| Round-the-World Flights 1945 thru 1949 |
Revision: 07/17/2007
| 1945 ....."Globester Air Command Round-the-World Flight" (TO-1365) |
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From: 09/28/45 To: 10/05/45 (Washington DC to Washington DC)
Miles Flown: 23,279 miles Flying Time: 116H 23M in 149H 44M Plane Type: Douglas Skymaster C-54E (DC-4) Plane Name: Globester Pilots Name: Capt John J.Ohlinger (start) & Major James A.Worrell Jr (finish) + 10 others Comments: Inauguration of regular weekly Round-the-World Flight Service. |
| 1945 ....."Army Air Force End-of-War Round-the-World Flight" |
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From: 11/25/45 To: 11/29/45 (Savannah GA to Washington DC)
Miles Flown: 24,859 miles Duration Time: 96H 50M Plane Type: Douglas A-26 Invader Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: Col Joseph R. Holzapple w/Lt Col Charles R. Meyers, Co-pilot ...................Lt Otto H.Schumacher, Navigator & Cpl Howard J.Walden, radio operator Comments: Proved that US light bombers could be dispatched to any point in the world. |
| 1947 ....."Odom & Reynolds Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1387) |
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From: 04/12/47 To: 04/16/47 (New York to New York, NY)
Miles Flown: 20,000 miles Flying Time: 78H 55M 56S Plane Type: Douglas A-26 Invader Plane Name: Reynold's Bombshell Pilot Names: William P. "Bill" Odom & T. Carroll "Tex" Sallee as co-pilot Comments: Set new Round-the-World record. |
| 1947 ....."Pan American Round-the-World Press Ceremonial Flight" (TO #1393) |
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From: 06/17/47 To: 06/30/47 (New York to New York)
Miles Flown: 22,297 miles Duration Time: 101H 32M in 13 days Plane Type: Model 749 Super Constallation Plane Name: America Pilot Name: Hugh H. Gordon III (NY/Calcutta) & Gordon F. Maxwell (Calcutta/San Francisco) Comments: Round-the-World Trial Flight with members of the press as passengers. |
| 1947 ....."Sabor Passenger Trip Round-the-World" |
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From: 06/26/47 To: 07/04/47 (San Francisco, CA to New York City, NY)
Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Super Constallations Plane Name: xx Pilot Names: Several Comments: Round-the-World as a Pan American Passenger. |
| 1947 ....."Pan American FAM-14 Round-the-World First Flight" |
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From: 06/26/47 To: 07/04/47 (San Francisco to New York via Calcutta)
Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Model 749 Super Constallation Plane Name: xx Pilot Names: G.A. Wilson (San Francisco to Honolulu) ..............G.C. Gibbs (Honolulu to Wake) ..............H.J. Beyer (Wake to Guam) ..............W.M. Pryce (Guam to Calcutta) Comments: First regular Round-the-World Air Service in westerly direction. |
| 1947 ....."Pan American FAM-18 Round-the-World First Flight" |
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From: 06/27/47 To: 07/04/47 (New York to San Francisco cia Calcutta)
Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Super Constallation Plane Name: xx Pilot Names: Olaf S. Abrahamsen Comments: First regular Round-the-World Air Service in easterly direction.. |
| 1947 ....."Northwest Orient Flies to Shanghai Connecting for Round-the-World Flight Service" |
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From: 07/24/47 To: 08/10/47 (Salt Lake, UT to Abeline, TX via Shanghai, China)
Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: Northwest Orient with TWA now girdles the globe with RTW service via Shanghai. |
| 1947 ....."Odom Solo Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1396) |
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From: 08/07/47 To: 08/11/47 (Chicago to Chicago, IL)
Miles Flown: 19,645 miles Flying Time: 73H 5M 11S Plane Type: Douglas A-26 (Invader) Plane Name: Reynold's Bombshell Pilot Name: William P. "Bill" Odom Comments: Odom broke all existing records for a solo Round-the-World flight. |
| 1947 ....."Truman & Evans Round-the-World Flight in Two Light Planes" (TO #1397) |
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From: 08/09/47 To: 12/10/47 (Teterboro to Teterboro, NJ)
Miles Flown: 25,162 miles Flying Time: 275H 25M in 122D 23H 4M Plane Type: Two Piper PA-12 Super Cruisers Plane Names: City of Angels (Truman) & City of Washington (Evans) Pilot Names: George Truman & Clifford Evans Comments: First Round-the-World Flight by single engine light planes. |
