| YEAR |
CREW |
NATION |
TYPE |
AIRCRAFT |
REG |
ROUTE |
REMARKS |
| 1924 |
US Army Air Service
Lts. Lowell Smith & Leslie. Arnold
Lts .Erik Nelson & John Harding |
USA |
Douglas World Cruisers |
Chicago
New Orleans |
|
WEST
175 d. |
Originately team of 4.
Two crashed |
| 1927 : Lindberg crosses the Atlantic |
1927
1928 |
Dieudonné Costes
Joseph Le Brix |
FRANCE |
Bréguet XIX |
Nungesser et Coli |
|
WEST |
Shipped San Fransisco
to Tokyo |
1928
1930 |
Charles Kingsford-Smith
& Crew |
AUS/USA |
Fokker F17 |
Southern Cross |
|
EAST |
|
| 1929 |
Dr. Hugo Eckener
Ernst Lehmann & crew |
GERMANY |
Airship |
Graf Zeppelin |
|
EAST
21 d. |
First airship |
1929
1930 |
Baron F.K.Koenig-Warthausen |
GERMANY |
Daimler-Klemm 20hp
engine |
Kamerad
Huenefeld |
D-1433 |
EAST |
Shipped over oceans |
1930
1931 |
Mary Bruce |
UK |
Blackburn Bluebird |
Bluebird |
G-ABDS |
EAST |
Shipped across Pacific
and Atlantic |
| 1931-32 |
Elly Beinhorn |
GERMANY |
Klemm |
|
D-2160 |
EAST |
Shipped across Pacific
and Atlantic |
| 1931 |
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty |
USA |
Lockheed Vega |
Winnie Mae |
NR105W |
EAST
8 d. |
|
| 1931 |
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon |
USA |
Bellanca Skyrocket |
Miss Veedol |
|
EAST |
|
| 1933 |
Wiley Post |
USA |
Lockheed Vega |
Winnie Mae |
NR105W |
EAST
8 d. |
Solo flight |
| 1937 : Amelia Earhart disappears in the Pacific |
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
| 1939-1945 : World War II |
| 1947 |
Clifford Evans |
USA |
Piper PA12 |
City of Washington |
N2345M |
EAST
122 days |
Flying together |
| George Truman |
City of the Angels |
N3671M |
| 1951 |
Peter Mack |
USA |
Bonanza A35 |
Friendship Flame |
|
EAST 111 days |
33,789 SM |
| 1959 |
Peter Gluckman |
USA |
Meyer 200 |
|
N485C |
EAST |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1964 |
Geraldine Mock |
USA |
Cessna 180 |
Spirit of Colombus |
N1538C |
EAST
29 days |
First woman solo |
| 1966 |
Sheila Scott |
UK |
Comanche 260 |
Myth Two |
G-ATOY |
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 |
|
|
|
|
| 1967 |
Francis Sommer
John Reiger |
USA |
Bonanza S35 |
|
|
|
|
| 1968 |
Pellissier Hrissa |
FRANCE |
Wassmer Super IV |
|
F-BOYS |
EAST |
Several co-pilots |
| 1969 : Concorde first flight. |
| 1969 |
Alvin Marks |
USA |
Cessna C210 |
Semper Fi II |
|
EAST |
|
| 1969 |
Hypolite Landry |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
EAST
13 days |
Speed record, 23,767 SM |
| 1969 |
Cliff Tait |
NZ |
Airtourer115 |
Miss Jacy |
ZK-CXU |
EAST |
Shipped Tokyo - Vancouver |
| 1969-70 |
Sheila Scott |
UK |
Comanche 260 |
Myth Two |
G-ATOY |
EAST |
Second flight |
| 1971 |
Edward & Diane Miller |
USA |
Beech Debonair |
|
N1563S |
EAST |
Their honey moon |
| 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 |
| 1972 |
Henning Huffer |
GERMANY |
Messerschmitt-Boelkw
BO 209 Monsuun |
|
D-EAAC |
EAST |
Shipped across the Pacific |
| 1974 |
Amos Buettell |
USA |
Cessna 310 |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1974 |
Henning Huffer |
GERMANY |
Mooney Chaparral
M20E |
|
N 9608V |
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 |
Denis Dalton
Terry Gwynn-Jones |
AUSTRALIA |
