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Pan-Am s first Round-the-World flight was unplanned. The flight s return journey via Hawaii was cancelled after Pearl Harbor was attacked, and with the help of Auckland s library system, a route was plotted to return to America via Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Congo, and Brazil.

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Fun Fact: Pan-Am’s first Round-the-World flight was unplanned. The flight’s return journey via Hawaii was cancelled after Pearl Harbor was attacked, and with the help of Auckland’s library system, a route was plotted to return to America via Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Congo, and Brazil.

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