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Global Circumnavigation Flight – Route

Global Circumnavigation Flight – Overview • Route: Depart Eastward from Los Angeles, CA or Spruce Creek Airport in Port Orange, FL • Distance: 20,000 nm – 22,000 nm (approx. 24,000 sm) • Estimated time en route: 30 – 35 days • Aircraft: Likely single engine Cirrus or Piper • Team size: 2 men • Co-Captain – Preston Kappel : ❖ Currently Captain for Bank of America Corp. (flying Gulfstream G280) ❖ 5,500 hours flight time ❖ Formerly private fixed wing and helicopter pilot for several NASCAR drivers and NFL coach ❖ Maintains CFII flight instructor rating ❖ Lifelong friend of Matt Dawson

Global Circumnavigation – General Stats • Circumnavigation stats: ❖ In nearly 120 years of aviation, only approx. 400 completed trips worldwide (single engine: 231) ❖ Flying Eastward: 260 trips ❖ Aircraft: Piper: 72, Cessna: 62, Beechcraft: 66 ❖ Flights originating from United States: 173