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Round-the-World Flights 1955 thru 1959

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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