(A) Circumnavigating the Earth in just nine days, Voyager entered the record books in 1986, becoming the first aircraft to circle the globe nonstop. --> Keep it
(B) The 1986 circumnavigation in just nine days by Voyager entered the record books, becoming the first aircraft to circle the globe nonstop --> Passive structure. Remove this.
© Entering the record books by becoming the first aircraft to circle the globe nonstop, Voyager circumnavigated the Earth in 1986; it took only nine days. -> it has no clear referent.
(D) Voyager became the first aircraft to circle the globe nonstop; it circumnavigated the earth in just nine days in 1986 and entering the record books. --> it has no clear referent.
(E) Circumnavigating the Earth in just nine days, Voyager became the first aircraft to circle the globe; it enters the record books in 1986. -> it has no clear referent.