Beech Duke 60 |
|
VH-TKE |
EAST |
Speed record 5 days 2 hrs
24,426 SM |
| 1975 |
Hans Tholstrup |
AUSTRALIA |
Grumann AM 1B
Trainer 105 hp |
|
N6505L |
EAST
3 months |
|
| 1975 |
Robert & Peter
Muckestone |
USA |
Cessna Centurion |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1976 |
Doc Wisner &
Bryce Wisener |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
|
|
| 1976 |
Don Taylor |
USA |
Thorp T18 |
Victoria 76 |
N455T |
EAST |
First home built |
| 1977 |
Henning Huffer
+pax |
GERMANY |
Mooney Chaparral
M20E |
|
N 9608V |
WEST |
|
| 1977 |
Peter Straub |
USA |
Mooney Super Turbo 21 |
|
|
|
|
| 1977 |
Jack Rodd
Harold Benham |
USA |
Bonanza |
City of Cortez |
|
EAST |
|
| 1977 |
Phil Claxton
Jack Cink |
USA |
Aerostar 601P |
American Spirit |
|
EAST |
Speed record, 4 days 8 hrs. |
| 1978 |
Paul Warren-Wilson
Nicholas Walsh |
UK |
Cherokee 6 |
|
|
|
|
| 1978 |
Robert Muckelstone |
USA |
Cessna Centurion T210 |
|
|
|
|
| 1978 |
Frank Haile
Walt Hedgren |
USA |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N4FH |
EAST
18 days |
24,500 NM |
| 1980 |
Judith Chisholm |
UK |
Cessna Centurion T210 |
|
G-BAGE |
EAST |
|
| 1982 |
Donald Muir
André Daemen |
CANADA |
Cessna 210N |
|
|
|
|
| 1982 |
Robert Reinhold
Donald Grant
Frank Puruello |
USA |
Cheyenne III
PA-42 |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1982 |
Ross Perot Jr
Jay Coburn |
USA |
Bell 206L-1
Long Ranger II |
Spirit of Texas |
N3911Z |
EAST
29 days |
First helicopter
(+ Hercules chase plane) |
1982-
1983 |
Dick Smith |
AUSTRALIA |
Bell 206
Long Ranger III |
Australian Explorer |
VH-DIK |
EAST |
First solo helicopter |
| 1984 |
Donald Rodewald |
USA |
Comanche 260 |
|
|
EAST |
First Wheelchair aviator |
| 1984 |
Patrick Franceschi |
FRANCE |
Aviasud Sirocco |
|
|
|
|
| 1985 |
Michael Schultz |
GERMANY |
Mooney Porsche 231 |
|
|
|
|
| 1985 |
Sheik Hamad Al Thani
|
QATAR |
Piper Seneca II |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 1986 |
James Pirtle
Henry Riley |
USA |
Comanche |
|
N2425P |
|
|
| 1986 |
Bill & Genevieve BANCROFT |
USA |
Bonanza A3 |
|
N9489Q |
WEST
26 days |
Flying together |
Wayne Collins
Charles Key |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N850T |
Frank Haile
Stuart Haile |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N4FH
Second time |
Doc Wisner
Janice Sullivan |
Bonanza |
|
Second time |
Dan Bookout
Dan Schilling |
Piper Lance |
|
N8352C |
Dan Webb
Bob Landes |
Bonanza A36 |
|
|
Reinhard Buchally
Andrea Schilan |
GERMANY |
Bonanza |
|
D-EEBR |
| 1986 |
Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager |
USA |
Voyager |
Voyager |
N269VA |
EAST |
First and only non stop
unrefueled circumnavigation |
| 1986 |
David McCullogh
Gerald Keating |
USA |
Cessna 400
(with another A/C) |
|
|
|
|
| 1986 |
Ted Rear
Keven Pownell |
AUSTRALIA |
Aerostar 601P |
|
VH-PJC |
WEST |
|
| 1987 |
Donald & Mali Lise Flynn |
USA |
Beech Duchess |
|
|
|
|
| 1987 |
Donald & Jim
Fonger |
CANADA |
Turbo Twin Comanche |
|
C-GPZX |
WEST |
Flying Together |
Dr. Talibi
Ken Bamford |
USA |
Turbo Twin Comanche |
|
|
| 1987 |
Calin Rosetti
Richard Norton |
USA
ROM |
Piper Malibu 310P |
Arctic Tern |
N26033 |
|
Over both Poles.
