COMMEMORATING 100 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD
world flight 100
The adventure starts at Mount Hagen in the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea on 1st June 2024. World Flight 100 is scheduled to arrive back in Mount Hagen on 28th September 2024. Barry and Bob will fly Piper Comanche ZK-BAZ westwards round the world.
“Living life is about the adventure, not just the journey.”
THE CREW
Barry (77) and Bob (84) have a combined 105 years pilot experience. They’re good friends and adventurers at heart. The two senior age aviators have teamed-up for World Flight 100, a flying odyssey commemorating the centenary of the first flight round the world in 1924.
Barry Payne - Barry Payne and his wife Sandra are ‘Kiwis’ who live at Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Flying their trusty single engine Piper Comanche they are an accomplished long distance flyers. During 2019 the duo circumnavigated the world from New Zealand in an epic fifty flights.
Bob Bates - Robert (Bob) Bates OBE, an Australian national, has lived in Papua New Guinea for over sixty years. He can uniquely claim fifty continuous years flying among the country’s rugged mountainous terrain. Bob has also flown on every Continent except Antartica.
FLYING AMBASSADORS OF FRIENDSHIP
ROUND THE WORLD 2019
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes skyward’ for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” - Leonardo da Vinci
AROUND THE WORLD 2019
Flying a small airplane around the world is definitely not for the faint-hearted or something to be taken lightly. Perhaps because of this many ‘Round the World’ flyers sponsor a central theme or goal, such as raising funds for a charity, creating awareness of a worthy cause or setting a new record.
THE CREW
AIRPLANE
Lycoming IO-540 Engine
Modernised & Refurbished
ZK-BAZ