| CIA NOTABLE | Part 26. Pacific ocean attempts and Flights |
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| 1929-08-26 | Around-the-world Flight. leg 3. First Pacific Ocean crossing |
| | Hugo Eckener | Copilot(s): |
| | Tokyo. Japan. August 23rd. - Los Angeles. USA. August 26th |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered |
| | Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel). | Volume: | 105000 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 79.03 h | 0 min |
| 1981-11-12 | First Pacific crossing by Balloon. |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Copilot(s): | Larry M Newman. Rocky Aoki. Ron Clark |
| | Nagashima. Japan. November 10 - Covelo. California. November 12. |
| | Absolute World Distance Record |
| | Raven Experimental. "Double Eagle V". N4008A. Helium | Volume: | 11326.7 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 8383 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 84.31 h | 0 min |
| 1989-02-15 | Attempt to cross the Pacific. |
| | Fumio Niwa | Copilot(s): |
| | Yokohama-840 miles SE Tokyo |
| | Ditched Feb 18 |
| | Helium | Volume: | 2500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 0 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 82 h | 0 min |
| 1991-01-14 | Attempt to cross the Pacific. |
| | Fumio Niwa | Copilot(s): |
| | Yokohama- |
| | Pilot died of exposure awaiting rescue |
| | 2 500 m3 helium | Volume: | 2500 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 480 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 6.3 h | 0 min |
| 1991-01-17 | First Pacific crossing by Hot Air Balloon. |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Copilot(s): | Richard Branson |
| | Miyakonojo. Japan. Jan 16 - Yellowknife. Canada. Jan 17 |
| | World distance and duration record. Actual track distance claimed to be 10 885.2 km. |
| | Colt 2500A. "Pacific Flyer". G-OWWF | Volume: | 60513 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 7671.91 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 46.15 h | 0 min |
| 1995-02-22 | First solo flight across the Pacific. |
| | Steve Fossett | Copilot(s): |
| | Seuol. Korea. February 17th - Mendham. Canada. February 21st. |
| | Absolute World Distance Record. |
| | Cameron R-150. G-BVUO. 4 248 m3 helium (5 440 total). | Volume: | 5440 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 8748 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 102.14 h | 0 min |
| 1999-03-21 | First Around-the-World Flight. |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Copilot(s): | Brian Jones |
| | Chateau d'Oex. Switzerland to Dakhla. Egypt. |
| | RTW time 370h 24 min. Total track 45755 km. 7 World Records |
| | Cameron R-650. "Breitling Orbiter 3". HB-BRA | Volume: | 23544 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 40814 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 477.47 h | 0 min |
| 2001-08-17 | First South Pacific crossing. first solo flight over 300 hours |
| | Steve Fossett | Copilot(s): | Solo flight |
| | Northam airport. West Australia to Bagé. Brazil |
| | RTW attempt no 20. AM14 World duration record |
| | Cameron R-550. N277SF | Volume: | 18429 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 19260.3 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 300.57 h | 0 min |
| 2002-07-03 | Second Around-the-World Flight. First solo flight Around-the-World |
| | Steve Fossett | Copilot(s): | Solo flight |
| | Northam airport. West Australia to the Blue Hills. Queensland. Australia. Total track dist. 34 242 km |
| | Absolute Around the World record. 320 hours 33 min. AM14 distance and duration record |
| | Cameron R-600. "Bud Light Spirit of Freedom" | Volume: | 18429 | | m3 |
| | Distance: | 33195.1 | | km | 0 | | Miles | Duration: | 355.5 h | 0 min |
| | © CIA, Hans Åkerstedt | | 2024-12-21 |