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FLIGHTS BY SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT

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YEAR	CREW	NATION	TYPE	AIRCRAFT	REG	PHOTO	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 days	Originately team of 4. Seattle crashed in Alaska Boston sank North of Scotland
1927 1928	Dieudonné Costes Joseph Le Brix	FRANCE	Bréguet XIX	Nungesser et Coli			WEST	Shipped San Francisco to Tokyo
1929-1930	Baron F.K.Koenig-Warthausen	GERMANY	Daimler-Klemm 20hp engine	Kamerad Huenefeld			EAST	Shipped over oceans
1931	Richard Halliburton & Moye Stephens	USA	Stearman	The Flying Carpet	NR-882N		EAST	Shipped across Atlantic and Pacific
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 days
1931	Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon	USA	Bellanca Skyrocket	Miss Veedol			EAST
1933	Wiley Post	USA	Lockheed Vega	Winnie Mae	NR105W		EAST 8 days
1947	Clifford Evans	USA	Piper PA12	City of Washington	N2345M		EAST 122 days	Flying together
1947	George Truman	USA	Piper PA12	City of the Angels	N3671M		EAST 122 days	Flying together
1948/1949	Richarda Morrow-Tait & 2 navigators ( Michael Townsend & Jack Ellis)	UK	Percival Proctor IV	Thursday Child	G-AKUV		EAST	First RTW entirely by air by a woman pilot
1948/1949		UK	Vultee BT13-Valaint	Next Thursday Child	NX54084		EAST	First RTW entirely by air by a woman pilot
1951	Peter Mack	USA	Bonanza A35	Friendship Flame			EAST 111 days	33,789 SM
1959	Peter Gluckman	USA	Meyer 200		N485C		EAST
1964	Geraldine Mock	USA	Cessna 180	Spirit of Colombus	N1538C		EAST 29 days	First woman solo
1966	Sheila Scott	UK	Comanche 260	Myth Too	G-ATOY		EAST
1967	Francis Sommer John Reiger	USA	Bonanza S35
1968	Pellissier Hrissa	FRANCE	Wassmer Super IV		F-BOYS		EAST	Several co-pilots
1969	Alvin Marks	USA	Cessna C210	Semper Fly II	N942SM		EAST 13 days
1969	Hypolite Landry	USA	Bonanza		N5842K		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 Too	G-ATOY		EAST	Second flight
1971	Edward & Diane Miller	USA	Beech Debonair		N1563S		EAST	Their honey moon
1972	Henning Huffer	GERMANY	Messerschmitt-Boelkow BO 209 Monsun		D-EAAC		EAST	Shipped across the Pacific First flight
1974-76	Henning Huffer	GERMANY	Mooney Chaparal M20E		N 9608V		EAST	Second fligth
1975	Hans Tholstrup	AUSTRALIA	Grumann AM 1B Trainer 105 hp		N6505L		EAST 3 months
1975	Robert & Peter Muckestone	USA	Cessna Centurion				EAST
1976	Doc Howard Wisner & Bryce Wisener	USA	Bonanza S-35		N6826Q
1976	Don Taylor	USA	Thorp T18	Victoria 76	N455T		EAST	First home built
1976-1977	Henning Huffer +pax	GERMANY	Mooney Chaparal M20E		N 9608V		WEST	Third fligth Book publication, Pacific Adventure: http://www.henning-huffer.com/multimedia_neu.htm
1977	Paul Straub	USA	Mooney Super Turbo 21		N300MD		EAST
1977	Jack Rodd Harold Benham	USA	Bonanza	City of Cortez				EAST
1978	Paul Warren-Wilson Nicholas Walsh	UK	Cherokee 6
1978	Henning Huffer +camera team	GERMANY	M20J		N 201XP		WEST	Fourth fligth Film publication, Pacific Adventure: http://www.henning-huffer.com/multimedia_neu.htm
