Man has 47 hour Christmas Day by flying around the world

[Mattg]

VA has been getting a bit of publicity for its flights that missed Christmas by departing LAX on Christmas Eve and arriving in Australia on Boxing Day. But this man seems to have done the exact opposite, flying AKL-HKG-LHR-LAX-HNL on Christmas Day in order to break the record for the longest Christmas Day.

British man has broken the record for the world's longest Christmas day after spending nearly two days flying in different planes and countries to have a 47 hour December 25th.Christmas-mad Fraser Watt, 58, started his race against Santa at midnight on Christmas Eve from Auckland.
He passed through Hong Kong, London and Los Angeles before eventually arriving in Honolulu in Hawaii at 11.38pm local time.
In doing so he also broke the record for the furthest distance travelled on commercial airliners in a single day and the record for the furthest distance travelled in any 24 hour period.
The incredible journey saw him travel almost 20,000 miles - and stretched his Christmas Day to a whopping 47 hours.

How to have a 47-hour Christmas Day: British man spends two days flying through time zones - Travel - NZ Herald News

 

[Quickstatus]

Sounds like a OW compatible status run

 

[eric2011]

and just one time delayed flight and the whole thing would have gone pear shaped