Sustainability Adventure Reaches Home Once Again

The crew behind Diamondo Earthrounding finished its mission to circle the globe, touching down at its starting point at Zurich Airport just in time to celebrate World Earth Day. 

The mission ultimately racked up 111 days enroute, stopping at 75 destinations in 35 countries on 5 continents as it made the rounds at sustainable initiatives and green efforts around the world. The 2 pilots, Robin Wegner and Matthias Niederhauser, flew the whole way in their friend's rented Diamond DA50 RG. The team successfully toured a range of operations, visiting solar farms, sustainable fuel facilities, ecological recovery projects, sustainable airports, and eco-forward aircraft engineers as they brought a range of futuristic aviation developments into focus. 

One of their American stops, Tamarack Aerospace, has helped keep viewers abreast of their progress, thanks to their stop at the company's facility to check out their proprietary Active Winglet systems. As fellow aviation aficionados interested in leveraging technology to minimize the environmental impact of their industry, Tamarack was a natural stop along the way. 

“World Earth Day is an important day for Tamarack Aerospace and we were very excited to be selected to participate in the Earthrounding sustainability initiative," said Jacob Klinginsmith, president of Tamarack. "The event shined a spotlight on the current state of aviation and the environment, and why the aviation industry must act on climate change now while longer-term solutions are being developed. Tamarack’s technology is here and available right now and we hope all aviators do what they can as soon as they can for sustainable aviation." 

The Diamondo team thanked the outfit with a shout out to their work. “A highlight of our mission,” said Niederhauser, “was to stop at Tamarack’s Transformation Center at Aiken, South Carolina and see the installation of an Active Winglet on a Cessna CitationJet. The fuel savings from the modification and Tamarack’s technology is a powerful example of how aviation should be actively reducing fuel consumption and using innovative technology to reduce or eliminate the carbon footprint on our planet." 

FMI: www.diamondo-earthrounding.com