 |
|
|
|
|
Slowly but surely Completed RTW Other aviation links World weather links |
EARTHROUNDERS' WEBSITES Current and Projected Circumnavigations on the Web
November 30, 2007:
Ralf and Marga Hannemann have left Germany on October 27.
www.geier-flyer.com/GeierFlyerUK/index.php September 25, 2007: Captain Morten Sondergaard announces his departure for a RTW from Mallorca in Spain on November 3rd 2007, with friends in a PC12, SmilingFlyer. http://www.smilingflyer.com/ September 21, 2007: Ralf and Marga Hannemann will depart for their RTW in October 2007 in their specially built Partenavia D-GHAN Geier-Flyer. www.geier-flyer.com/GeierFlyerUK/index.php May 30, 2007: Norman Livingstone (Norm) and Vajee Misakawan (Lec) departed Boundary Bay Airport, Vancouver for Juneau Alaska on the first leg of their RTW trip. They will spend 2 weeks in Alaska before heading East across Canada then over the North Atlantic to Scandinavia. Wishing them fair winds and kind weather. www.around-the-world-2007.com/ May 25, 2007: RTW with a difference... The SolarImpulse team, led by Earthrounder Bertrand Piccard aims to fly a solar-powered aircraft around the world toward 2011. From AVweb March 23, 2007: Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte of Germany are putting the finishing touch on their RV7 and will shortly be flying around the World. www.flight-around-the-world.com January 2007: Gregg and Rebecca Bartlett are on what she calls the "Slowest Flight Around the World" with a Mooney. They are presently in South America. www.cheekymooney.com November 1, 2006: Odilon Monteiro allounces his RTW for June 2007. http://www.giromundo.com.br October 27, 2006: Norman Livingstone and his wife Vajee Misakawan will start their RTW in a brand new Ovation 3 in May 2007. http://www.around-the-world-2007.com/ September 10, 2006: Joe and Flora Lloyd and Alistair Blake depart Auckland on 14th Sept on a circumnavigation planned to take 4 months. Having originally thought of using a Cessna 182, as we reported earlier, they have now upgraded to a Cessna 421. Travel with them on: http://www.circle-the-earth.com June 12, 2006: Steve Wood will be starting his RTW from AirVenture promoting the Flying Scholarships for the Disabled charities in the UK & USA, and the Wheelies with Wings sister charity in Australia in a homebuilt GlaStar known as 'GOOFY' from its unique registration Steve is creating 2 Internet Sites: http://yournamearoundtheworld.com which is a support website where individuals and companies can donate towards the flight and get their names on Spirit of Endeavour as it flies around the world. The aircraft is being named Spirit of Endeavour as a tribute to Capt James Cook, a fellow Yorkshireman and the world's greatest navigator. It's also a tribute to the astronauts of the space shuttle Endeavour. http://adventureofflight.org this will be the main RTW flight website. March 1, 2005: Another ATW adventure is being planned, Eagle Flight Pilot Jared Aicher is preparing for a 2 stage flight around the World to promote the Young Eagle program. http://www.theeagleflight.org/ 
Slowly but surely
The following intended RTW flights are being undertaken over several years.
2001 : Maurice Kirk, the "Flying Vet" is on his way around the World in a 1943 Piper Cub. http://kirkflyingvet.co.uk 1992 : Robert Gannon. (Cessna 182) . Letter 1990 : Tom Claytor left Philadelphia in Dec 1990 he headed east. He is currently in the Far East : http://www.claytor.com (Cessna 180)
Completed aerial circumnavigations on the Web 2008
April 11, 2008 :
Congratulations to Ralph and Marga Hannemann for the sucessful completion of their RTW in their Partenavia D-GHAN. They landed at Hassfurt, EDQT, yesterday at 12.58 Z. They flew 340:32 hours, had 92 landings and flew 83 259 km ( actually twice around the world) = 44 956 NM while visiting 29 countries on all continents. They were glad to be reunited with their twin-daughters Angela and Nathalie. www.geier-flyer.com/GeierFlyerUK/index.php April 7, 2008 : Congratulations to Jared Isaacman and his team for their succesfull RTW in 84 hours. They did not break the record they were after but are claiming 17 speed records. Read the full story: www.speedaroundtheworld.com February 15, 2008: Congratulations to Morten Lund and his crew for a successful RTW in a Pilatus PC-12. They landed yesterday afternoon in Palma de Majorca. www.smilingflyer.com 2007
December 6, 2007:
Congratulations to Norman Livingstone (Norm) and Vajee Misakawan (Lec) for the successful completion of their RTW with their Ovation Nang Fah.
