First circumnavigation via both Poles by aircraft

- Who
- Captain Elgen M Long
- What
- First
- When
- 01 January 0001
Captain Elgen M. Long achieved the first circum-polar flight in a twin-engined Piper PA-31 Navajo from 5 November to 3 December 1971. He covered 62,597 km (38,896 miles) in 215 flying hours.