Revision: 02/01/2007

1975....."Tholstrup Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/75 To: xx/xx/75 (Knoxville to Knoxville, TN) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Grumman American Aviation AA-1B Plane Name: Pilot Name: Hans Tholstrup Comments: Despite prop balancing problems, Hans flew east round-the-world.

1975....."Mucklestone Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/75 To: xx/xx/75 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Cessna Centurion Plane Name: Pilot Name: Robert & Peter Mucklestone Comments:

1975....."Yugoslav Airlines 3rd Round-the-World Tour"

From: 03/01/75 To: 03/20/75 (Beograd to Beograd, Jugoslavia) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: B-707 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1975....."Dalton & Gwynne-Jones Round-the-World Flight"

From: 07/20/75 To: 07/25/75 (Brisbane to Brisbane, Australia) Miles Flown: 24,426.27 miles Flying Time: 5D 2H 19M 57S Plane Type: Twin Turbo Engine Beechcraft Duke 60 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Dennis N. Dalton & Terry Gwynne-Jones, co-pilot Comments: Set piston engine speed record east round-the-world.

1976....."Yugoslav Airlines 4th Round-the-World Tour"

From: 01/16/76 To: 02/03/76 (Beograd to Beograd, Jugoslavia) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: B-707 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1976....."Yugoslav Airlines 5th Round-the-World Tour"

From: 02/07/76 To: 02/25/76 (Beograd to Beograd, Jugoslavia) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: B-707 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1976....."Pan American adds Non-Stop 747SP to Tokyo with RTW Flight"

From: 04/25/76 To: xx/xx/76 (Los Angeles, CA to New York, NY) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: Boeing 747SP Plane Name: Pilot Name: Comments:

1976....."Pan American 747SP One-Shot Round-the-World Promotional Flight"

From: 05/01/76 To: 05/03/76 (New York to New York, NY) Miles Flown: 23,137 miles Flying Time: 46H 50S Plane Type: Boeing 747SP-21 Plane Name: Liberty Bell (N533PA) Pilot Name: Capt Walter H. Mullikin Comments: Pan Am's 747SP (Special Performance) plane makes promotional round-the-world flight.

1976....."Arnold Palmer Learjet Round-the-World Flight"

From: 05/17/76 To: 05/19/76 (Denver to Denver CO) Miles Flown: 22,984 miles Flying Time: 57H 25M 42S Plane Type: Learjet 36 Plane Name: Freedom's Way USA (N200Y) Pilot Names: Arnold Palmer w/test pilots: James E. Bir & Lewis L. Purkey & Robert Sterling, writer Comments: Set medium jet round-the-world speed record.

1976....."Concorde Supersonic ARound-the-World Demonstration Air Tour (76-01)"

From: xx/xx/76 To: xx/xx/76 (Paris to Paris, France) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Air France Concorde Plane Name: F.BTSC Pilot Name: Comments: RTW Concorde supersonic demonstration tour. This Concorde later crashed on 07/25/2000.

1976....."First Homebuild Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: 08/01/76 To: 10/01/76 (Oshkosh to Oshkosh, WI) Miles Flown: 24,877 miles Flying Time: 60D 4H 10M 30S Plane Type: Thorp T18 (Homebuilt) Plane Name: Victoria 76 Pilot Name: Don P. Taylor Comments: Set speed record for light airplane east round-the-world.

1976....."Long's Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/76 To: xx/xx/76 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Twin Engine Piper Navajo Plane Name: Pilot Name: Elgen Long Comments:

1976....."Claxton & Cink (#1) Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/76 To: xx/xx/76 (Santa Barbara to Santa Barbara, CA) Miles Flown: Flying Time: 125H Plane Type: Twin Engine Piper Aerostar 601P Plane Name: American Spirit Pilot Name: Philander P. Claxton & Jack L. Cink, co-pilot Comments: Came within three hours of breaking the rtw speed record of 122H.

1976/77....."Huffer (#3) HMS Bounty Round-the-World Air Tour"

From: 06/17/76 To: 01/07/77 (Karlsruhe to Karlsruhe, Germany) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Mooney Chaparral M20E Plane Name: N 9608V Pilot Name: Henning Huffer Comments: Flew east RTW with a photographer following the track of the HMS Bounty.

1977....."Straub Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/77 To: xx/xx/77 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Mooney Super Turbo 21 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Paul Straub Comments:

1977....."Rodd & Benham Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/77 To: xx/xx/77 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Bonanza Plane Name: City of Cortez Pilot Name: Jack Rodd & Harold Benham Comments:

1977....."Pan American's 50th Anniversary Round-the-World Over Both Poles Flight"

From: 10/28/77 To: 10/31/77 (San Francisco to San Francisco, CA) Miles Flown: 26,382.775 miles Flying Time: 48H 3M in 54H 7M 12S Plane Type: Boeing 747SP Plane Name: Clipper New Horizons Pilot Name: Capt Walter H. Mullikin & Capt Albert A. Frink w/crew: Stewart W. Beckett, Edward L. Shields & Frank D. Cassaniti Comments: Set jet speed record RTW over the poles & between N & S Poles.

1977....."Claxton & Cink (#2) Round-the-World Flight"

From: 11/04/77 To: 11/08/77 (Los Angeles to Los Angeles CA) Miles Flown: 22,868.91 miles Flying Time: 104H 5M 30S Plane Type: Twin Engine Piper Aerostar 601P Plane Name: American Spirit Pilot Name: Philander P. Claxton & Jack L. Cink, co-pilot Comments: Set medium airplane east round-the-world speed record.

1978....."Pan American B747 Westward Round-the-World Flight Service"

From: 06/28/78 To: 06/30/78 (Los Angeles CA to Mexico City/Houston TX) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: Boeing B747 Plane Name: Pilot Name: (LA) Capt Erbeck & Capt Bradford Comments: Mexico City/Houston become gateway for westward RTW flight service. (FAM14)

1978....."Pan American B747 Eastward Round-the-World Flight Service"

From: 07/01/78 To: 07/03/78 (Mexico City/Houston TX to Los Angeles CA) Miles Flown: Duration Time: Plane Type: Boeing B747 Plane Name: Pilot Name: (Houston) Capt Laurence N. Brown & Capt Derwood Bradshaw Comments: Mexico City/Houston become gateway for eastward RTW flight service. (FAM18)

1978....."Muckelstone Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/78 To: xx/xx/78 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Cessna Centurion T210 Plane Names: Pilot Names: Robert Muckelstone Comments:

1978....."Howard Wisner Solo Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/78 To: xx/xx/78 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Bonanza V35B TC Plane Name: Pilot Name: Howard Wisner Comments:

1978....."Warren-Wilson & Walsh Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/78 To: xx/xx/78 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Cherokee 6 Plane Name: Pilot Name: Paul Warren-Wilson & Nicholas Walsh Comments:

1978....."Haile & Hedgren Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/78 To: xx/xx/78 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Bonanza V35B Plane Name: Pilot Name: Frank Haile & Walter Hedgren Comments: Flew east round-the-world.

1978....."William Wisner Round-the-World Flight"

From: xx/xx/78 To: xx/xx/78 (xxxx to xxxx) Miles Flown: Flying Time: Plane Type: Single Engine Beech Bonanza Plane Name: Pilot Name: William H. Wisner Comments:

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