FORM FOR CONFIRMATION OF ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHTS
Pilot(s) name(s)
First name: Henning
Surname: Huffer
Nationality: Germany
Other crew/passengers who flew part of the journey:
First name: Wolfgang
Surname: Freund (Cameraman)
Leg(s) flown:Barnsville, Ohio to san Francisco, American Samoa to Karlsruhe, Germany
Class of Aircraft: (single, twin, homebuilt, helicopter, ultra light, balloon.) Single
Brand: (i.e.: Beechcraft): Mooney
Model: (i.e.: Bonanza): 201
Type: (i.e. A35): M20j
Name of aircraft if any (ie. Spirit of the Wind, or whatever):
Registration: N201XP
Route (Eastbound, Westbound, via the Poles): Wesstbound
How did you cross the Atlantic Ocean (North, Centre, South)? North
How did you cross the Pacific Ocean (North, Centre, South)? Center
Date of departure: May 27, 1978
Point of departure: Barnsville, Ohio
Date of return to point of departure: September 23, 1978 (*)
Point of return:
Duration: (days): 119
Duration: (flying hours): 256
Distance flown: 31 200 NM
How many overnight stops did you make? : 51
How many any additional refuelling stops, if any? : 23
How many countries did you visit (count only where overnighted)? : 23
Means of communication used: HF Radio, sat telephone, e-mail by HF radio, other? : HF and VHF
Did you use any satellite tracking system? Which one ?
Flight clearances: did you obtain them all, or part of them, yourself? : Myself
If not, which company did you use?:
Which insurance company did you use? : Allianz
Which was the easiest country or region that you flew through? : USA
Which was the most difficult? : India
Which was the best airport you landed at? : San Francisco Intl
Which was the worst? : Calcutta, India
Have you applied for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge/Are you thinking of doing so? : No
Have you set or broken any records during your RTW? : No
Did you create a Website about your flight? If so, what is the URL? No
General remarks about your flight:
Objective of the flight was a TV film about the Bounty and the mutineers. Great support from the personnel at San Francisco Intl Airport for filmg. Route across the Pcific: Hawaii, Christmas, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Tonga, Mangareva (Gambiers islands), foverflight over Pitcairn Island (=settlement of the Bounty mutineers in the Eastern Pacivic), back to Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Australia.
(*) I purchased the airplane in Barnsville, Ohio with the registration N201XP. After arriving in Karlsruhe, Germany, I sold it to a German individual (a client of mine) who had it registered in Germany (new tail N° DEBKB). At the end of May 1980 I ferried the aircraft from Germany to the US for avionics work, arriving in Akronm Ohio on May 29, 1980. Akron is just 60 miles north of Barnsville, the departure point for the RTW. Since the 5 legs across the North Atlantic in 1980 just took 4 days, I added them as the distance to the major part flown in 1978.
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Database Flight Number: 639
First name: Henning
Surname: Huffer
Nationality: Germany
Other crew/passengers who flew part of the journey:
First name: Wolfgang
Surname: Freund (Cameraman)
Leg(s) flown:Barnsville, Ohio to san Francisco, American Samoa to Karlsruhe, Germany
Class of Aircraft: (single, twin, homebuilt, helicopter, ultra light, balloon.) Single
Brand: (i.e.: Beechcraft): Mooney
Model: (i.e.: Bonanza): 201
Type: (i.e. A35): M20j
Name of aircraft if any (ie. Spirit of the Wind, or whatever):
Registration: N201XP
Route (Eastbound, Westbound, via the Poles): Wesstbound
How did you cross the Atlantic Ocean (North, Centre, South)? North
How did you cross the Pacific Ocean (North, Centre, South)? Center
Date of departure: May 27, 1978
Point of departure: Barnsville, Ohio
Date of return to point of departure: September 23, 1978 (*)
Point of return:
Duration: (days): 119
Duration: (flying hours): 256
Distance flown: 31 200 NM
How many overnight stops did you make? : 51
How many any additional refuelling stops, if any? : 23
How many countries did you visit (count only where overnighted)? : 23
Means of communication used: HF Radio, sat telephone, e-mail by HF radio, other? : HF and VHF
Did you use any satellite tracking system? Which one ?
Flight clearances: did you obtain them all, or part of them, yourself? : Myself
If not, which company did you use?:
Which insurance company did you use? : Allianz
Which was the easiest country or region that you flew through? : USA
Which was the most difficult? : India
Which was the best airport you landed at? : San Francisco Intl
Which was the worst? : Calcutta, India
Have you applied for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge/Are you thinking of doing so? : No
Have you set or broken any records during your RTW? : No
Did you create a Website about your flight? If so, what is the URL? No
General remarks about your flight:
Objective of the flight was a TV film about the Bounty and the mutineers. Great support from the personnel at San Francisco Intl Airport for filmg. Route across the Pcific: Hawaii, Christmas, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Tonga, Mangareva (Gambiers islands), foverflight over Pitcairn Island (=settlement of the Bounty mutineers in the Eastern Pacivic), back to Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Australia.
(*) I purchased the airplane in Barnsville, Ohio with the registration N201XP. After arriving in Karlsruhe, Germany, I sold it to a German individual (a client of mine) who had it registered in Germany (new tail N° DEBKB). At the end of May 1980 I ferried the aircraft from Germany to the US for avionics work, arriving in Akronm Ohio on May 29, 1980. Akron is just 60 miles north of Barnsville, the departure point for the RTW. Since the 5 legs across the North Atlantic in 1980 just took 4 days, I added them as the distance to the major part flown in 1978.
Advice to other pilots:
Please indicate here if you agree that we may use the information contained here on the Earthrounders website: I agree
Database Flight Number: 639