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Pilot(s) name(s)
First name: Wolfgang
Surname: Hamann
Nationality: Germany
Other crew/passengers who completed part of the circumnavigation:
First name: Andreas
Surname: Kornelson
Nationality:
Nation: Germany
Class of Aircraft: (single, twin, homebuilt, helicopter, ultra light, balloon.) Single
Brand: (i.e.: Beechcraft): Piper
Model: (i.e.: Bonanza): Turbo Arrow IV
Type: (i.e. A35): PA 28RT-210T
Name of aircraft if any (ie. Spirit of the Wind, or whatever):
Registration: N-600KR
Route (Eastbound, Westbound, via the Poles): Westbound
How did you cross the Atlantic Ocean (North, Centre, South)? South
How did you cross the Pacific Ocean (North, Centre, South)? South
Date of departure: 02/09/1991
Point of departure: D-EFL
Date of return to point of departure: 10/2/1992
Point of return: D-EFL
Duration: (days): 163
Duration: (flying hours): 280
Distance flown: 57 600KM
How many overnight stops did you make? : 38
How many any additional refuelling stops, if any? : 38
How many countries did you visit (count only where overnighted)? : 20
Itinerary: Germany, Luxembourgh, Spain (Sevilla), Teneriffa, Cape Verdem Brasilia, Salvador de Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Negrinho, Foz de Iguacu, Porto Alegre, Beunos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Robinson Crusoa Iskand, Easer Islans, Mangareva, Tahitim Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Auckland, Sydente, Mt Isa, Darwin, Smith Point,Ujung Padang, Tana Torana, Bali, Yogyakarta, Singapore, Dahka, Madras, Karachi, Dubai, Muchalla, sanaa, Luxor, Cairo, Alexandria, Kerkira, Vienna, Frankfurt, Giessen Lützellinden (Back home)
Means of communication used: HF Radio, sat telephone, e-mail by HF radio, other? : HF radio
Did you use any satellite tracking system? Which one ? GPS
Flight clearances: did you obtain them all, or part of them, yourself? : All by myself
If not, which company did you use?:
Which insurance company did you use? : I simply can't remember, it was not important to me
Which was the easiest country or region that you flew through? : South America, French Polynesia
Which was the most difficult? : India, Egypt, saudi Arabia, Pakistan
Which was the best airport you landed at? : Sydney
Which was the worst? : Karachi, Pakistan
Have you applied for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge/Are you thinking of doing so? : Never heard about it
Have you set or broken any records during your RTW? : Never asked for something like this. When I landed at Easter Island, I was told that I have been the first single angine solo flight that arrived from Chile, I was given a placard.
Did you create a Website about your flight? If so, what is the URL? No
General remarks about your flight:
In the air everybody is helpful, the problems are atrting on the ground with the bureaucracy. If you do not use an agent, which I never did, they charge a lot, so they try to drive you crazy, by finding a lot of bureacratic nonsense.
Andreas Kornelson flew between EDFL and SBRF
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Database Flight Number: 450
First name: Wolfgang
Surname: Hamann
Nationality: Germany
Other crew/passengers who completed part of the circumnavigation:
First name: Andreas
Surname: Kornelson
Nationality:
Nation: Germany
Class of Aircraft: (single, twin, homebuilt, helicopter, ultra light, balloon.) Single
Brand: (i.e.: Beechcraft): Piper
Model: (i.e.: Bonanza): Turbo Arrow IV
Type: (i.e. A35): PA 28RT-210T
Name of aircraft if any (ie. Spirit of the Wind, or whatever):
Registration: N-600KR
Route (Eastbound, Westbound, via the Poles): Westbound
How did you cross the Atlantic Ocean (North, Centre, South)? South
How did you cross the Pacific Ocean (North, Centre, South)? South
Date of departure: 02/09/1991
Point of departure: D-EFL
Date of return to point of departure: 10/2/1992
Point of return: D-EFL
Duration: (days): 163
Duration: (flying hours): 280
Distance flown: 57 600KM
How many overnight stops did you make? : 38
How many any additional refuelling stops, if any? : 38
How many countries did you visit (count only where overnighted)? : 20
Itinerary: Germany, Luxembourgh, Spain (Sevilla), Teneriffa, Cape Verdem Brasilia, Salvador de Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Negrinho, Foz de Iguacu, Porto Alegre, Beunos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Robinson Crusoa Iskand, Easer Islans, Mangareva, Tahitim Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Auckland, Sydente, Mt Isa, Darwin, Smith Point,Ujung Padang, Tana Torana, Bali, Yogyakarta, Singapore, Dahka, Madras, Karachi, Dubai, Muchalla, sanaa, Luxor, Cairo, Alexandria, Kerkira, Vienna, Frankfurt, Giessen Lützellinden (Back home)
Means of communication used: HF Radio, sat telephone, e-mail by HF radio, other? : HF radio
Did you use any satellite tracking system? Which one ? GPS
Flight clearances: did you obtain them all, or part of them, yourself? : All by myself
If not, which company did you use?:
Which insurance company did you use? : I simply can't remember, it was not important to me
Which was the easiest country or region that you flew through? : South America, French Polynesia
Which was the most difficult? : India, Egypt, saudi Arabia, Pakistan
Which was the best airport you landed at? : Sydney
Which was the worst? : Karachi, Pakistan
Have you applied for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge/Are you thinking of doing so? : Never heard about it
Have you set or broken any records during your RTW? : Never asked for something like this. When I landed at Easter Island, I was told that I have been the first single angine solo flight that arrived from Chile, I was given a placard.
Did you create a Website about your flight? If so, what is the URL? No
General remarks about your flight:
In the air everybody is helpful, the problems are atrting on the ground with the bureaucracy. If you do not use an agent, which I never did, they charge a lot, so they try to drive you crazy, by finding a lot of bureacratic nonsense.
Andreas Kornelson flew between EDFL and SBRF
Advice to other pilots:
Please indicate here if you agree that we may use the information contained here on the Earthrounders website: Yes, I agree
Database Flight Number: 450