| 1947 ....."Vogue Magazine sponsors a RTW trip" |
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From: 08/17/47 To: 09/17/47 (New York City to New York City, NY)
Miles Flown: 23,190 Duration Time: 1 month Plane Type: Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments: Vogue sends Allene Talmey & Irving Penn RTW using US air carriers. |
| 1947 ....."Pan American Adds Tokyo to its Round-the-World Service" |
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From: 09/25/47 To: 09/28/47 (San Francisco CA to New York via Tokyo & Calcutta)
Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: Super Constallation Plane Name: Pilot Name: Sam Peters Comments: Pan Am begins alternate Round-the-World service via Tokyo and Calcutta. |
| 1948 ....."Atlas Sky Merchant Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1405) |
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From: 01/05/48 To: 04/15/48 (Teterboro to Teterboro, NJ)
Miles Flown: 44,500 miles Flying Time: 100 Days Plane Type: C-54(DC-4) Plane Name: Atlas Sky Merchant Pilot Name: Captain Ivan Smirnoff Comments: Philatelic proceeds from this RTW flight given to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. |
| 1948 ....."Pan American FAM-14 Adds Guam to its Round-the-World Service" |
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From: 07/03/48 To: 10/02/48 (Calcutta to Calcutta, India)
Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: Pan Am begins alternate Round-the-World service via Guam. |
| 1948 ....."Three B-29's Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1408) |
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From: 07/22/48 To: 08/06/48 (Tucson to Tucson, AZ)
Miles Flown: ~20,000 miles Flying Time: 103H 50M Plane Type: B-29 Superfortress Heavy Bombers Plane Names: Gas Gobbler & Lucky Lady Pilot Names: Lt Col R.W. Kline & 1st Lt Arthur M. Neal Comments: One plane crashed in Arabian Sea but remaining two planes made the RTW Flight. |
| 1948/49 ....."Richarda Morrow-Tait becomes 1st Woman to Fly Completely RTW" |
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From: 08/18/48 To: 08/19/49 (Croydon to Croydon, England)
Miles Flown: ~20,000 miles Flying Time: 1Y 1D Plane Type: Percival Proctor IV & BT-13 Vultee Valaint Plane Name: Thursday's Child & Next Thursday's Child Pilot Names: Richarda Morrow-Tait w/navigators, Michael Townsend/Jack Ellis Comments: Dikki won the honor of becoming the 1st woman to pilot a plane RTW. |
| 1949 ....."Pan American Expands its Round-the-World Service from Los Angeles & Boston" |
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From: 02/02/49 To: 10/19/49 (Los Angeles CA to Boston via Calcutta)
Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: Super Constallation Plane Name: Pilot Name: Jack H. Tilton (LA) & J. Knowing (Boston) Comments: Pan Am expands Round-the-World service from Los Angeles and Boston. |
| 1949 ....."Lucky Lady II Round-the-World Non-stop Flight" |
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From: 02/26/49 To: 03/02/49 (Fort Worth to Fort Worth, TX)
Miles Flown: 23,452 miles Flying Time: 3D 22H 1M Plane Type: B-50A Superfortress Bomber Plane Name: Lucky Lady II (s/n 46-010) Pilot Name: Capt James Gallagher with crew of 14 Comments: First Round-the-World non-stop flight with four in-flight re-fuelings. |
| 1949 ....."Pan American Expands its Round-the-World Service from Pacific Northwest" |
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From: 05/04/49 To: 05/09/49 (Seattle WA & Portland OR via Calcutta)
Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: Super Constallation Plane Name: Pilot Name: F.D. Campbell Comments: Pan Am expands Round-the-World service from Seattle and Portland. |
| 1949 ....."Reynold's Fastest Passenger to Travel Round-the-World" |
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From: 10/31/49 To: 11/07/49 (Los Angeles to Los Angeles, CA)
Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: Fastest trip Round-the-World by a plane passenger. |
| 1949 ....."Lanphier Fastest Passengen to Travel Round-the-World" |
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From: 12/02/49 To: 12/07/49 (New York to New York, NY)
Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: 4D 23H 47M Plane Type: Constellation, DC-4, Stratocruiser & DC-6 Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: Thomas G. Lanphier Jr. (passenger) Comments: In WW-II Lanphier shot down Yamamoto. |
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