They landed yesterday at Boundary Bay, Vancouver, Canada, where they started in May.
www.around-the-world-2007.com/ September 18, 2007: Congratulations to Uwe Thomas Carstensen for the successful completion of the second part of his RTW in "the rose-painted" aeroplane, "Marie", Cessna 206 D-EMCA, with Hans Christian Albertsen as co-pilot for the second half of the RTW. They landed at Hannover Airport on September 14. www.globeflight-rallye.com/en_start.php August 19, 2007: Congratulations to Wing Commander Rahul Monga and his co-pilot for the successful completion of his RTW in an ultralight in 80 days. His will be claiming a new World record. July 19, 2007: Congratulations to Farhad Rostampour and Arshid Moti-Ghavanin for the successful completion of a remarquable RTW. They landed yesterday July 18 at 1 p.m. at the Donaldson Jet Center, Greenville SC http://freedomflight.us July 1, 2007: Congratulations to Wojciech Mirski for completing successfuly his three-part RTW. He landed at La Chaux de Fonds (Switzerland) Saturday at 3.00 PM (with wheels down). Earthrounders Flemming and Angela Pedersen, friends and family were there to welcome him. http://www.flying-doctor.ch May 28, 2007: Congratulations to Jens Abilgaard who touched down in Odense (EKOD), Denmark on May 26, 2007 at 1358 UTC. He was welcomed in style with 2 firetrucks saluting him and a small delegation from the local flying club. www.hosbiz.com May 8, 2007: Congratulations to Arnim Stief and Markus Henkell who completed their Round the World Flight with their Cirrus SR 22 N241PK on Thursday 3, 2007. They arrived at 07:03 pm at Egelsbach airport (now called Frankfurt-Egelsbach) in Germany and were welcomed by a big crowd of friends and the press. They totally flew 208 hours on their trip and got over a distance of about 52000 km. The plane always performed well over the whole trip. http://www.n-flight-enroute.com April 22, 2007: Heartfelt congratulations to Jennifer and Colin for reaching the North Pole by helicopter. Wishing them a safe flight back home. http://www.polarfirst.com/ March 22, 2007: U.T. Carstensen and his co-pilot S. Rothammel left Husum (Germany) on March 13rd and are now in Dubai. www.globeflight-rallye.com/en_start.php June 28, 2007: Congratulations to Barrington Irving for the successful completion of his RTW, becoming as our records indicate, the first person of African descent and the youngest solo pilot to have done it. He landed on Wednesday 27, at Opa-locka airport in Florida. http://www.experienceaviation.org/ June 12, 2007: Congratulations to Peter Mennel and Reinhard Flatz for successfuly completing their RTW. They flew their last leg back to Hohenems (LOIH) where they took off 14 days ago on the May 28, 2007. They flew 83 houres, one of the fastest RTW. More... May 27, 2007: On May 27, 2007 Dr. Peter Mennel and Dr. Reinhard Flatz will take off from Hohenems (LOIH) Austria for their Eastward RTW in Bonanza N5NZ. March 8, 2007: U.T. Carstensen and his co-pilot Sebastian Rothammel announce their RTW starting on March, 14th 2007, from Hanover Germany. www.globeflight-rallye.com May 26, 2007: Wing Commander Rahul Monga announces his departure on June 1,at 0800 hours from Delhi for a RTW in a microloght. If all goes well, he should finish the trip on 04 Aug 07. February 2, 2007: Jens Abildgaard left Denmark last Tuesday the 23th of January in a Cessna 182 www.hosbiz.com
