4 years later, around-the-world journey ends where it began
Ross Edmondson poses at the Zelienople Municipal Airport on Saturday with the modified Cessna 182 he flew around the world. Butler Eagle/Steve Ferris
Adventure launched at Zelienople Municipal Airport
FRANKLIN, Beaver County — When Ross Edmondson turned his Cessna 182 into the wind at the Zelienople Municipal Airport and took off down the runway on May 6, 2019, he expected to be back in a year.
He persevered a four-year delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and completed his mostly solo around the world flight Friday, June 30.
A native of the United Kingdom, Edmondson, 39, was the guest at a Saturday cookout in a hangar hosted by the Condor Aero Club, which he joined when he lived in Wexford and called the local airport his base.
“It took a while,” Edmondson said. “It started as a one -year trip then COVID happened.”
