The 37-day, 8,800 nm flight
includes the following stops:
(Subject to change)
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Manville, New Jersey*
Bangor, Maine
Goose Bay, Newfoundland
Reykjavík, Iceland
Bergen, Norway
Odense, Denmark
Caen, France
Wroclaw, Poland
Duxford, UK
Bilbao, Spain
Cascais, Portugal
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
St. Johns, Newfoundland
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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*start and finish flight here
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View the complete and most up-to-date flight plan here
CIRCLE THE ATLANTIC
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Peter Teahen & Ed Galkin
Technical Advisor: John Ockenfels
Members of International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians
ONE ENGINE, TWO PILOTS
AND A 2:1 DONATION MATCH
SPECIAL THANKS
Flight To End Polio is pleased to announce a second, world record-setting flight, scheduled to depart in early September, 2025. This flight titled, “Circle the Atlantic: Flight To End Polio”, will raise awareness and funds for the Rotary Global Polio Eradication Initiative. 100% of the funds raised are donated to The Rotary Foundation and matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation.
Circle The Atlantic: Flight To End Polio will be piloted by Rotarians Peter Teahen and Ed Galkin, with technical support provided by Rotarian John Ockenfels. The flight will be completed in a 1976 Cessna 210 single-engine airplane, N2160S, and involve a 37-day, 8,800 nautical mile flight and multiple fundraisers.
Pilot Ed Galkin, 89, will set the record for being the oldest pilot in history to fly a single-engine airplane across the Atlantic. He has completed four around-the-world flights, including his most recent in 2022 at the age of 87.
On July 31, 2023, pilots Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels completed the historic Around The World: Flight To End Polio, a 90-day flight that included 37 landings in 19 countries, covering a distance of 30,000 miles. Since their return, John and Peter have made more than 150 presentations worldwide about their flight. Their 2023 flight raised well over $2 million dollars for the Rotary Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
​The pilots, Peter Teahen and Ed Galkin will cover the entire cost of the flight. 100% of your contribution will be donated to the Rotary Foundation Polio Plus Program.
Please consider a contribution to help end polio forever. Donation recognition levels are:
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Wingman Sponsor:
$5,000 or greater.
Names or logos of Wingman sponsors will be decaled onto the plane’s exterior
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Commander Sponsor:
$750 - $4,999
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Captain Sponsor:
$301 - $749
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Co-Pilot Sponsor:
$300 or lower
All donations will be listed on our website.
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Thanks to the Gates Foundation, your donation will be matched 2:1, getting us even closer to a polio-free world.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS
Corporate Sponsors
International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians (IFFR)
IFFR is one of the oldest Rotary Fellowships with general aviation pilots around the world. IFFR provided Around The World and Circle The Atlantic: Flight To End Polio with tremendous support, fellowship, and fundraisers throughout the Around The World and Circle The Atlantic flights.
Collins Aerospace:
ARINCDirect, a division of Collins Aerospace, provided Around The World and Circle The Atlantic: Flight To End Polio pilots with professional flight management insight and tools to ensure a well-coordinated and safe flight.
Winslow Raft Company a division of Collins Aerospace, provided Around The World and Circle The Atlantic: Flight To End Polio pilots the use of the finest aviation emergency inflatable life raft.
Boeing:
Jeppesen: a division of Boeing, supplied Flight To End Polio team all of the enroute and terminal navigation charts necessary for our flight.
Foreflight a division of Boeing
Honeywell Company
Bendix King, a division of Honeywell, supplied Flight To End Polio with the necessary world GPS Aviation Data Base for our KN90B GPS receiver.
Martin Aviation LLC
Marty Balk of Martin Aviation LLC provided Flight To End Polio with technical support and professional advice for getting our airplane ready for this historic Circle The Atlantic: Flight To End Polio.
Steve Pellettiere
Steve, our dear friend and meteorologist. Without his expertise on global weather patterns and forecasting. Steve is a working meteorologist on radio station WMTR 1250 AM in Morristown, New Jersey.
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Pro Video expert editors provided production and post production video support to capture and tell the stories of Flight To End Polio.