Dan Dominguez

Dan Dominguez is a US pilot who on December 13th, 2000 became the Youngest pilot in history to fly around the world. The previous record was set in 1924 on the Douglas World Cruisers.

The aircraft flown was a 1957 Aerocommander model 560E serial number 559. It was purchased in Guthrie Oklahoma and restored by Chris Wall and John Bergeson. The aircraft was named "Dreamcatcher" by a math teacher from Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas.

Flying with Dan was Chris Wall, an FAA certified A&P mechanic with a SEL private pilot's license. The Two became the youngest pilots to circumnavigate the world in 2000 but have never been officially recognized by the FAI due to the Jessica Dubroff accident.

The flight was coined "World Flight 2000" and was a grass roots organization run by students supporting students. The book, "Dreamcather: Tales from a Flight Around the World" ISBN 1-8883684-49-8 was published in 2001.

Since 2000, both Barrington Irving (26) of Miami, Florida and Carlo Schmid (22) of Switzerland have completed solo circumnavigations around the world in newer aircraft. In September 2012 Carlo, at age 22years and 9 months became the youngest solo pilot to fly around the world in a turbine Cessna 210. Dan Dominguez at 22years and 5 months remains the youngest person to have flown around the world.