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1930 ....."Mears & Brown Round-the-World Flight Attempt" (His #632)

From: 07/31/30 To: 08/01/30 (NY to NY but crashed at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland) Miles Flown: N/A Duration Time: N/A Plane Type: Lockheed Vega Monoplane Plane Name: The City of New York Pilot Name: Henry J. Brown with John Henry Mears as passenger Comments: Attempted Round-the-World Flight ending in a take-off crash.

1930/31 ....."Mrs Victor Bruce Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1120)

From: 09/25/30 To: 02/20/31 (Heston to Heston, England) Miles Flown: ~20,000 miles Flying Time: N/A Plane Type: Blackburn Bluebird IV BiPlane Plane Name: Bluebird (G-ABDS) Pilot Names: Mrs Victor Bruce Comments: Made east RTW Flight with ocean crossings by steamer.

1930/32 ....."Stephens & Halliburton Round-the-World Plane Tour"

From: 12/25/30 To: 04/30/32 (Los Angeles to Los Angeles, CA) Miles Flown: 40,000 miles Flying Time: N/A Plane Type: Stearman C3B Open-cockpit BiPlane Plane Name: The Flying Carpet Pilot Names: Moye W. Stephens Jr with Richard Halliburton as passenger. Comments: Round-the-World plane tour with Atlantic/Pacific crossings by steamer.

1931 ....."Day's Homebuilt Round-the-World Air Tour" (TO #1148)

From: 05/06/31 To: 12/20/31 (Teterboro NJ to Newark NJ) Miles Flown: 16,000 flight miles Duration Time: 7M 14D Plane Type: Day Model A BiPlane (homebuilt) Plane Name: Errant Pilot Name: Charles Healy Day with wife, Gladys M. Day Comments: They "flew the world" to the east w/ocean crossings by steamer.

1931 ....."Post & Gatty Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1141)

From: 06/23/31 To: 07/01/31 (New York to New York) Miles Flown: 15,474 miles Flying Time: 107H 2M in 8D 15H 51M Plane Type: Lockheed Vega 5-B w/P&W Wasp engine Plane Name: Winnie Mae (NC-105W) Pilot Name: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, navigator Comments: Fastest Round-the-World Flight.

1931 ....."Francis Chichester Solo Round-the-World Flight Attempt"

From: 07/03/31 To: 08/15/31 (Australia to London but crashed in Japan) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: de Havilland Gipsy Moth Biplane with floats Plane Name: Elijah Pilot Name: Francis Charles Chichester Comments: Attempted Round-the-World Solo Flight ending in crash in Katsuura Harbor.

1931 ....."Pangborn & Herndon Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1146)

From: 07/28/31 To: 10/05/31 (NY to NY) Miles Flown: N/A Flying Time: N/A Plane Type: Bellanca J-300 Special monoplane Plane Names: Miss Veedol Pilot Names: Clyde E. Pangborn & Hugh Herndon Jr. Comments: Missed setting a RTW record but made the 1st non-stop Pacific crossing.

1932 ....."Bertram Round-the-World Flight Attempt" (TO #1162)

From: 02/29/32 To: 05/15/32 (Cologne, Germany but forced landing in Timor Sea) Miles Flown: N/A Flying Time: N/A Plane Type: Junkers W-33D Plane Name: Atlantis 1925 Pilot Names: Hans Bertram with Adplph Klausmann, mechanic. Comments: RTW attempt ended with a forced landing & their "flight into hell."

1932 ....."Mattern & Griffin Round-the-World Flight Attempt" (TO #1167)

From: 07/05/32 To: 07/07/32 (NY to NY but crashed near Borisov, Russia) Miles Flown: 4,106 miles (NY to Berlin) Flying Time: 29H 31M (NY to Berlin) Plane Type: Lockheed Vega Plane Names: Century of Progress Pilot Names: James Mattern and Bennett Griffin Comments: Tried to beat Post and Gatty's Round-the-World record flight.

1932 ....."Von Gronau Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1168)

From: 07/22/32 To: 11/23/32 (List to List, Germany) Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Twin-engine Dornier Wal seaplane Plane Names: Gronland Wal Pilot Names: Wolfgang von Gronau with Gerth von Roth, copilot ...............Franzl Hack, mechanic & Fritz Albrecht, radio. Comments: Successful Round-the-World Flight.

1932 ....."Juanita Burns Announces a Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/32 To: xx/xx/32 (Los Angeles to Los Angeles, CA) Miles Flown: N/A Flying Time: N/A Plane Type: N/A Plane Name: City of Los Angeles Pilot Name: Juanita Burns Comments: Announced Round-the-World solo flight but never flown.

1933 ....."Century of Progress Round-the-World Flight Attempt"

From: 05/24/33 To: 06/01/33 (Chicago to Chicago IL) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Lockheed-Sirius Monoplane Plane Name: Spirit of Progress Pilot Names: W McKinley Solberg, Chief Aviator & Lieutenant Ross Mahachek Comments: Around-the-World Flyers attempt RTW flight from the Century of Progress in Chicago.

1933 ....."Century of Progress Round-the-World Posting"

From: 05/25/33 To: 08/xx/33 (Chicago IL to Radcliffe IA) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Plane Name: Various Pilot Names: Comments: Cover sent RTW from the Century of Progress in Chicago.

1933 ....."Mattern Solo Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1177)

From: 06/03/33 To: 07/29/33 (New York to New York, NY) Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Lockheed Vega Plane Name: Century of Progress Pilot Names: James Mattern Comments: Became lost near Anadyr, Siberia, rescued by Russian pilot, Levanefsky & brought to Nome, Alaska where he secured another plane to continue his flight back to NY.

1933 ....."Wiley Post Solo Round-the-World Flight" (TO #1183)

From: 07/15/33 To: 07/22/33 (New York to New York, NY) Miles Flown: 15,596 miles Duration Time: 115H 36M 30S in 7D 18H 49M 30S Plane Type: Lockheed Vega Plane Name: Winnie Mae Pilot Name: Wiley Post Comments: Record Round-the-World Flight.

1934 ....."Russian-American Round-the-World Flight"

From: 07/15/34 To: xx/xx/xx (Chicago to Chicago, IL) Miles Flown: xx Flying Time: xx Plane Type: xx Plane Name: xx Pilot Name: M.A. Campbell Comments:

1934 ....."Light & Wilson Round-the-World Air Tour" (TO #1215)

From: 08/20/34 To: 01/22/35 (New Haven to New Haven, CT) Miles Flown: 29,000 miles Flying Time: xx Plane Type: Bellanca Skyrocket Seaplane Plane Name: Asulinak (CH 400) Pilot Names: Dr. Richard Upjohn Light & Robert Wilson, navigator Comments: Round-the-World air tour with Pacific crossing by steamer.

1934 ....."Over the Air-Bridge and Round-the-World"

From: 09/02/34 To: 12/xx/34 (Nome to Nome, AK) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Fairchild 71 et al Plane Name: Pilot Names: Joe Crosson et al Comments: Cover traveled RTW after crossing the Bearing Sea.

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