The first flight around the world was made by the U.S. Army Air Service in 1924 using four planes, each holding a pilot and mechanic. It took 175 days, with 74 stops. In 1933, Wiley Post made the ...

Euro Airship is planning an around-the-world, non-stop flight with Solar Airship One. If it succeeds, it would become the first flight to make the trip without using fossil fuels.

Dark Skies. The First Non-Stop Flight Around the World – B-50 Lucky Lady II Story. Posted: March 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. It was bold, risky, and absolutely historic.

On March 2, 1949, Lucky Lady II an Air Force B-50 became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Air Force General Curtis LeMay set a high bar for the Superfortress.

A US Air Force KC-46A Pegasus executed world’s first 45-hour nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1 starting and finishing ...

FILE - Co-pilots Dick Rutan, right, and Jeana Yeager pose after a test flight over the Mojave Desert, Dec. 19, 1985. The two completed the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling ...

Dick Rutan, who with copilot Jeana Yeager completed the first round-the-world flight without stops or refueling, died Friday. He was 85. Rutan, a decorated Vietnam War pilot, died at a hospital in ...

Post made the first solo flight around the world, from July 15 to 22, setting a new record with a distance of 15,596 miles, 25,099 kilometer, in 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes. (AP Photo) ...