It turns out that you can travel around the world in… two days.
This was proven by an international team that made an unusual flight in 2019.
The main goal of the journey was to fly around the Earth through the two poles as quickly as possible.
As a result, the record was set.
The results of the mission were impressive: almost 42 thousand kilometers were covered in less than 47 hours.
How the fastest round-the-world trip happened
The flight began on July 9, 2019.
A Gulfstream G650 jet with an international crew on board took off from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida.
After some time, the North Pole was crossed.
Then there were landings in Kazakhstan and the Republic of Mauritius.
Next, the South Pole was crossed. After some time, the plane landed briefly in Chile.
And then the aircraft returned to the United States.
The flight lasted 46 hours, 39 minutes and 38 seconds. During this time, 41,526 kilometers were covered.
Thus, the record for the fastest flight, set in 2008 (at that time it was completed in 52.5 hours), was broken.
By the way, during the 2019 trip, the average speed of the aircraft exceeded 860 kilometers per hour.
Author: Kurchev Anton