2006 November 12, 2006: Wojciech MIRSKI left Les Eplatures (La Chaux-de-Fonds) in Switzerland today . He is flying a Piper Comanche 260C, HB-OTF. Fair winds and happy landings. http://www.flying-doctor.ch . November 6, 2006: Jennifer Murray and Collin Bodill announce their departure for their RTW by the Poles in a Bell helicopter on December 5th. Good luck and fair winds. http://www.polarfirst.com/ October 15, 2006: Wojciech Mirski, of Switzerland will depart on November 11 for his RTW in his Comanche. His Site will be: http://www.flying-doctor.ch . August 7, 2006: Congratulations to Ulf and Matthias Muehlbacher who landed yesterday at Bremen Airport with their Turbine Piper PA46 Malibu N49HF http://www.worldflight2006.de July 27, 2006: Rolandas Paksas and Vladimir Makagonov landed at the Vilnius Aviation Club today at 6 p.m.today. Click here for the Flight Log. July 23, 2006: Stefan and Nicolas Perren completed their RTW in Mooney HB-DGL. http://www.spirit-of-davos.ch March 11, 2006: Ulf and Matthias Mühlbacher plan to leave Bremen Germany on May 31st 2006 for a RTW in their Pprop-jet Piper Malibu and plan to arrive in Oshkosh on Fri 28th of July. http://www.worldflight2006.de/indexenglish/eindex.htm April 11, 2006: Congratulations to Manuel Queiroz who arrived back at Gloucester at 1406 on Saturday 8th April - his flight took 39 days and 8 hours. He didn't break the world speed record, but he has set the British record for this class of aircraft, and has a number of 'point to point' world records, which have yet to be verified. http://www.chasingthemorningsun.com
2005 November 5, 2005: The Indian Air Force is planning a circumnavigation of the world in a Super Dimona motor glider starting April 2006. October 30, 2005: Barrington Irving is announcing his departure on May 4, 2006 for his RTW in a Columbia 400. He hope to become the first African-American to fly solo around the world and the youngest of any race. He is looking forward at meeting other Earthrounders along his route. http://www.experienceaviation.org November 15, 2005: Another RTW flight will start in March 2006 and will be in the interest of hearing impairment, the project is called “World Flight for Hearing” and will last for 5 month going eastbound. http://www.worldflightforhearing.com November 5, 2005: News received from Armin Stief and Markus Heinkell of their RTW in a Cirrus. They left Egelsbach near Frankfurt in Germany for Melbourne in Australia where they expect to arrive on November 17th. The second part of their RTW will start in April 2006. http://www.n-flight-enroute.com November 3, 2005: Stephan and Nicolas Perren of "The Spirit of Davos" arrived in Sydney, closing the first part of their flight. http://www.spirit-of-davos.ch October 29, 2005: News received of Fred Lohedn, Matt Brooks and Timothy Weber RTW in a Garret FJ44 Eagle II Citation between 12/05/2004 and 15/05/2004, covering 20,876 NM in 73.8 hours at an average speed of 182.12 knots and setting 31 world records. http://www.ardenflight.net April 22, 2005: Dean Stahr left Napa CA, on April 22 on a westward RTW in a Cessna 182 Turbo RG . http://www.geocities.com/dean.stahr@sbcglobal.net/frontpage.html Dean Stahr landed on Sat. June 11, 2005 at the Napa County Airport March18, 2005: Bill Randolph of Aptos, CA left Watsonville Airport, CA, on March 9th for his round-the-world solo flight in his homebuilt RV-8. Details are available at:http://www.eaa119.org Completed May 27, 2005 January 29, 2005: Multiple Earthrounder (he's done it by plane, balloon and boat) Steve Fossett is aiming for another record-breaking flight, a non-stop circumnavigation unattempted by aircraft since Rutan and Yeager's first magnificent accomplishment in the Voyager in 1986. Departure date sometime in February. http://www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com
