This is a brief summary of Speed Records around the World, published here with the kind permission of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

For full details on records, please visit their Site : http://www.fai.org

List of repeated RTW flights.
List of RTW by Australia and New Zealand Pilots
Youngest RTW pilots
Oldest RTW pilot
Smallest RTW aircarft
The FAI Circumnavigator Badge

Class C1-A
Lenarcic Matevz(Slovenia) Eastbound Pipistrel Sinus S5-PCT, 2004, 19.57 km/h

Class C1-B
Hans Georg SCHMID (Switzerland) Westbound Long Eze HB-YCT, 29/04/2000, 69.99 km/h.
Hans Georg SCHMID (Switzerland) Eastbound Long Eze HB-YCT, 28/03/2000, 69.87 km/h.
Jon JOHANSON (Australia) Westbound RV4 VH-NOJ, 25/09/1996, 23.31 km/h.
Jon JOHANSON (Australia) Eastbound RV4 VH-NOJ, 31/08/1995, 29.37 km/h.
Don TAYLOR (USA) Eastbound T18 N445T, 1/8-30/9/1976, 27.127 km/h.

Class C1-C
CarrolAnn GARRATT & Carol FOY (USA)Westbound Mooney M20J N220FC, 11/12/2008, 185.6 km/h
Charles CLASSEN & Philip GRETH (USA) Westbound Bonanza G-35 N4493D, 27/5-6/06/1988, 87.51 km/h.
William H. WISNER & Janice SULLIVAN (USA) Westbound Bonanza N6826Q, 11/6-6/7/1986, 71.40 km/h.
Donald F. MUIR & Andre DAEMAN (Canada) Eastbound Cessna 210N, 1-7/08/1982, 243.75 km/h.
R. S. MUCKLESTONE (USA) Westbound Cessna T210 N6922R, 1978, 204.05 km/h.
Harold N. BENHAM & Jack RODD (USA) Eastbound Bonanza N990MD, 1977, 142.44 km/h.
R. S. & P. J. MUCKLESTONE (USA) Westbound Cessna T210, 23/8-4/9/1975, 128.277 km/h.
Dr. Alvin MARKS (USA) Eastbound Cessna 210 N942SM, 18/4/1969, 118.20 km/h.
Sheila SCOTT (UK) Eastbound Piper Comanche 260 G-ATOY, 18/5-20/6/1969, 59.018 km/h.
Geraldine MOCK (USA) Eastbound Cessna 180, 19/3-17/4/1964, 52.751 km/h.

Class C1-D
Richard NORTON, Calin ROSETTI (USA) Via the Poles Malibu Mirage N26033, 05/15/1987, 14.04 km/h.
T. BROUGHAM & R. DICKESON (Australia) Eastbound Baron B55 VH-CFO, 10/08/1971, 318.28 km/h.
Robert L. & Joan WALLICK (USA) Eastbound Baron PJ-C808, 2/6-7/6/1966, 300.20 km/h.
Maximilien CONRAD (USA) Westbound Aztec PA-23 N4544P, 08/03/1961, 198.27 km/h.
David McCulloch & Gerard Keating (Canada) Westbound Cessna 414 C-FASB, 9/6-7/7/1986, 59.54 kmh/h.
Peter K. GLUCKMAN (USA) Eastbound Meyers200A N485C, 22/8-20/9/1959, 53.76 km/h.

Class C1-E
Hamad Ali AL-THANI (Qatar) Westbound Aerostar N90608, 29/04/1992, 132.02 km/h.
Richard RUTAN & Jeana YEAGER (USA) Westbound without refuelling Voyager N269VA, 14-23/12/1986, 186.11 km/h.
D. MCCULLOCH & G. KEATING (Canada) Westbound Cesna 414 C-FASB, 9/6-7/7/1986, 59.54 km/h.
Philander P. CLAXTON III & John L. CINK (USA) Eastbound Piper Aerostar N300AM, 09/11/1977, 353.57 km/h.
Denys N. DALTON & T. GWYNNE-JONES (Australia) Eastbound VH TKE, 20-25/7/75, 327.73 km/h.
Elgen M. LONG (USA) via the Poles Navajo PA-31 N9097Y, 03/17/1971, 93.050 km/h.

Class C1-D
William C HARRELSON (USA) via the Poles, Lancair IV, N6ZQ, FAI Record N°17406, 21/1/2015 , 70.29 km/h.


Pending FAI confirmation:
William C HARRELSON (USA) speed around the World, Lancair IV, N6ZQ,

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Class E1-C
Joe Ronald BOWER (USA) Eastbound Bell JetRanger III , 20/06/1994, 65.97 km/h.
Simon OLIPHANT-HOPE(UK) Eastbound, MD500E, 21/06/2004. 88.9 km/h

Class E1-D
H.Ross PEROT Jr & J.W. COBURN (USA) Eastbound Bell 206 N3911Z, 1-30/09/1982, 56.97 km/h.





