1.  Olympians Danny Califf, Sasha Victorine and Peter Vagenas are well-rested after a lengthy flight home from Sydney, Australia, over the weekend.

2.  The spacewalk was to be the second for Scott and Doi on the lengthy Columbia flight, which is scheduled to end early Friday.

3.  Pilots flying bombing missions over Afghanistan spoke Monday of particularly lengthy flights, changing tasks and successful hits.

4.  Mercer said lengthy flights require greater concentration but do not affect the outcome of the mission.

5.  The only drawback, Piniella said, was the lengthy flight between Seattle and his home in Tampa, Fla.

6.  The unusually lengthy flights required multiple refueling.

7.  Pioneering technology unveiled Friday uses iris recognition to speed through arrivals into the country following lengthy flights.