Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
Is it because people are familiar with looking at a Mercator map of the world and not realising that a straight line on it between two points is nowhere near the shortest distance involved?

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Almost certainly, especially if they're not regular fliers. It's quite common to fly over Nova Scotia or even further north when flying from London to Miami for instance.

Not only is the Flight Radar app fun, it's a great educational tool as well.