2004 2004 : British Army pilot Barry Jones has postponed his RTW attempt in a gyroplane from 2003 until February 2004. http://.www.globaleagle.co.uk 2004 : Matevz Lenarcic left Slovenia on June 6 in his Pipistrel Sinus 912. http://www.rtvslo.si/protisoncu/index.php 2004 : Larry and Sherry Sietsma have left Melbourne Florida on May 31on their RTW in their Baron N3399J, flying eastward. http://www.LSietsma.com Completed on August 28. 2004 : Gus McLeod will attempt to fly around the World via both Poles. http://www.gusmcleod.com 2004 : Ricky De Agrela and Alan Honeyborne of South Africa have started on December 17 their RTW in 2 Ultra lights. http://www.safreedomflight.com 2004: Ed Galkin and Dick Sollner (C210) have finished their RTW last Saturday 14 August. For both of them it is their second RTW. http://aroundtheworldagain.com/ 2004: Thomas Scherer completed his RTW in his Europa N81EU on June 20, 2004. http://www.thomas.scherer.com 2004: John Coale arrived in Houston on Feb 15, successfully finishing his RTW http://www.N30EW.com/
2003 2003 : Hans Hofmaier of Canada will start an extended RTW in his Taylorcraft in November 2003. http://members.shaw.ca/spiritonashoestring' 2003 : Polly Vacher will set off in May on a daring attempt to become the first pilot to fly solo over the Poles in a single-engine (Piper Dakota) http://www.worldwings.org Polly landed at Birhmingan International Airport on April 27, 2004 completing her second RTW, over flying the North Pole. 2003 : Carol Ann Garratt departed Florida on Febuary 28th in her Mooney M20J for a 7-month RTW http://www.kerrlake.com/mgarratt 2003 : Reto and Trudy Godly complete their RTW in a Cessna 185 on August 28, 203. A visit to their very intertaining site is a must. http://www.godlywings.ch/ 2003 : Philipp Sturm and Danielle Rentsch land at Buochs, Switzerland on on August 12, 2003. http://www.the-flight.com 2003 : Alan McMahon and Paul Ryan have departed Shannon on May 1st to be the first Irish pilots to circumnavigate the globe in a light aircraft. (Cherokee 6). They landed on July 10 at 10 AM at Shannon Airport after a 10 hour non stop trans-Atlantic flight. http://www.jumpseatproductions.com/WF/index.htm
2002 2002: Jason Bahren has flown from Australia to Canada and then to Australia. He landed his Mooney VH-JDY in Melbourne on Saturday 12th..(Mooney) http://www.geocities.com/julietdeltayankee 2002 : Doug Cairns has left Omaha on September 24th on the Diabetes World Flight.(Beech Baron B58) and finished on February 19, 2003. http://www.diabetesworldflight.com 2002 : Dick Sollner and Bill Morre (Twin Comanche) http://www.flightaroundtheworld.com 2002 : Slovenian Matevz Lenarcic had to abandon his RTW flight in Canada as the Canadian CAA did not allow him to fly on across the North Atlantic. What a pity, after all his efforts through the Russian bureaucracy and the flying difficulties. http://www.worldtranssiberia.com 2002 : Flemming and Angela Pedersen and Ray Sherwood (Mooney) : http://honeymooney.com 2002 : Bill Finlen of Brisbane (Bonanza). http://www.airsafaris.com.au
2001 2001 Moss, Gérard : www.asasdovento.com.br (in Portuguese) and www.wingsofwind.com in English (Ximango motor-glider). 2001 Gordillo, Michel : www.sunriseflight.com in English and Spanish (MCR01 kitplane). 2001 : Denise Waters (Twin Commanche) http://racedr.com. Following London to Sydney Air race 2001 Hare, David : http://www.harelines.com (Piper Aztec : "Red Tape"). Following London to Sydney Air race 2001 Vacher, Polly : www.worldwings.org (Piper Dakota)
