03/19/2005. Remarks by Curtiss Aldrich: "The most famous of the 20 or so Mitsubishi G3M2 converted to airliners, J-BACI (the 328th G3M) made a sensational round the world flight between August 26 and October 20, 1939. "Nippon" travelled 32,850 miles (52,867 km) in 194 flying hours."