Late but sincere congratulations to John Mayes for the successful completion of his RTW in his Citation N550J, in 1999.

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Sincere congratulations to Barry Payne and to Bob Bates for the successful completion of their RTW in Barry's Comanche ZK-BAZ.

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Sincere congratulations to Peter Wilson and to Andre de Freitas for the successful completion of their RTW in a Robinson R66 helicoter,completing an antipodal circumnavigation (eastbound). They landed on October 1, 2024, where thay had started on June in Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina, Brazil .

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A joyful gaggle of Earthrounders met in Seattle to commemorate the Centinary Anniversary of yhe first RTW in 1924.

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Sincere congratulations to Claudio Robetto and Bettina Raimondi for the successful completion of their RTW in a Mooney.

Sincere congratulations to Pieter Nel for his solo flight in a Mooney, being the first South African solo pilot around the World.

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Sincere congratulations to Mishaal Alusdairy for his solo flight in a DA42.
Thank you to Andrew Riedel for passing the news and for the link to an excellent video:
https://youtu.be/wPpdjbgb_jg?si=7si9ngd8K7gP3Uj1




From CarolAnn Garratt:(RTW 2003, 2008, 211)
Mooney for sale:
It has been a long and hard decision, but I've finally made it.
Full details.



Pieter Nel announces his departure around 22 July from KBLM, Monmouth Executive Airport in New Jersey, USA for a solo RTW in his Mooney N5810T.

https://www.pieternel.net/

The next Earthrounders Meeting will take place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia in 2025.
Please read the first Invitation Letter .

Sincere congratulations to Georges Adam and Hubert Sagnieres for their fifth RTW in a Pilatus PC-12-45, Spirit of Saint Exupery.
The flight was to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the first RTW of 1924 and also to celebrate the pulication of the new book by Hubert Sagnieres titled: Daring French explorations.

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From Peter Wilson (RTW 2017):
Andre de Freitas and I are about to circumnavigate the Globe through antipodes. Our frantic preparations culminate in take-off in his R66 from Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina, Brazil on the 18th of June.

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Project details:
https://www.threejourneysround.com/flying-rtw-2024

Our satellite beacon of progress here:
https://share.delorme.com/PetersAdventure

And follow our story:
http://www.facebook.com/threejourneysround

Casey Salbert will be departing Kitty Hawk on September 2024.
Wishing him fair weather and blue skies...

Young Barry Payne and young Bob Bates are planning to depart from Mount Hagen in PNG on Saturday, June 1st, for their RTW Young celbrating the 1924 first flight around the World .
They can be followed on a daily basis on their Site:
www.pngtours.com/tours/bobnbaz.htm
and on Flight Aware.

From John Bones, a fascinating video of their record flight in a Learjet 36A:
https://youtu.be/9ZGiTKexgQw?si=rTXjVtZWb3DtKJoLM
Thank you John.

Shinji Maeda (RTW 2021) and Adriam Eichhorn (RTW 2016) are planning a "Back to Japan" ; flight in 2025 to celebrate the relationship between Japan and the USA.
https://www.aerozypangu.com/japan-usa-friendship-flight

For earlier notices, please click here