1978	Robert Muckelstone	USA	Cessna Centurion T210
1978	Frank Haile Walt Hedgren	USA	Bonanza V35B		N4FH		EAST 18 days	24,500 NM
1978	Doc Howard Wisner & Bryce Wisener	USA	Bonanza S-35		N6826Q
1980	Judith Chisholm	UK	Cessna Centurion T210		G-BAGE		EAST
1980-81	Henning Huffer	GERMANY	Mooney M20J		N3683H		WEST	Fifth flight
1982	Donald Muir Andre Daemen	CANADA	Cessna 210N
1984	Donald (Rode) Rodewald	USA	Comanche 260		N8998P		EAST	First Wheelchair aviator
1984	Patrick Franceschi	FRANCE	Aviasud Sirocco
1985-1986	Michael Schultz & Hans Kampik	GERMANY	Mooney 231 Porsche PFM 3200		D-EAFE		WEST	100.000 km, 62 countries, 200 landings, 600 hours
1986	James Pirtle Henry Riley	USA	Comanche		N5425P
1986	Bill & Genevieve BANCROFT	USA	Bonanza A36		N9489Q		WEST 26 days	Flying together
	Wayne Collins Charles Key		Bonanza V35B		N850T
	Frank Haile Stuart Haile		Bonanza V35B		N4FH Second time
	Doc Howard Wisner Janice Sullivan		Bonanza	Second time		N6826Q
	Dan Bookout Dan Schilling		Piper Lance		N8352C
	Dan Webb Bob Landes		Bonanza A36
	Reinhard Buchally Andrea Schildan	GERMANY	Bonanza		D-EEBR
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	Edwin Galkin & Bob Zuber	USA	Cessna 210		N2160S		EAST
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
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					74 years old at time of flight
1990	Wayne Collins Charles Key	USA	Bonanza V35B		N850T		EAST 46 days	Second time
1990/1993	Hans Schneider	Germany	Cessna 150	Corvus	D-EENH
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
1991	David Bledsoe Mark van Benschoten	USA	Mooney M20F		N6744N		WEST	38 days
1991-1992	Wolgang Hamann & a copilot to Recife	GERMANY	Piper Arrow IV 210T		N600KR		WEST
1989-1992	Gérard & Margi Moss	BRAZIL	Embraer Sertanejo	Romeo	PT-RXE		EAST 980 days	First crossing Australia-South America. 50 countries
1992	Dr. Howard Wisner Janice Sullivan	USA	Bonanza S-35		N6826Q		EAST	Flying together. Their 4th RTW.
1992	Dan Webb & Frank Haile	USA	Bonanza A-36		N4504S		EAST	Flying together. Their 4th RTW.
1992	Bill Signs Iouri Kharitonov	USA USSR	Mooney 20E
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	Jacques Lemaigne du Breuil Nicolas Gorodiche Olivier Waisblat	FRANCE	TBM 700		F-GKJV			Speed record around the World
1994	Dieter Schmitt	GERMANY	Bonanza F33A		D-EHIB
1994	Peter Weidmann Eduardo Nixon	GERMANY EL SALVADOR	Bonanza F33	El Salvador	YS-257P		WEST 35 days
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
1995	Jay Merten & Sandi Smith	USA	Malibu	Round the World for Sight, 1995	N313JM		EAST	86 days 25,303 NM
1995	Makagonov Vladimir, Molchanyuk Mikhail, Alekseeko Victor	RUSSIA	SM-92	Finist	RA44484		EAST	41 days 28.015 km
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
1997	Jürgen Timm	GERMANY	Bonanza V					Flying together
1997	Gunter Kuhlmann	GERMANY	Bonanza A36					Flying together
1997	Dieter Schmitt	GERMANY	Bonanza F33A		D-EHIB			Second flight
1997	Jorge Cornish Alfredo Dehmlow	MEXICO	Mooney 231/305R	Águila Negra	XB-CNA		EAST 55 days
1997	Dick Rutan	USA	Long EZ		N169SH		EAST 81 days	Flying together. 30,000 plus NM
