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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
February 1, 2010::
The adventure continues, Robert Gannon flies in the Caraibes.
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 
January 21, 2010:
PLEASE FILL THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE BRASILIA MEETINGClick 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 
December 21, 2009: Read Robert Gannon's latest flying adventures from Boston to Florida.Boston to Florida Other Letters from Bob Gannon 
December 15, 2009: Earthrounders.com wishes a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year
to all Earthrounders, their families and friends and all Earthrounders-to-be.
Happy landings, blue skies, fair winds and all this kind of things.... See you in Brasilia in May 2010... December 14, 2009 : Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte are back in Argentina and getting ready to continue their RTW. http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/Log1.html http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/index.html 
December 8, 2009 :
Another Atlantic crossing and more for undefatigable Robert Gannon and Lady Luck II.Click here to catch up on the latest (Austria, Russia, Alaska and more...) Other Letters from Bob Gannon November 13, 2009 : Fernando Perez-Canto of Caracas, Venezuela is planning to make a solo flight in a Maule in 2010. November 12, 2009 : Melanie and Andreas Stütz have already clocked up several thousand kms in their project of flying all over the World in a Gyroplane. This will preclude ocean crossings. See their website. ... http://www.worldflight.tv/ 
October 28, 2009 :
From Wing Commander Rahul Monga:
After a long wait and lots of hard work by my publishers, my book about the journey around the world in an ultralight (the trip was in 2007)
has finally been printed. The title of the book is "Around the World in 80 Days" . Though the official launch will be on 19th November at New Delhi, in case you are interested in buying a copy of the book, you can send a mail to Mr Jagdish Nair at knowledgeworld@vsnl.net with a cc to Jose Mathews at jose@kwpub.in. Payment can be made directly to the publishers. September 27, 2009 : Some of our last entries are creating interest on collapsible ferry tanks. Received this from Turtlepac: For Collapsible Ferry Tanks look at www.turtlepac.com used by number of Earthrounders and commerical ferry pilots world wide. September 23, 2009 : From Detlef Heun and Liliana Tagliamonte: We know that lots of you think we just quit! Are we right or not? http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/germany2.html http://www.flight-around-the-world.org August 28, 2009 : More about tanks. This is from Kevin Molloy: For all Earthrounders that are looking for Ferry Tanks, please contact ATL UK (+44 1908 351700) or ATL USA (+1 201 825 1400). ATL are manufacturers of Flexible Fuel Bladder Tanks for Range Extension For more information, please log onto www.atlinc.com 
August 28, 2009 :
Congratulations to South African pilots Mike Blyth and James Pitman for the successful completion of their RTW. They landed on at 2:30 local time.
www.airplanefactory.co.za/world/default.asp Larger photo Photo curtesy Kalle Pihlajasaari. August 25, 2009 : Message recieved from Lindsay Howitt: We need a 140 US gallon Ferry tank for a PA-30 flying from California to New Zealand. Does anyone have one for sale or know where one can be fitted in Washington on west coast. Reply to: lghowitt@gmail.com August 25, 2009 : Earthrounders and world record balloonists, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, continue to fly balloons to promote the charity "Winds of Hope". See more August 17, 2009 : The work of an Earthrounders webmaster is never done! Since our launch in 2000, we have been tracking down fellow Earthrounders from all over the globe, some recent ones, some way back. We had the pleasure recently to learn of a RTW flight made in 1959 by Dan Sorkin in his Apache with Frank Hansen. This admirable pilot subsequently has a very interesting tale to tell. Having lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, he founded a support group called Stumps R Us (www.stumps.org/) and takes amputees flying in his plane, boosting their confidence and putting a broad smile on their faces. Check him out on this link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HacuhM03 August 10, 2009 : Congratulations to Earthrounders co-founder Hans Gutmann and his gaggle of ten aircraft for their successful flight around the World via Russia and Mongolia. http://www.14east.at/ Full schedule (pdf form size=215 Kb) Details 
July, 26, 2009 :
Earthrounder Douglas Cairns (RTW 2002-2003) last month completed www.diabetesflight48.com,
another awareness and fund raising flight for diabetes research.Larger picture www.diabetesworldflight.com July, 22, 2009 : South African pilots Mike Blyth and James Pitman departed Johannesburg on 18th July in a South African designed and built D6 Sling ultralight aircraft. You can follow them on www.airplanefactory.co.za/world/default.asp as they cross the Atlantic and head for Oshkosh. July, 15, 2009 : FAI Round-the-World 2009. A group of 11 planes is currently flying round the northern hemisphere in a flight organized by Austrian Earthrounder Hans Gutmann. Bob Gannon is participating together with buddy Bob Bates from PNG. They are currently in Kazakhstan, soon headed for Mongolia. You can follow them on http://www.pngtours.com/tours/fly.html 
July, 14, 2009 :
On July 11, 2009 Earthrounders Ralf Hannemann and Marga met an Earthrounder to be, Peter Huntley from UK at the airshow in Duxford. He is intending to leave for his
RTW end of August 2009 in a Beech Baron, call sign N55UK. Larger picture 
July, 12, 2009 :
Congratulations to Rolf Frieden and to Manfred Melloh for the successful completion of their RTW.Rolf FRIEDEN (Swiss) and Manfred MELLOH (Australian) landed yesterday with their Piper Comanche PA24/260C HB-PON on 12 July at 1618 LT (1418Z) at the cute little Swiss airport of La Cote (LSGP) near Gland on the north shore of lake Geneva, and completed thus their round the world flight which started on 18 June 2008 from the same place. Their homecoming was appropriately celebrated with (lots!!) of champagne. Earthrounders Angela and Flemming Pedersen (who both love both Earthrounder homecomings and champagne!) were there as well as many of Rolf's aviator friends. Great party! http://blog.mailasail.com/comanche.hb-pon Larger picture June 30, 2009 : Message from Lauren Cooper of Learntoflyla: "Looking for adult standard IMMERSION SUIT, 1-4 person RAFT and HF radio for sale or rental. Wanted in Los Angeles area or will pick up in Canada. Thanks! . Email: n9537q(at)gmail.com Website: www.learntoflyla.com 
June 28, 2009 :
Indefatigable Bob Gannon has spent the last couple of bouts of his timeless flying journey in the Middle East.
It is always a pleasure to follow his steps with his occasional missives and photos. Letter from the Middle East #2 Click here to catch up on the latest (North Africa) Other Letters from Bob Gannon  
June 22, 2009 :
Bonanza for Sale: Madeleine Dupont is selling her Bonanza.Specs, full details and price. June 15, 2009 : Next Earthrounders Meeting in Brasilia. Click here for details of the Programme June 14, 2009 : From Rolf Frieden:"Bo Therkildsen, an excellent contact of an efficient, friendly, and reasonably priced "One Man organization", which can help pilots, to obtain overflight and landing permissions around the world." Full details 
June 12, 2009 : Detlef Heun & Liliana Tagliamonte are going well and are now in Brasil.Larger photo www.flight-around-the-world.org/ 
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