FORM FOR CONFIRMATION OF ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHTS
Pilot(s) name(s)
First name: Peter
Surname: Wilson
Nationality: UK
Other people who have completed the full circumnavigation:
First name: Matthew
Surname: Gallagher
Nationality: UK
Class of Aircraft: (single, twin, homebuilt, helicopter, ultra light, balloon.): Helicopter
Brand: (i.e.: Beechcraft): Robinson
Model: (i.e.: Bonanza): R66
Type: (i.e. A35): R66
Name of aircraft if any (ie. Spirit of the Wind, or whatever):
Registration: G-DIGA
Route (Eastbound, Westbound, via the Poles): EASTBOUND
How did you cross the Atlantic Ocean (North, Centre, South)?
How did you cross the Pacific Ocean (North, Centre, South)?
Date of departure: 08 April 2017
Point of departure: Wycombe Air Park, EGTB
Date of return to point of departure: 07 August 2017
Point of return: Wycombe Air Park, EGTB
Duration: (days): 121
Duration: (flying hours): 327 engine hours
Distance flown: 32,000 nm/ 36,825 m/ 59,250 km
How many overnight stops did you make? : 78
How many any additional refuelling stops, if any? : 34
How many countries did you visit?: 42
Itinerary:
Means of communication used: HF Radio, sat telephone, e-mail by HF radio, other? : HF radio and Iridium Satphone link using i-GO
Did you use any satellite tracking system? Which one ? 7/01/2018elorme
Flight clearances: did you obtain them all, or part of them, yourself? : Canada & America, Self
If not, which company did you use?: General Aviation Support Egypt (G.A.S.E.) ROW; MAC General Aviation Services for Russia
Which insurance company did you use? : Dogtag and GEOS (personal); Haywards (helicopter)
Which was the easiest country or region that you flew through? : North America
Which was the most difficult? : Japan
Which was the best airport you landed at? : Too many good ones to pick one
Which was the worst? : U-Thapao (Thailand)
Have you applied for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge/Are you thinking of doing so? : No/yes
Have you set or broken any records during your RTW? : We became the first helicopter pilots to fly an equatorial, antipodal circumnavigation of Earth. We landed at the twinned cities of Palembang in Indonesia and Neiva in Colombia on opposite sides of Earth.
Did you create a Website of your RTW? If so, what is the URL? https://www.threejourneysround.com/round-the-world
General remarks about your flight:
Epic, and life changing! We saw the contrasts across the world including the welcoming people; wonderful cultures; wide levels of development, different uses of the land, and Nature’s power and beauty; the cold glacial northern latitudes and the hot sweaty equatorial latitudes; animals; history, politics, and much, much more.
Advice to other pilots:
Contact peter@plwilson.net
Please indicate here if you agree that we may use the information contained here on the Earthrounders website: Yes
Database Flight Number: 618
First name: Peter
Surname: Wilson
Nationality: UK
Other people who have completed the full circumnavigation:
First name: Matthew
Surname: Gallagher
Nationality: UK
Class of Aircraft: (single, twin, homebuilt, helicopter, ultra light, balloon.): Helicopter
Brand: (i.e.: Beechcraft): Robinson
Model: (i.e.: Bonanza): R66
Type: (i.e. A35): R66
Name of aircraft if any (ie. Spirit of the Wind, or whatever):
Registration: G-DIGA
Route (Eastbound, Westbound, via the Poles): EASTBOUND
How did you cross the Atlantic Ocean (North, Centre, South)?
How did you cross the Pacific Ocean (North, Centre, South)?
Date of departure: 08 April 2017
Point of departure: Wycombe Air Park, EGTB
Date of return to point of departure: 07 August 2017
Point of return: Wycombe Air Park, EGTB
Duration: (days): 121
Duration: (flying hours): 327 engine hours
Distance flown: 32,000 nm/ 36,825 m/ 59,250 km
How many overnight stops did you make? : 78
How many any additional refuelling stops, if any? : 34
How many countries did you visit?: 42
Itinerary:
Means of communication used: HF Radio, sat telephone, e-mail by HF radio, other? : HF radio and Iridium Satphone link using i-GO
Did you use any satellite tracking system? Which one ? 7/01/2018elorme
Flight clearances: did you obtain them all, or part of them, yourself? : Canada & America, Self
If not, which company did you use?: General Aviation Support Egypt (G.A.S.E.) ROW; MAC General Aviation Services for Russia
Which insurance company did you use? : Dogtag and GEOS (personal); Haywards (helicopter)
Which was the easiest country or region that you flew through? : North America
Which was the most difficult? : Japan
Which was the best airport you landed at? : Too many good ones to pick one
Which was the worst? : U-Thapao (Thailand)
Have you applied for the FAI Circumnavigator Badge/Are you thinking of doing so? : No/yes
Have you set or broken any records during your RTW? : We became the first helicopter pilots to fly an equatorial, antipodal circumnavigation of Earth. We landed at the twinned cities of Palembang in Indonesia and Neiva in Colombia on opposite sides of Earth.
Did you create a Website of your RTW? If so, what is the URL? https://www.threejourneysround.com/round-the-world
General remarks about your flight:
Epic, and life changing! We saw the contrasts across the world including the welcoming people; wonderful cultures; wide levels of development, different uses of the land, and Nature’s power and beauty; the cold glacial northern latitudes and the hot sweaty equatorial latitudes; animals; history, politics, and much, much more.
Advice to other pilots:
Contact peter@plwilson.net
Please indicate here if you agree that we may use the information contained here on the Earthrounders website: Yes
Database Flight Number: 618