1997	Mike Melvill	USA	Long EZ		N26MS		EAST 81 days	Flying together. 30,000 plus NM
1997	Tony Cowan Ced Hughes Bill Purchase	UK	2 Chipmunks 1 Islander		WP962 WP833 G-PASU		EAST Across Russia	Flying together
1997	Waldemar Miszkurka , Andrzej Szymanski, Boguslaw Gajek	POLAND	Antonov-2		SP-DLA		EAST	First RTW flight by Polish pilots
1997	Jürgen Fuchs & Harmut Bader	GERMANY	Mooney M20M		D-ERFU		EAST
1998	Gary Burns Alex Schenk	AUSTRALIA	Lancair IV		VH-LKG		EAST	http://home.iprimus.com.au/gkburns/
1998	Lee Joo Hak (Peter)	KOREA	Cherokee 235	Geum Kang II	N15152		EAST 36 days	26,000 NM
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	Mario Ardoino	AUSTRALIA	Archer		VH-MGA	WEST
1998	Nikki Mitchell Rhonda Miles	USA	Maule M5E				EAST 49 days	Across whole of mainland Russia
1998	Reed Prior	USA	Mooney M20J		N60RP		WEST
1999	Horst Ellenberger + diff. copilots	GERMANY	Turbine Bonanza	Orion	D-EVIK		EAST	Flying together
	Peter Woelfel + varying pax	GERMANY	Bonanza A36	Papa Whisky	N10PW
	Robert Reiss	USA	Turbine Bonanza	Third time	N9675R
1999	Mario Ardoino	AUSTRALIA	Archer		VH-MGA		WEST	Second flight
2000	H G Schmid	SWITZERLAND	Long EZ Homebuilt		HB-YCT		EAST 27 days	Speed record
2000	H G Schmid	SWITZERLAND	Long EZ Homebuilt		HB-YCT		WEST 27 days	Second flight Speed record
2000	Jon Johanson	AUSTRALIA	Van RV4		VH-NOJ		EAST	Via the North Pole
2000	Robert Ragozzino	USA	Stearman N2S-B				EAST 5 months
2001	Masaki Kubara (pilot) Kozo Takita (pilot and team leader) Hiroshi Kazama (pilot) Tetsuo Inoue (journalist)	JAPAN	Malibu		JA4084		EAST	Flying together. Other participating aircraft : One Bonanza A36 N3616Z (Seatle-Tokyo) One Mooney M20 (Canadian legs) One Pilatus PC-12 N660NR(ditched in Russian waters) Details on: http://www18.tok2.com/home/soar/world.htm
2001	Fumio Oyama (pilot) Shojiro Hamatani (pilot) Akinori China (pilot) Yukata Otsu (journalist)	JAPAN	Malibu		JA4200		EAST
2001	Polly Vacher	UK	Piper Dakota		G-FRGN		EAST
2001	Lloyd Harmon & Bill Clark	USA	Mooney Ovation		N91678		EAST	Participating in London-Sydney Air Race FAI Circum Badge
2001	Michel Gordillo	SPAIN	MCR-01		EC-ZBQ		EAST	Seneca chase plane
2001	Gérard Moss	BRAZIL	Ximango		PT-ZAM		WEST
2002	Bill Finlen	AUSTRALIA	Bonanza		VH-TYE		WEST
2002	Flemming & Angela Pederesen	SWITZERLAND	Mooney	HoneyMooney	HB-DVN		EAST	http://honeymooney.com/
2002	Dick Smith & various copilots	AUSTRALIA	Cessna Caravan		VH-SHZ		EAST
2002	Salvatore Tasca & Mario Battistello	Italy	Cessna 210		OO-TVH		WEST	229 hrs, 07 mns for 33,205 NM
2003	Jason Bahnsen	AUSTRALIA	Mooney		VH-JDY		WEST
2003	Paul Ryan and Alan McMahon	Ireland	Cherokee Six		PH-SMD		EAST	www.jumpseatproductions.com/WF
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	Antonio Feria e Mello	Portugal	Bonanza		CS-AZI		EAST	His second RTW in a wheel chair http://www.asasdateimosia.com.pt/Default.htm
2003	Delfim Costa	Portugal	Cessna 210		CS-AOD		EAST	http:www.www.aindaalemdataprobana.com.pt
2003	CarolAnn Garratt	USA	Mooney MSE		N220FC		WEST	7 months, 36,667 nm. Feb 28-Oct 12
2004	John Coale	USA	Cessna 210		N30EW		EAST	http://www.N30EW.com/
