Take off for the flight occurred on 8 May 2010 at Bendigo Aerodrome in Bendigo, Victoria Australia. An official take-off ceremony was attended by Steve Gibbons MP, Minister Jacinta Allan, Cr Keith Reynard along with Arvind Mehra representing Mahindra Aerospace - the major sponsor of Millions Against Malaria. In addition, a large number of people came to cheer Ken and Tim on as they took off from Bendigo 12:35pm with their next stop at Wollongong before they head out to Norfolk Island - the first leg of their Pacific crossing.
The flight plan for this historical, world-first flight is listed below:
Location | Distance (nm) | |
| Bendigo, Australia Norfolk Island, Australia Pago Pago, American Samoa Christmas Island, Kiribati Hilo, Hawaii, USA Mojave, CA, USA McNeal, AZ, USA Scottsdale, AZ, USA New Orleans, LA, USA Kingston, Jamaica Bridgetown, Barbados Macapa, Brazil Natal, Brazil Ascension Island Accra, Ghana Entebbe, Uganda Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Mahe Island, Seychelles Bangalore, India Phuket, Thailand Zamboanga, Philippines Wewak, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Cairns, Australia Arrive in Bendigo, Australia | Departure Point 1275 (Completed) 1478 (Completed) 1261 (Completed) 1073 (Completed) 2154 (Completed) 474 (Completed) 199 (Completed) 1102 (Completed) 1032 (Completed) 1041 (Completed) 928 (Completed) 1012 (Completed) 1249 (Completed) 1185 (Completed) 2018 (Completed) 679 (Completed) 1021 (Completed) 1702 (Completed) 1282 (Completed) 1428 (Completed) 1450 (Completed) 710 (Completed) 455 (Completed) 1467 (Completed) | |
| Total Distance | 27,675 |
At 2:33pm on 8 July 2010, Ken Evers & Tim Pryse landed at Bendigo Aerodrome and successfully completed their flight around the world.