2000 2000 Wall, Chris & Dominguez, Dan: www.worldflight2000.org (AeroCommander) 2000 Ragozzino, Robert : www.stearmanworldflight.com (1942 Stearman) 2000 Murray, Jennifer and Bodill, Collin. By helicopter and microlight, respectively : http://challenge.now.com/sport/now_challenge/archive.now?cid=15127 2000 Schmid, HG : http://www.millenniumflight.com (Long Ez) 1999 Piccard, Bertrand & Jones, Brian : http://www.breitling.com/eng/aero/orbiter/ (balloon) 1999 Prior Reed : http://www.priortrip.com (Mooney) 1999 Ellenberger, Horst and Woelfel, Peter and Reiss, Robert : http://www.hitechzentrum.com/weltumrundung (Bonanza) 1998 Cayne, Doug & Fulton, John : http://www.ponceby.com (King Air) 1998 Milton, Brian : http://www.home4.com/gtglobal/ (Trike) 1998 Peter Lee : http://www.www.koreanair.co.kr/worldflight98 (Cherokee. This site is in Korean). 1998 Mitchell, Nikki & Miles, Rhonda : http://www.bridgeofwings.com(Maule) 1997 Cornish, Jorge & Dehmlow, Alfredo : http://www.appac.org/vuelta/mundo.htm (Mooney) 1997 Burns, Gary : http://www.users.bigpond.com/gkburns (Lancair IV) 1996 Bower, Ron & Williams, John : http://www.bowerhelicopter.com (Bell 430) 1995 Johanson, Jon : http://www.jonjohanson.on.net (RV4) 1994 Bower, Ron : http://www.bowerhelicopter.com (Bell 206) 1993 Schneider Hans : http://www.der-flug-des-raben.de/ (Cessna 150) 1992 Norman Schwartz : http://www.nsapc.com (Cessna 340A) 1989 Moss, Gérard & Margi : http://www.extremoss.com.br (Sertanejo/Saratoga) 1986 Rutan, Dick : http://www.dickrutan.com (Voyager, with Jeana Yeager) 1947 Truman, George and Evans, Clifford : http://www.kcnet.org/~piper/angelpge.htm . (Piper Cubs). If you know of any other aerial circumnavigation sites,
please let us know and we will be happy to include them. RELATED AVIATION WEBSITES
http://turtlepac.com/collapsibleair.htm. An interresting source of collaspsible tanks. WORLD WEATHER SITES  Weather in Europe http://ows.public.sembach.af.mil/ Venezuela Weather: Les hago llegar dos direcciones interesante para apreciar las condiciones metereologicas de Venezuela, cortesía de nuestro amigo Federico LANDA Mapa Actividad Meteorológica de Venezuela: http://www.yv5fih.org.ve/mesomap/index.html Storm Scope Dinámico de Venezuela: http://www.yv5fih.org.ve/sadlawd/radar_local.html This listing allows you to select any chart by clicking on the chart number. To display on Windows XP you need to save then open. It will wind up in "My Documents".You can also get it by Marine weather Fax. Formerly these weather charts were available from Weather Fax which later became Jepp Fax. Both of these operations are no longer in business. Bob Reiss ftp://weather.noaa.gov/fax/Amaster_index.html A beautiful color view of the Earth : http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/comp/latest_cmoll.gif World wide TAFs: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/taf.shtml World wide METARs: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml Current World Weather: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccworld.html Weather Underground : http://www.wunderground.com/ Australian Bureau of Meteorology : http://www.bom.gov.au International TAF from Airservices Australia : http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/Brief/ft.htm International METAR from Airservices Australia : http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/Brief/sa.htm Singapore National Environment Agency : http://app10.internet.gov.sg/scripts/nea/cms/htdocs/article.asp?pid=1122 Malaysia Meteorological Services : http://www.kjc.gov.my
|
|||||||||||||
Contact us in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian: Copyright Claude Meunier & Margi Moss, 2000 -
2008
|