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 both pilots
2004	Matevz Lanarcic	SLOVENIA	Pipistrel Sinus 912				EAST
2005	Steve Fossett	USA	Model 311	Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer	N277SF		EAST	First non stop solo RTW
2005	Bil Randolph	USA	RV8		N878DZ		EAST
2005	Dean Stahr	USA	Cessna T182RG		N4906S		WEST	Oldest US pilot
2005-2007	Henkell Marrk & Armin Stief	GERMANY	Cirrus SR22-G3		N241PK		East	http://www.n-flight-enroute.com
2006	Manuel Queiroz	UK	RV-6	Slavka	G-GDRV		EAST	www.chasingthemorningsun.com
2006	Perren Stephan & Nicolas	SWITZERLAND	Mooney		HB-DGL		EAST
2006	Rolandas Paksas & Vladimir Makagonov	LITHUANIA RUSSIA	SM 2000	Phoenix	HA-SMA		WEST	Second RTW for Vladimir Makagonov
2006	Ulf & Matthias Muehlbacher	GERMANY	Turbine Piper PA46 Malibu		N49HF		EAST	Gold Star Award for Web Excellence http://www.worldflight2006.de
2007	Arnim Stief and Markus Henkell	GERMANY	Cirrus SR 22		N241PK		EAST	http://www.n-flight-enroute.com
2007	Jens Abilgaard Hansen	DANEMARK	Cessna 182		N2217L		EAST	www.hosbiz.com
2007	Peter Mennel and Reinhard Flatz	AUSTRIA	Bonanza	The Spirit of Bregenz	N5NZ		EAST	80 hours, 14 days http://www.upcs.at/allgemeines/downloads/files/ Tagebuch_einer_Reise_mit_Hindernissen.pdf
2007	Wojciech Mirski	SWITZERLAND	Comanche 260C		HB-OTF		EAST	http://www.flying-doctor.ch
2007	Barrington Irving	USA	Colombia 400	Inspiration	N731EA		EAST	http://www.experienceaviation.org/ First African American and youngest RTW solo
2007	Farhad Rostampour and Arshid Moti-Ghavanin	IRAN	Bonanza F33		N266DC		EAST	http://freedomflight.us First Iranian pilots
2007	Uwe Thomas Carstensen & Sebastian Rothammel (first half), Hans Christian Albertsen(second half)	GERMANY	Cessna 206	Marie	D-EMCA		EAST	www.globeflight-rallye.com/en_start.php
2007	Norman Livingstone & Vajee Misakawan	Canada & Thailand	Ovation	Nang Fah	N667DL		EAST	www.around-the-world-2007.com/
2008	Marc Aurel Lehmann & Karl-Heinz Maxwita	GERMANY	Diamond D40 XL		N351DS		EAST	http://www.flugzeug-weltumrundung.de
2008	Ron Siwik	USA	Bonanza		N2092W		WEST
2008	Jim Nisbet	UK	Mooney		G-CERT		EAST	www.jimsbigadventure.co.uk
2008	Jacques Lemaigne du Breuil Richard de Tscharner Mario Julen	FRANCE	PC12		LX-JFN		EAST	http://www.wingsandbridges.org/
2008	CarollAnn Garratt Carol Foy	USA	Mooney	Silver Wings	N220FC		WEST	http://www.alsworldflight.com Dash for a cure: CarollAnn second RTW
2009	Ludwig Frieling & Jürgen Hoch	GERMANY	Cessna P210N	Silver Eagle	D-EMDT		EAST
2009	Andy Hopper	UK	Cessna 210		G-SEEK		WEST
2009	Rolf Frieden & Manfred Melloh	SWISS AUSTRALIA	Comanche P24/260		HB-PON		EAST	http://blog.mailasail.com/comanche.hb-pon
2009	Blythe Mike & Pitman James	SOUTH AFRICA	SLING		ZU-TAP		WEST	http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/world/default.asp
2010	Bovier Yannick	Switzerland	CTLS	Dreamcatcher	HB-WYB		WEST	http://www.azimut270.ch/
2010	Agullo Francisco	Switzerland	CTLS	Céline	HB-WYA		WEST	http://www.azimut270.ch/

2010	Total to date = 165 flights with single engine aircraft

Last update: July 9, 2010

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