Yet more August completions of RTWs!
Sincere congratulations go to Max Melcher for the successful completion of his RTW in Diamond Twinstar DA42 N1836T.
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 airfields 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
We have recently been told by Earthrounder Antoine Gini (RTW 1992) that earthrounder Marcel Large, president of 'Raid International' did his very last flight. He died 26 March 2025. Antoine and Marcel flew around the world together in Marcel's Mooney 231 F-GDFV.
Photo' 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