I am a little lost as to what actually constitutes a " Round the World " flight. Zara Rutherford certainly qualified in my understanding by passing through two antipodal points. I.e. directly opposite each other on the globe.
Looking at another accepted claimant I noticed that, whilst admirable, the entire track covered was well up in the Northern Hemisphere but also included a seeming out ( and return?) overland dog leg to make up the mileage . i.e. making the distance
equivalent to a circumnavigation of the Earth,
By extrapolating this logic
ad absurdum you could surely take off in Northern Europe, go once around the Arctic Circle ( or even further North to just go round the Pole and back ) then fly back around Europe for a few legs to make up the total equivalent distance to then claim a "Round the World " flight.
I look forward to being enlightened .
