Russia | Fairchild Metro III | Spirit of Partnership | EAST 7 days |
30 World Records | |||
| 1991 | R.J. Plimpton | SWITZERLAND | Twin Comanche | ||||||
| 1992 | Tim Findlow + 2 diff pax |
AUSTRALIA | Cessna 310Q | VH-HKW | WEST |
19 flying days | |||
| 1992 | Dick Levin & Dan Boone | USA | Piper Twin Comanche | N8213Y | WEST | ||||
| 1992 | Sheik Hamad Al Thani | QATAR | Aerostar 601P | N900608 | WEST | Second flight | |||
| 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 | Donald & Mali Lise Flynn | USA | Beech Duchess | ||||||
| 1996 | Claude Meunier | AUSTRALIA | Aerostar 602P/700 | VH-XRD |  |
EAST | FAI Circumnavigator Badge | ||
| 1997 | Peter and Kathrin Kappeler | SWITZERLAND | Atzec PA 23-250 | HB-LDH |  |
EAST | |||
| 1997 | Linda Finch & copilots |
USA | Lockheed 10 | EAST | Flying together | ||||
| Reid Dennis Andy Macfie |
Grumann Albatross | ||||||||
| 1998 | Doug Cayne John Fulton |
USA | King Air E90 | Ponceby | N898WW | WEST | |||
| 2000 | Dan Dominguez Chris Wall |
USA | Aero Commander | Dream Catcher | EAST | 66 days | |||
| 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 | EAST | Participating in London-Sydney Air Race | ||
| 2002 | Cpt. Dick Sollner & Cpt. Bill Moore |
USA | Twin Comanche PA30B | N178E | WEST | ||||
| 2002-2003 | Doug Cairns & a safety pilot | USA | Beech Baron | Diabetes World Flight | N30TB |  |
EAST | 26,300NM 63 legs 22 countries |
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| 2003 | Gianandrea Caravatti & Sergio Dallan | ITALY | Aerostar 601P | Marilyn | G-RIGS | WEST | |||
| 2003 | Robert Irwin | USA | Baron | N100N | EAST | ||||
| 2003 | Frank & Dorise Heittlich | GERMANY | Seneca PA34 |
DGOMM |  |
WEST | |||
| 2004 | Sherry & Larry Sietsma | USA | Beechcraft Baron | N3199J |  |
EAST | |||
| 2005 | Peter Moore Jim Hazelton Don McBean Geoff Hazelton Keith Bushnell |
Australia | King Air | VH-HPX |  |
EAST | |||
| 2006 | Johan Hammarstörm Henrik Ejderholm Martin Håkansson |
SWEDEN | Diamond DA42 Twin Star | SE-LVO |  |
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 | |
| 2008 | Mike Hebel and Mookie Bahiri | USA | Baron | N158BB |  |
EAST | FAI Circumnavigator Badge | ||
| 2009 | Jared Isaacman, Doug Demko and Shaun Leach | USA | Cessna C510 | N1693L | EAST | FAI Circumnavigator Badge Speed record: 61 hrs, 15 mns, 15 sec |
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| 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 http://www.gfm2010.com/ FAI Circumnavigator Badge |
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| 2010 | Reiner Meutsch and Arnim Stief | Germany | Cheyenne | N191MA |  |
EAST | http://www.fly-and-help.de/ | ||
| 2011 | Peter and Kathrin Kappeler | Switzerland | Cheyenne | El Condor | HB-LNX |  |
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 | Robert Jeffrey | Australia | Twin Comanche | EAST | |||||
| 2012 | Bosco De La Vega and Abelardo Bru | MEXICO/USA | Citation CJ525 | Pomme d'Air | N570DM |  |
EAST | 40,900 kms. 22 Countries. 33 Legs. 75 Flying Hours. 33,750 Lts fuel, 47 days. | |
| 2011-2012 | Philippe Angelier | France | Twin Comanche | Jerry | N8798P |  |
WEST | 1 year, 205 hrs, 50,000 Km | |
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| 2010 | Total to date = 99 flights in twin engine aircraft (including air races and rallies) | ||||||||
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