On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:10:08 GMT, David CL Francis
wrote:

I am interested as to how people would define a 'round the world'
flight. To me the Wiley Post flight does not really qualify..

Sailors have solved this problem with respect to going "around the
Horn." (If you go around the Horn, you are qualified to wear a gold
ring in your left ear.) It's not going *around* the Horn unless you
start from at least 50 south and reach at least 50 south on the other
coast.

There are a bunch of boats in Ushiaia, Argentina, that take punters
out *to* Cabo de Hornos. It' can be done in one day if the weather is
good. But that's going *to* the Horn, not rounding it.

Though I doubt the punters make that distinction when they get home

A similar useful rule would be that an around-the-world flight has to
be made between points located between 50 south and 50 north.


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