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.
It records the pilots and their aircraft in chronological order,
and aims to inspire others who have similar flying dreams.
(*) Maximum weight 7000 kg.
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Disclaimer: All information published on this Site was supplied by pilots and is published 'as-is'. This Site takes no responsibility for any iinaccuracies . |
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August 13, 2025
Sincere congratulations also to Tina and Gunter Haug for the successful completion of their RTW in Mooney M20T N228RM.
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August 13, 2025
Sincere congratulations to Hao Chen for the successful completion of his RTW in TBM700B N790TB.
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June 22, 2025,
HOT NEWS
Kyrgyzstan meeting a great success!
Congratulations to Soiuzbek Saliev for hosting a wonderful event.
A review of proceedings has now been published. See sidebar.
Videos and photo's of the presentations will follow asap.
May 31, 2025,
News of Northam Airfield, Australia and one of the of the very few in the World where three succesful solo flights around the World departed from.
They are:
CLAUDE MEUNIER, 1996, Piper Aerostar
STEVE FOSSETT, 2002, hot air balloon
FEDOR KONYUKHOV, 2016, hot air balloon
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May 03, 2025,
We have recently been told by Earthrounder Antoine Gini (RTW 1992) thatPhoto' shows Antoine Gini, Marcel Large and two passengers arriving at Moscow-Tushino, July 12 1992
Marcel Large was the organiser of the second of two Rallies around the World.
There is an interesting write-up about the two 1992 RTW Rallies on:
http://pionnair-ge.com/spip1/spip.php?article452
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April 07, 2025,
Congratulations to Peter Wilson and to Andre de Freitas for the award of a Guinness World Record for their recent RTW and the FAI record, "Speed around the World through antipodes":
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/776702-fastest-circumnavigation-by-helicopter-through-antipodal-points
https://www.fai.org/record/20481
January 20, 2025,
Thank you to Bob Bates for the address of the excellent video of his RTW with Barry Payne in Barry's Comanche ZK-BAZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQrPDnTXcps
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