1988 Event Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands 1967 Event Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip 1966 Event Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman 1947 Event 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City 1933 Event Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight 1930 Event 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 1895 Event 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1881 Event SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool 1853 Event 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)
