Sheila Scott became the first British pilot to fly solo around the world, setting multiple records and inspiring generations ...

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 ...

(USAF) There had been round-the-world flights before, but they involved multiple stops along the way for the three Rs-Rest, Repair, and Refuel. The first flight around the world was made by the U ...

The first flight around the world took off and landed in Seattle. In 1924 a group of American flyers made a bold decision to be the first to fly around the Earth, a flight that would begin and end ...

the First Round-the-World Flight." "There were photographers to the front of us, photographers to the left of us, photographers to the right of us, on platforms, on poles and even on the roofs.