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From Daniel Ramseier, our host in Switzerland:

Dear Earthrounders,

We sincerely hope you are well and healthy and we look forward at seeing you in September at Château-d'Oex in Switzerland.
It seems that the World is moving back to 'normallity' and we are confident we will be able to hold our reunion.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and the very best for a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Stay safe and healthy.

Kindest regards

Switzerland Meeting News Letter N° 4

October 17, 2021:

Sincere congratulations to Adam and Katie Stites for the successful completion of their RTW in their Mooney N1OKG. They landed on October 16th at KAVQ.
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October 5, 2021:

News Letter form Makgas on 'Safe Countries" and information on Russia.

October 5, 2021:

Just another reminder:
Those Earthrounders who want to apply for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge, MUST register and get a Sporting Licence from their national Aero Club BEFORE they start the flight.
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September 15, 2021:

Sincere congratulations to Amir and Tamra Hyster for the successful completion of their Eastbound RTW.
They flew their Vision Jet N16AT from and to Centennial Airport (KAPA).
They are the first amateur pilot/crew to have flown around the World in a single engine Jet aircraft.
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September 14, 2021:

Belated congratulations to Tom Grossgar, his wife Natalie and young children Jean and Claire for the successful completion of their Westbound RTW.
They were flying a beautiful Aerostar (all Aerostars are beautiful, according to the Webmaster!)
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Martina and Alex

September 13, 2021:

Sincere congratulations to Martine Kist and Alex Gronberger for the successful completion of their Eastbound RTW.
Part of their Buenos Aires to Buenos Aires trip they landed at Coeur d'Alene Airport, Idaho (KCOE) where they were in April.
There, they did come across Tom and his family flying Wesbound in an Aerostar.
They were also lucky to come across Amir and Tamra Hyster in their Vision Jet N16AT, flying together from St Petersburg to Anadyr in Russia.
Meeting in KCOE, April 2021
Their blog.

September 1, 2021:

A sad day for all Earthrounders.
We lost our friend Sergey Terehkin. He passed away peacefully testerday in a Madrid Hospice. He was 73.
He was our Host in the Earthrounders Meering in Saint Petersburg in 2014.
We all of course thought the world of Sergey and he and I did many flying trips in all parts of the world and we became the best of friends.
Bob Bates
Our sincere condolences to his wife, daughter Anna and grandson and to all who knew Sergey.

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August 24, 2021:

One Iridium phone available FREE.
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August 19, 2021:

Yesterday, August 18, 2021, Zara Rutherford, a British-Belgian lady, 19 years old, took off from the International airport Kortrijk-Wevelgem (Belgium-Europe) for a flight westbound around the world and so to overfly 52 countries. She is in the Slovakian built "Shark", a VLA-aircraft. She plans to become the youngest female solo pilot around the World.
She is already in Scotland.
We wish her success all along.
https://flyzolo.com/
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August 12, 2021:

Sincere congratulations to John Bone for the successful completion of his second Eastbound RTW.
He landed on August 10 in Apalachicola, FL
"I flew over 7,000 miles in Russia and cannot say enough about how helpful, friendly and accommodating the Russian pilots, mechanics, airport workers and everyone else were. A very friendly general aviation country. "
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John Bone's first Westbound 2017 RTW
https://forgottencoastflyers.com/

August 3, 2021:

Nineteen year old, Zara Rutherford announced her departure from Belgium on August 18.
She plans to be the youngest female solo pilot to fly around the World.
Wishing her success, fair winds and blue skies all along.
https://flyzolo.com/

July 14 2021:

John Bone departed Florida on June 26th for his second Eastbound RTW. He is now in Russia and was welcomed in Konakovo (UEEL) by Maxim Sotnikov and Natalia Sotnikova.

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In Konakovo.

July 13 2021:

Sincere congratulations to Travis Ludlow for the successful completion of his RTW.
He wanted to be the youngest solo pilot around the World.
Upon verification, he has beaten the precedent youngest pilot, Mason William Andrews (RTW2018) by 13 days.
https://aroundtheworldsolo.co.uk
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July 13 2021:

John Bone is welcomed in Konakovo (UUEL), Russia by 4 and a half Earthrounders...
Thanking Natasha Sotnikova for the photo and thenews.
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July 12 2021:

Adan Stites plans to leave Tucson (KTUS) for Europe and an Easterly RTW.

June 29, 2021:

Another contender to become the youngest pilot to fly solo around the World.
From Bryan Meijer from Bunbury in Western Australia (YBUN):
Ever since I was about six I had the desire to fly. So as soon as I turned 13 and was old enough to start working I got my first job as a kitchen hand in a little restaurant 5km away from my house. I worked almost every Saturday and Sunday for the next 3 years. This was to pay for flight school at my local airport where I would train once a fortnight in order to get my pilots licence. I then set my sights on being the youngest person to fly solo around the world and beat the record by over a year, flying over 5 contents, over 20 countries and further than 26000 nautical miles.

Wishing Bryan fair winds, blue skies and fair weather all along and success in his project…

https://bryanmeijer2004.wixsite.com/roundtheworld
bryanmeijer2004@gmail.com
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June 21, 2021:

Sincere gongratulations to Shinji Maeda for the successful completion of his RTW in his red "V" tail Bonanza N9787Y. He landed at Snohomish airport. WA. on June 11.
He is the secong RTW and the first solo RTW to be completed since the pandemic.

Read two articles on his memorable fligt:
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/june/17/maeda-completes-circumnavigation-in-bonanza
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-22000-miles-and-18-countries-he-landed-in-snohomish/

June 20, 2021:

SWITZERLAND MEETING
Hope you are all well .
Unfortunately our Meeting in Swtzerland this year is being postponed again to next year due to the pandemic.
The new dates are now: From Tuesday Sunday 27 September to 2 October 2022.
Looking forward at meeting again…

Cheer up and wishing you to stay safe.

More on Switzerland Meeting: News Letter N° 3.

June 12, 2021:

Travis Ludlow is now in Alaska.
He met with Art Mortvedt in Manley Hot Springs.
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Thanking Art for the picture.

June 12, 2021:

Nineteen year old, Zara Rutherford, will try to be the youngest female solo plot to fly around the World.
She plans to start in August.
Wishing her fair winds and good weather all along...

https://flyzolo.com/

May 27, 2021:

Young Travis Ludlow plans to leave the UK on May 29th, 2021, trying to become the youngest pilot to fly around the World.
Present youngest pilot is Mason William Andrews who was 18 years, 5 months and 10 days old, at the completion of his RTW in 2018.

Wishing Travis fair winds, blue skies and fair weather all along.

https://aroundtheworldsolo.co.uk

Thanking Jim Nisbet for the information

May 27, 2021:

Great news from those rare Earthrounders on the move:

Sincere congratulations to Tom and his family (wife and two young children) for the successful completion of his RTW in their Aerostar. They just landing back in Germany.

Martina and Alex Gronbergerr are in Iceland after a successful crossing of the North Atlantic. In Buffalo they met Earthrounder Ravinder Bansal (RTW 2018) and his wife Pratibha.
Their blog.

And Shinji Maeda is in Sri Lanka, on his way East in his bright red 'V' Bonnza.
aerozypangu.com

For earlier notices, please click here