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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 
May 17, 2008 :
"Us 2 sixty year olds are going around the world in 2010 -- the plane is called bird of prey--I am Ed or as some say the crazy guy in the blue hangar
--there is a real human interest story around this trip and the aircraft--her's a pic to give u a taste." Ed Pull Larger picture May 12, 2008 : Jim Nisbet is now in Oman. www.jimsbigadventure.co.u May 11, 2008 : Marc Aurel Lehmann announces his departure from Bienenfarm (EDOI), Germany for an Easterly RTW with Karl-Heinz Maxwitat in a DA 40 XL N351DS Wishing them fair winds and blue skies. www.flugzeug-weltumrundung.de May 4, 2008 : Ralf and Marga Hannemann are selling Australian maps and charts. Details May 1, 2008 : Jim Nisbet announces his departure tomorrow from Prestwick, Scotland, for his Eastbound RTW. He is with a friend in his Mooney 252 He will shortly have a Website showing his progress. Fair winds and blue skies. April 30, 2008 : Piper Comanche tank for sale. Details April 23, 2008 : Mike Hebel and Mookie Bahiri announce their departure in May-June for a RTW flight in their Baron 58 N158BB. Fair winds and blue skies. www.aroundtheygo.com April 22, 2008 : Ralf and Marga Hannemann are selling their RTW Partenavia, D-GHAN and a life raft. Details April 20, 2008 : Norm Livingstone has two very good Survival Suits (Mustang Ocean Commander) for sale. Details April 19, 2008 : "I never disappear... I just fail to report where I am at!" says still-going-strong one-day-to-be Earthrounder Bob Gannon, when recently asked what he was up to by the website team. So here is the low down and a word of warning: look out for Lucky Lady Too some day soon in an airport near you - and before you read Bob's full reply, take a deep breath and eat your heart out. Letter, photos and map from Bob Gannon 
April 14, 2008 :
CarolAnn Garratt has flown around the world in a Mooney before.
This time, she is taking a co-pilot and aiming to break the round-the-world record for single-engine aircraft, by making the flight start-to-finish in just seven days.
Garratt and teammate Carol Foy, a past winner of the Air Race Classic, plan to launch this December. They are paying all of their own expenses,
but hope the world flight will raise $1 million for ALS research. From AVwebGood luck! CarolAnn's first RTW flight www.alsworldflight.com/ April 12, 2008 : Information on exemptions for overflight-navigation fees in Thailand. www.earthrounders.com/cgi/plan_asia.php April 11, 2008 : Congratulations to Ralph and Marga Hannemann for the sucessful completion of their RTW in their Partenavia D-GHAN. They landed at Hassfurt, EDQT, yesterday at 12.58 Z. They flew 340:32 hours, had 92 landings and flew 83 259 km ( actually twice around the world) = 44 956 NM while visiting 29 countries on all continents. They were glad to be reunited with their twin-daughters Angela and Nathalie. www.geier-flyer.com/GeierFlyerUK/index.php April 7, 2008 : Congratulations to Jared Isaacman and his team for their succesfull RTW in 84 hours. They did not break the record they were after but are claiming 17 speed records. Read the full story: www.speedaroundtheworld.com April 4, 2008 : Jared Isaacman and his crew are on their second attempt to break the speed record around the World in a Cessna Mustang Citation. http://www.speedaroundtheworld.com March 30, 2008 : Seeking information on a RTW Bonanza lost between Japan and Midway in the '50. Details March 25, 2008 : WARNING IF YOU ARE FLYING IN THE AMAZON BASIN REGION OF VENEZUELA Read the full text on the South America Info Page 
March 18, 2008: Ralph and Marga Hannemann are having a beautiful time on a cruise ship on the
Galapagos Islands and saw all the wonderful nature and the animals.They expect to be back in Germany within 24 days.Larger photo www.geier-flyer.com/GeierFlyerUK/index.php 
March 8, 2008 :
To-day is the last day of a very successful South African Earthrounders Meeting in Cape Town. For more details, see left column, "Day-to-day Report".Everybody is looking forward to the next meeting in Brazil. Photo: Four Earthrounders, Gerard Moss, CarollAnn Garratt, Claude Meunier and Wayne Collins, enjoying lunch. Larger picture February 26, 2008: From Wing Commander Rahul Monga a Discovery Channel video report covering his Round the World Flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PcSmPZKmQ 
February 25, 2008:
Paul Moyle sends this photo of his Saratoga N515SC on Lord Howe Island. They are finally on their way to Christmas Island, now that fuel is available there.
Larger photo and more... 
February 16, 2008:
Five months have passed since fellow Earthrounder Steve Fosset disappeared mysteriously over the Nevada desert - his aircraft has never been found.
He has now been officially declared dead. We send our sympathies to his family. February 15, 2008: Congratulations to Morten Lund and his crew for a successful RTW in a Pilatus PC-12. They landed yesterday afternoon in Palma de Majorca. www.smilingflyer.com 
February 9, 2008:
Marga and Ralf Hanneman sent this photo from Easter Island. They are now in South America. Larger photo www.geier-flyer.com/GeierFlyerUK/index.php January 19, 2008: Looking for a Co-pilot for a Round the World Flight in April 2009 Full details Email: propilotcessna@gmail.com January 16, 2008: Interested in Self-Flying on an African Safari after the South Africa Meeting? Join some of the Earthrounders and contact Dave at African Aero Safaris or visit his Site at African Aero Safaris or read details here. January 4, 2008: RTW without Avgas...the competition is on... From AOPA Online: First it was ballooning legend Bertrand Piccard announcing that his piloted solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse, would fly nonstop around the world in 2011. Now Lisa Airplanes in France, is currently developing a "Hy-Bird" airplane using both fuel cell and 10 percent solar energy and Boeing is prepares a fuel cell demonstrator airplane based on a Dimona motor glider, 
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