Class E1-C
MURRAY Jennifer (UK) Robinson 44, 6/09/2000, 16.99 km/h.

Pilots are listed by year of their first flights.
The years in bold indicate solo flights.

• Post Wiley , 1931, 1933
• Scott Sheila, 1966, 1971, 1979
• Henning Huffer, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980
• Muckelstone Robert, 1975, 1978
• Wisner & Sullivan, 1976, 1986
• Haile Frank, 1978, 1986, 1989
• Smith Dick, 1982-3, 1988-9, 1994-5
• Hamad Al Thani, 1985, 1992
• Webb Dan, 1986, 1987, 1989
• Rutan Dick, 1986, 1997
• Collins Wayne, 1986, 1990
• Edwin Galkin, 1988, 2004, 2018
• Moss Gérard, 1989-92, 2001
• Reiss Robert, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2003
• Bower Ron, 1994, 1996
• Schmitt Dieter, 1994, 1997
• Johanson Jon, 1995, 1996, 2000
• Murray Jennifer, 1996, 2000
• Ardoino Mario, 1998, 1999
• Michel Gordillo,1998, 2001
• Schmid HG, 2000, 2000
• CarolAnn Garratt, 2003, 2008, 2011
• Hannemann R and M, 2007, 2011
• Bodill Colin, 2000, 2007
• Mellon Tim, 1992, 1996
• Jonas Juknius, 2012, 2016
• Georges Adam, 2017,2018,2019
• William Harrelson, 2015, 2019
• John Bone, 2017, 2021

Youngest Pilot flying Solo - record holders:

FEMALE
Current record (acheived January 20, 2022).Zara Rutherfod, Belgium at 19 years of age.
Details: TBA


MALE
Current record: (achieved July 12, 2021). Travis Ludlow (UK) at 18 years and 140 days of age. DOB:13 February 2003. RTW ended on July 12, 2021.

Former (achieved October 2018), - Mason William Andrews (USA) at 18 years of age. DOB: 6 April 2000. RTW ended 6th October 2018.
Former (achieved August 2016) - Lachlan Smart (Australia) at 18 years of age . DOB: January 1, 1998. RTW ended August 21, 2016.
Former ( achieved July 2014) - Matt Guthmiller (USA) at 19 years of age, DOB:November 29, 1994. RTW ended July 14, 2014
Former (achieved September 2013) - Ryan Campbell (Australia) at 19 years of age, DOB: January 13. 1994, RTW ended September 7, 2013
Former (achieved June 2013) - Jack Weigand (USA) at 21 years of age, DOB:22 June, 1992,, RTW ending June 29, 2013
Former (achieved May 2013) - James Tan (Malaysia) at 21 years of age. DOB:June 4, 1991, RTW ending May 16, 2013
Former (achieved Sept. 2012) - Carlo Schmid (Switzerland), at 22 years of age. DOB: January 25, 1990, RTW: July 11 to September 29, 2012
Former (achieved June 2007) - Barrington Irvin (USA), at 23 years of age. DOB: November 11, 1983. RTW: March 23 to June 27, 2007

NAME	NATION	Date of Birth	Date of end of RTW	Age at end of RTW	Photo Click fo a larger photo	Data Base Number
Barrington Irving	USA	11 November, 1983	27 June, 2007	23 years, 7 months, 16 days		274
Carlo Schmid	Switzerland	25 January, 1990	29 September, 2012	22 years, 8 months, 4 days		542
James Tan	Malaysia	4 June, 1991	16 May, 2013	21 years, 11 months, 12 days		544
Jack Weigand	USA	22 June, 1992	29 June, 2013, 2013	21 years, 7 days		546
Ryan Campbell	Australia	13 January, 1994	7 September, 2013	19 years, 7 months, 25 days		548
Matt Guthmiller	USA	29 November 1994	14 July 2014	19 years, 7 months, 15 days		557
Lachlan Smart	Australia	6 January 1998	27 August 2016	18 years, 7 months, 21 days		582
Mason William Andrews	USA	26 April 2000	6th October 2018	18 years, 163 days		633
Travis Ludlow	UK	13 February 2003	12 July 2021	18 years, 43 days		676

To the best of our knowledge, the oldest pilot to have flown around the World is Dean Stahr.
Born on 11/21/1925, he was 81 yo for his 2005 solo RTW.
Database N° 174

This is an attempt to list the smallest aircraft around the Word (approx less than 500 kg).
Any feed-back is mostly welcome...