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A combination of boat, airplane, and trains [14] [15] John Henry Mears: 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds 1928 1928 [16] Hugo Eckener: 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes 8 August 1929 29 August 1929 First circumnavigation in an airship, aboard LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst, New Jersey [17] [18] Pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty
Also held fastest circumnavigation by microlight until broken. Bodill was part of an entourage of 4 aircraft, one of which carried supplies and support. [58] Steve Fossett, 2 July 2002, first solo balloon circumnavigation. Matevž Lenarčič; 2004; Circumnavigation with microlight aircraft Pipistrel".
IDEC 3, current outright record holder at 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.. The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, including the last captain Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed their journey in 1522.
The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. [1] A vessel holding the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the absolute round the world record.
On 20 March 2010, she became the fastest boat to sail around the world and set a record of 48 days, 7 hours 44 minutes and 52 seconds, improving on Orange II's performance from 2005 by more than 2 days. [6]
Flying time for the four Lakehurst to Lakehurst legs was 12 days, 12 hours, and 13 minutes; the entire circumnavigation (including stops) took 21 days, 5 hours, and 31 minutes to cover 33,234 km (20,651 mi; 17,945 nmi). [132] [137] It was the fastest circumnavigation of the globe at the time. [138]
The two launched a 1993 attempt (thwarted by damage) on the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest sail circumnavigation of the world. They captured the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994, circling the globe in 74 days 22 hours 17 minutes and 22 seconds. By 1998, British skipper Tracy Edwards had bought the yacht and renamed her Royal & SunAlliance ...
Fadavi has also announced that Iran's navy aims to increase the speed of the militarized boats to 80-85 knots in the near future, and even up to 100 knots thereafter. [2] These planned speed boats would most probably be named Seraj-2, Seraj-3 etc., since boats with that speed and the stability to carry weapons would depend on the Seraj-1 design.