Speed record |
| 1987 |
Dan Webb
+ diff. copilots |
USA |
Bonanza |
|
|
|
Second time |
| 1988 |
Peter Norvill |
AUSTRALIA |
Cessna
Hawk XP |
|
VH-PSV |
WEST
35 days |
|
| 1988 |
Chuck Classen
Phil Greth |
USA |
Bonanza G35 |
|
N4493D |
|
|
| 1988 |
Mike &
Anne Wright |
UK |
Jodel Mousquetaire |
|
|
EAST |
|
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 |
| 1989 |
Gaby Kennard |
AUSTRALIA |
Piper Saratoga |
Gerty |
VH-GKF |
EAST
99 days |
29,000 NM |
| 1989 |
Günther Kuhlmann
Peter Kuffner |
GERMANY |
Bonanza V35B |
|
D-EDVV |
WEST
40 days |
Flying together |
Frank Haile &
Carson Gilmer |
USA |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N4FH
3rd time |
Dan Webb
Richard Meyehoff |
Bonanza A36 |
|
Dan's third time |
Doc Wisner
Janice Sullivan |
Bonanza |
|
Doc's third time |
| 1989 |
Tony Aliengena +
Mr. Aliengena
Gunther Hagen |
USA |
Cessna 210 +
chase plane |
|
|
EAST
46 days |
Crossed mainland Russia
Youngest earthrounder pilot: 11 year old! |
| 1990 |
James Dunlap |
USA |
Cessna 182 |
|
|
|
|
| 1990 |
Wayne Collins
Charles Key |
USA |
Bonanza V35B |
|
N850T |
EAST
46 days |
Second time |
| 1990 |
Tom & Fran Towle |
USA |
Cessna 310R |
|
|
WEST |
|
| 1991 |
R.J. Plimpton |
SWISS |
Twin Comanche |
|
|
|
|
| 1991 |
Alex Zawaski
Roberta Alexander |
USA |
Comanche 260B |
|
N8944P |
EAST |
30,737 NM |
| 1991 |
Thomas Casey |
USA |
Cessna 206
On Floats |
Liberty II |
|
|
First float plane exclusively over water |
| 1989-1992 |
Gérard & Margi Moss |
BRAZIL |
Embraer Sertanejo |
Romeo |
PT-RXE |
EAST
980 days |
First crossing Australia-South America. 50 countries |
| 1992 |
Bill Signs
Iouri Kharitonov |
USA
USSR |
Mooney 20E |
|
|
|
|
| 1992 |
Tim Findlow
+ 2 diff pax |
AUSTRALIA |
Cessna 310Q |
|
VH-HKW |
WEST
19 flying days |
|
| 1992 |
Sheik Hamad Al Thani |
QATAR |
Aerostar 601P |
|
N900608 |
WEST |
Second flight |
1992
1993 |
Dieter Langer |
USA |
Maule |
|
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Hans Schneider |
GERMANY |
Cessna 150 |
|
|
|
Shipped over oceans |
| 1993 |
Murray Goodrich
Jay Shower |
USA |
Bonanza F33A |
N567M |
|
EAST
45 days |
Crossed Equator 6 times. |
| 1993 |
Zissis Pehlevanudis |
GREECE |
Bonanza
SL-AML |
|
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Nicolas Gorodiche
Jacques Lemaigne
Olivier Waisblat |
FRANCE |
TBM |
|
|
|
|
| 1994 |
Dieter Schmitt |
GERMANY |
Bonanza F33A |
|
D-EHIB |
|
|
| 1994 |
Peter Weidmann
Eduardo Nixon |
GERMANY
EL SALVADOR |
Bonanza F33 |
El Salvador |
YP-257P |
WEST
35 days |
|
| 1994 |
Ron Bower |
USA |
Bell 206B-3
Jet Ranger II |
|
N206AJ |
EAST
24 days |
|
1994-
1995 |
Dick & Pip Smith |
AUSTRALIA |
Sikorsky S76 |
World Explorer |
VH-SHW |
WEST |
|
| 1995 |
Antonio Faria e Mello |
PORTUGAL |
Bonanza F33 |
Alice 19 |
CS-AZI |
EAST
70 days |
