Revision: 09/24/2007

1955 ....."Global Air Odessy Round-the-World Flight"

From: 06/02/55 To: 07/25/55 (New York to New York, NY) Miles Flown: 50,000 miles Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: Fresh Air Fund Global Round-the-World Flight.

1955 ....."BOAC Comet-3 Makes It Round-the-World"

From: 12/02/55 To: 12/28/55 (Hatfield to Hatfield, England) Miles Flown: 30,000 miles Duration Time: 27D Plane Type: Comet-3 Plane Name: G-ANLO Pilot's Names: Captain John Cunningham & Peter Bugge, co-pilot Comments: 1st BOAC Round-the-World Flight.

1956 ....."FAM-18 adds Philadelphia PA & Boston MA to RTW Flight Service"

From: 10/29/56 To: xx/xx/56 (Philadelphia/Boston to Philadelphia/Boston) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: FAM-18 expanded with the addition of Philadelphia & Boston to RTW routing.

1957 ....."Operation Power Flite - Three B-52's Flight Round-the-World Flight"

From: 01/16/57 To: 01/18/57 (Castle AFB to March AFB, CA) Miles Flown: 24,325 miles Flying Time: 45H 19M Plane Type: B-52 StratoFortress Bombers Plane Names: Lucky Lady III, La Victoria & Lonesome George Pilot Names: Lt Col James H. Morris, Major George Kalebaugh & Captain Charles Fink Comments: First jet Round-the-World non-stop with 4 in-flight re-fuelings.

1957 ....."Pan American Round-the-World Anniversary Flight"

From: 06/26/57 To: 06/30/57 (Philadelphia to San Francisco) Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Plane Name: Strat Pilot Name: xx Comments: 10th Anniversary Round-the-World flight.

1957 ....."FAM-18 flys over the North Pole to London & Paris connecting to RTW Service"

From: 09/10/57 To: 09/xx/57 (London/Paris to Lomdon/Paris) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: FAM-18 expanded with the addition of London & Paris to RTW routing.

1957 ....."GHOST is sent Round-the-World"

From: 11/18/57 To: xx/xx/57 (Eldu, Ghana to Eldu, Ghana - West Africa) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: Balloon Plane Name: J.F. Kennedy Pilot Name: Unmanned Comments: Global Horizontal Sounding Technique is launched by the AFCRL.

1957/58 ....."Qantas "Goodwill Flight" Round-the-World"

From: 12/20/57 To: 01/08/58 (Sydney to Sydney, Australia) Miles Flown: 28,000 miles Duration Time: 18 Days Plane Type: Super-G Constellation Plane Name: Southern Aurora Pilot Name: Ralph Bruce Comments: 1st Qantas Round-the-World Flight.

1958 ....."TWA & Northwest Orient Team up for Round-the-World Flight Services"

From: 01/01/58 To: 01/07/58 (New York City to New York City, NY) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: TWA's jetstream service tied to Northwest Orients makes them both RTW carriers.

1958 ....."Qantas inaugurates Round-the-World Flight Service"

From: 01/14/58 To: 01/20/58 (Sydney to Sydney, Australia) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: Super-G Constellation Plane Name: Southern Aurora Pilot Name: Comments: 1st Qantas Round-the-World Commercial Flight.

1958 ....."RAF Comet Jet Round-the-World Flight" (TO-1621)

From: 12/04/58 To: xx/xx/58 (Lyneham to Lyneham, England) Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: 80H Plane Type: Comet-2 Plane Name: XK-669 Pilot Name: S/L Taplin Comments: RAF successful Round-the-World flight.

1959 ....."Gluckmann Record-Setting Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: 08/22/59 To: 09/20/59 (San Francisco to San Francisco, CA) Miles Flown: 23,765 miles Flying Time: 29D 6H 9M Plane Type: Single Engine Meyers 200A Plane Name: N485C Pilot Name: Peter K. Gluckmann Comments: Record solo east Round-the-World Flight.

1959 ....."Pan American's 1st Round-the-World Jet Service"

From: 10/10/59 To: 10/13/59 (New York to San Francisco) Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Boeing 707-321 Jet Plane Name: Clipper Windward Pilot Name: xx Comments: Round-the-World Jet Flight Service.

1959 ....."Pan American Added Cities to its Round-the-World Jet Flight Service"

From: 10/25/59 To: 10/29/59 (Copenahgen, Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg & Dusseldorf) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: Boeing 707 Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: Faster 707s permitted non-stop international flights.

1959 ....."Pan Am adds Vienna, Austria to its RTW Jet Flight Service"

From: 12/22/59 To: 12/xx/59 (Vienna to Vienna, Austria) Miles Flown: xx Duration Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: xx Comments: Pan Am RTW flight service expands with the addition of Vienna, Austria.

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