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Date of completion Pilot and Flight Details 30/08/1976 Donald P. TAYLOR (USA) distance covered: 32132,94 km Start point: Oshkosh, WI (USA) Finish point: Oshkosh, WI (USA) Aircraft: Thorp T-18 (1 Lycoming O-360, 180 hp) 17/06/1984 John F.X. BROWNE (USA) distance covered: 35499 km Start point: Detroit, MI (USA) Finish point: Detroit, MI (USA) Aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 Aztec (2 Lycoming IO-540C4B5, 250 hp each) 23/05/1994 H. James KNUPPE (USA) distance covered: 39618,44 km Start point: Hayward, CA (USA) Finish point: Hayward, CA (USA) Aircraft: Cessna C-525 (2 Williams Rolls-Royce FJ44, 1900 shp each) 24/05/1994 Kenneth P. JOHNSON (USA) distance covered: 33401 km Start point: Montreal, PQ (Canada) Finish point: Montreal, PQ (Canada) Aircraft: Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III (1 Lycoming I0540 KIA5, 300 hp) 22/08/1996 Claude MEUNIER (AUS) distance covered: 45546 km Start point: Northam, WA (Australia) Finish point: Northam, WA (Australia) Aircraft: Piper PA-60-602P Aerostar (2 Lycoming 10-540-AAIA5, 350hp each) 19/06/1999 Horst ELLENBERGER (GER) Jürgen TIMM, Günter KUHLMANN distance covered: 48665 km Start point: Nürnberg (Germany) Finish point: Nürnberg (Germany) Aircraft: Beechcraft Bonanza B36 (1 Allison 250 B 17C, 420 shp) 28/03/2000 Hans Georg SCHMID (SUI) distance covered: 43923 km Start point: Zurich (Switzerland) Finish point: Zurich (Switzerland) Aircraft: Long-EZ (1 Lycoming O-320, 160 hp) 19/04/2001 Lloyd C. HARMON (USA) distance covered: 40860 km Start point: Bar Harbor, ME (USA) Finish point: Bar Harbor, ME (USA) Aircraft: Mooney M-20R Ovation (1 ContinentalIO 550G, 280 hp) 25/08/2004 Matevz LENARCIC (SLO) distance covered: 28477 km Start point: Ajdovscina (Slovenia) Finish point: Ajdovscina (Slovenia) Aircraft: Pipistrel Sinus 912 (1 Rotax 912 UL, 80 hp) 08/04/2006 Manuel QUEIROZ (GBR) distance covered: 40744,74 km Start point: Gloucester (UK) Finish point: Gloucester (UK) Aircraft: Van's RV-6 (1 Lycoming DIA, 160 bhp)