[1][2][3] He was the first solo pilot to fly a Piper Malibu Mirage, a small, single-engine plane,[4][5] around the world from May 17, 2015, to August 14, 2015.

[6] The flight covered 26,000 nautical miles and 23 countries in 98 days for a fundraising campaign to support aviation programs.

In 1995, following his Navy career, he founded a real estate development company, Innorev Enterprises, Inc., with projects throughout San Diego.

[19][20] On his second circumnavigation, DeLaurentis used a modified 1983 Turbine Commander 900 twin-engine plane he named "Citizen of the World".

DeLaurentis stopped in 22 different countries along the way, interviewing NGO leaders and local residents for an upcoming documentary, "Peace Pilot: To the Ends of the Earth and Beyond".