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By Sandi Smith

For those of you who like math, here are the numbers for the around-the-world flight:

Total distance flown: 25,303 nautical miles (29,118 statute miles)

Total time in flight: 147:23 (In addition, there were two local flights from Mombasa totalling 1:05)

Total warmup/ramp/taxi/runup/maintenance time: 12:26

Total time on engine: 160:54

Total calendar days: 86 (includes 1 day gained from crossing IDL)

Average speed: 171.7 knots (197.6 statue miles per hour)

Total fuel used: 2,290 gallons (8,669 liters) – includes 18 gallons for local flights

Average fuel economy: 11.14 mn/gal (12.82 sm/gal), or 15.54 gal/h

Countries landed: 19 (plus 2 geographically separate territories (Azores and Hawaii); also visited Morocco and Gibralter via land/sea from Faro, Portugal

Countries overflown: 11

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