Wheelchair aviator
28,372 NM |
| 1995 |
Jon Johanson |
AUSTRALIA |
Van RV4 |
|
VH-NOJ |
EAST |
|
| 1996 |
Claude Meunier |
AUSTRALIA |
Aerostar 602P/700 |
|
VH-XRD |
EAST |
|
| 1996 |
Hans Gutmann |
AUSTRIA |
Glasair IIS-RG |
Elisabeth |
OE-CGH |
EAST |
|
| 1996 |
Jon Johanson |
AUSTRALIA |
Van RV4 |
|
VH-NOJ |
WEST |
Second flight |
| 1996 |
Bill Signs
Ruth Jacobs |
USA |
Cessna 210L |
|
N90NB |
|
First single r-t-w to land
on 7 continennts |
| 1996 |
Jennifer Murray
Quentin Smith |
UK |
Robinson 44 |
|
|
|
|
| 1996-1995 |
Ron Bower
John Williams |
USA |
Bell 430 |
|
N430Q |
WEST
17 days |
|
| 1997 |
Jürgen Timm |
GERMANY |
Bonanza V |
|
|
|
Flying together |
| Gunter Kuhlmann |
Bonanza A36 |
|
|
|
| 1997 |
Dieter Schmitt |
GERMANY |
Bonanza F33A |
|
D-EHIB |
|
Second flight |
| 1997 |
Jorge Cornish
Alfredo Dehmlow |
MEXICO |
Mooney 231/305R |
Aquila Negra |
XB-CNA |
EAST
55 days |
|
| 1997 |
Dick Rutan |
USA |
Long EZ |
|
N169SH |
EAST
81 days |
Flying together. 30,000 plus NM |
| Mike Melvill |
USA |
|
N26MS |
| 1997 |
Gary Burns
Alex Schenk |
AUSTRALIA |
Lancair IV |
|
VH-LKG |
EAST |
|
| 1997 |
Tony Cowan
Ced Hughes
Bill Purchase |
UK |
2 Chipmunks
1 Islander |
|
WP962
WP833
G-PASU |
EAST
Across Russia |
Flying together |
| 1997 |
Linda Finch &
copilots |
USA |
Lockheed 10 |
|
|
EAST |
Flying together |
Reid Dennis
Andy Macfie |
Grumann Albatross |
|
|
| 1997 |
Jürgen Fuchs &
Harmut Bader |
GERMANY |
Mooney M20M |
|
D-ERFU |
EST |
|
| 1998 |
Reed Prior |
USA |
Mooney M20J |
|
N60RP |
WEST |
|
| 1998 |
Doug Cayne
John Fulton |
USA |
King Air E90 |
Ponceby |
N898WW |
WEST |
|
| 1998 |
Brian Milton +
K. Reynolds, P. Petrov ( part of the way) |
UK |
Trike |
GT Global Flyer |
|
EAST
121 days |
First trike 23,130 SM |
| 1998 |
Lee Joo Hak (Peter) |
KOREA |
Cherokee 235 |
Geum Kang II |
N15152 |
EAST
36 days |
26,000 NM |
| 1998 |
Mario Ardoino |
AUSTRALIA |
Archer |
|
VH-MGA |
WEST |
|
| 1998 |
Nikki Mitchell
Rhonda Miles |
USA |
Maule M5E |
|
|
EAST
49 days |
Across whole of mainland Russia |
| 1999 |
Horst Ellenberger
+ diff. copilots |
GERMANY |
Turbine Bonanza |
Orion |
D-EVIK |
EAST |
Flying together |
Peter Woelfel
+ varying pax |
Bonanza A36 |
Papa Whisky |
N10PW |
| Robert Reiss |
USA |
Turbine Bonanza |
Third time |
N9675R |
| 1999 |
Mario Ardoino |
AUSTRALIA |
Archer |
|
VH-MGA |
WEST |
Second flight |
| 1999 |
Bertrand Picard
Brian Jones |
SWISS / UK |
Rosiere balloon |
Breitling Orbiter 3 |
HB-BRA |
EAST
21 days |
First Balloon |
| 2000 |
Colin Bodill |
UK |
Mainair Blade 912S |
|
|
EAST
121 days |
Accompanying Jennifer Murray in a helicopter |
| 2000 |
Jennifer Murray |
UK |
Robinson 44 |
|
|
|
|
| 2000 |
H G Schmid |
SWISS |
Long EZ |
|
HB-YCT |
EAST
27 days |
|
| 2000 |
H G Schmid |
SWISS |
Long EZ |
|
HB-YCT |
WEST
