The first nonstop balloon flight around the world took 19 days, 21 hours, and 55 miles.
The answer is: Brook Knapp
25,361 miles
Steve Fossett
Lt Smith and Huggs were the first to fly around the world.
Steve Fosset
Brooke Knapp.
Joshua Slocum
Steve Fosset was the first person to fly around the world nonstop without refeuling.In 2007 he went missing after flying his light aircraft into fog.In 2008 his plane was discovered crashed into a mountian,bones found nearby belonged to him.
Nobody has taken an aircraft around the circumference of the Earth nonstop. No airplane has the 30,000+ mile range that would be required to fly around the Earth without stopping. But the technical answer to your question would be the Space Shuttles, which did dozens of orbits around the Earth on their missions.
Fernaned Megelan was the first person to sail around the world and his crew.
Lt Smith and Huggs were the first to fly around the world.