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To Make Shortest Route Around The World

Emrecan From Turkey, joined Feb 2000, 914 posts, RR: 8
Posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4921 times:

Hi everyone,

I am just wondering; if we accept JFK as a "starting point" and we want to make a trip around the world, what would be the shortest route?
The trip will start from JFK and and will end again in JFK. On which cities we would have to stop? Also lets think we are flying with A345. (If you think using a medium-haul A/C is more suitable, then make a flight plan according with this)

Waiting for your replies Smile

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SkyexRamper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4919 times:

mmmmmm.....fly around the north pole.

StealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5424 posts, RR: 49
Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4899 times:

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Depends on your definition of around the world... Steve Fosset's opinion differs to many!

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Emrecan From Turkey, joined Feb 2000, 914 posts, RR: 8
Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4883 times:

StealthZ:

for ex. let's say, flying west JFK- SIN... or let's say flying north JFK - ANC..

and then... ???

IFEMaster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 4832 times:

Strictly speaking, to go entirely around the world, you would fly across at least three continents. My suggestion would be:

JFK -> LHR -> SIN -> JFK.

AirScoot From United States of America, joined May 2005, 688 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 4797 times:

What about JFK -> LHR -> ICN/NRT -> JFK?

AirxLiban From Lebanon, joined Oct 2003, 4491 posts, RR: 55
Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 week 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 4768 times:

JFK-BKK TG 346
BKK-LHR TG 744
LHR-JFK whatever ya want...

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OV735 From Estonia, joined Jan 2004, 860 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 4762 times:

This can easily be done by flying directly to the North Pole, doing a circle (or more than one) around it, and flying back. No refueling stops needed.

Furthermore, you can travel in time like that. With every circle around the North Pole, you'll be crossing the International Date Line. If you make about 16 000 circles, you can go and stop the Kennedy murder. Smile

UpperDeck79 From Finland, joined Feb 2005, 1139 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (7 years 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4739 times:

Well, if you just want to travel around north pole you could do JFK-HEL-NRT-JFK, but of course that's nowhere near going the whole way around the world as you are not even stepping on southern hemisphere...

AY and ANA rock!

PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11109 posts, RR: 63
Reply 9, posted (7 years 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4729 times:

Quoting IFEMaster (Reply 4):
Strictly speaking, to go entirely around the world, you would fly across at least three continents. My suggestion would be:

JFK -> LHR -> SIN -> JFK.

You should just about be able to manage JFK-SIN-JFK with just the one stop on the A345.

Dan Smile

Gemuser From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 5216 posts, RR: 6
Reply 10, posted (7 years 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 4707 times:

Depends on what YOU mean by around the world! The offical definition by the FAI (International Aeronautical Federation) the body that controls and records aviation records, requires that an "around the world" record course MUST cross the equator TWICE.

Gemuser

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UpperDeck79 From Finland, joined Feb 2005, 1139 posts, RR: 2
Reply 11, posted (7 years 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 4697 times:

Quoting Gemuser (Reply 10):
requires that an "around the world" record course MUST cross the equator TWICE.

Exactly.

(And it would be awfully difficult to return to the departure point by crossing it ONCE... Wink

)

AY and ANA rock!

Zkpilot From New Zealand, joined Mar 2006, 4739 posts, RR: 10
Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4645 times:

Quoting Gemuser (Reply 10):
Depends on what YOU mean by around the world! The offical definition by the FAI (International Aeronautical Federation) the body that controls and records aviation records, requires that an "around the world" record course MUST cross the equator TWICE.

Gemuser

unless you of course fly the equator Wink

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Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6465 posts, RR: 8
Reply 13, posted (7 years 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4620 times:

Quoting Gemuser (Reply 10):
The offical definition by the FAI (International Aeronautical Federation) the body that controls and records aviation records, requires that an "around the world" record course MUST cross the equator TWICE.

Among other requirements?

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