27 days |
Second flight |
| 2000 |
Jon Johanson |
AUSTRALIA |
Van RV4 |
|
VH-NOJ |
EAST |
Via the North Pole |
| 2000 |
Robert Ragozzino |
USA |
Stearman N2S-B |
|
|
EAST
5 months |
|
| 2000 |
Dan Dominguez
Chris wall |
USA |
Aero Commander |
Dream Catcher |
|
EAST |
66 days |
| 2001 |
Polly Vacher |
GB |
Piper Dakota |
|
G-FRGN |
EAST |
|
| 2001 |
Gordillo Michel |
SP |
MCR-01 |
|
EC-ZBO |
EAST |
|
| 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 |
|
Participating in London-Sydney Air Race |
| 2001 |
Moss Gérard |
BRAZIL |
Ximango |
|
PT- |
WEST |
Second RTW |
| 2002 |
Cpt. Dick Sollner &
Cpt. Bill Moore |
USA |
Twin Comanche PA30B |
|
N178E |
WEST |
|
| 2002 |
Bill Finlen |
AUSTRALIA |
Bonanza |
|
VH-TYE |
WEST |
|
| 2002 |
Flemming & Angela Pederesen |
SWITZERLAND |
Mooney |
HoneyMooney |
HB-DVN |
EAST |
|
| 2002 |
Dick Smith + various copilots |
AUSTRALIA |
Cessna Caravan |
|
VH-SHW |
EAST |
|
| 2002 |
Steve Fossett |
USA |
Rosiere balloon |
|
N |
EAST |
First solo in a balloon |
| 2002-2003 |
Doug Cairns & a safety pilot |
USA |
Beech Baron |
Diabetes World Flight |
N30TB |
EAST |
26,300NM
63 legs
22 countries |
| 2003 |
Jason Bahnsen |
AUSTRALIA |
Mooney |
|
VH-JDY |
WEST |
|
| 2003 |
Philipp Sturm and Danielle Rentsch |
Switzerland |
Super Dimona |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Reto and Trudy Godly |
Switzerland |
Cessna 185 |
|
N185GW |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Bob Reiss |
USA |
Turbine Bonanza |
|
N9675R |
EAST |
His fourth RTW |
| 2003 |
Robert Irwin |
USA |
Baron |
|
N100N |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Antonio Feria e Melio |
Portugal |
Bonanza |
|
CS-AZI |
EAST |
His second RTW in a wheel chair |
| 2003 |
Delfim Costa |
Portugal |
Cessna 210 |
|
CS-AOD |
EAST |
|
| 2003 |
Frank & Dorise Heittlich |
GERMANY |
PA34 |
|
DGOMM |
WEST |
|
| 2003 |
CarolAnn Garratt |
USA |
Mooney MSE |
|
N220FC |
WEST |
7 months, 36,667 nm.
Feb 28-Oct 12 |
| 2003 |
Salvatore Tasca & Mario Battistello |
ITALY |
Cessna 210 |
|
OO-TVH |
WEST |
229 hrs, 07 mns for 33,205 NM |
| 2004 |
John Coale |
USA |
Cessna 210 |
|
N30EW |
EAST |
|
| 2004 |
Polly Vacher |
UK |
Piper Dakota |
|
G-FRGN |
WEST |
First woman solo over 7 continents
First woman solo over the North Pole
First solo in single over 7 continents |
| 2004 |
Thomas Scherer |
GERMANY |
Europa |
|
N81EU |
EAST |
|
| 2004 |
Dr Ed Galkin
Cpt Dick Sollner |
USA |
Cessna 210 |
|
N2160S |
WEST |
Second RTW for Dick Sollner |
| 2004 |
Matevz Lanarcic |
SLOVENIA |
Pipistrel Sinus 912 |
|
|
EAST |
|
| 2004 |
Sherry & Larry Sietsma |
USA |
Beechcraft Baron |
|
N3199J |
EAST |
|
| 2005 |
Steve Fossett |
USA |
Model 311 |
Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer |
N277SF |
EAST |
First non stop solo RTW |
