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  LAUNCH DATES
  • BUS #1 -- November 1, 1993
  • BUS #2 -- January 1, 1996
  •   BUS BASICS
  • 45 feet long, 9 feet wide
  • 13 feet tall & 44,000 pounds (22 tons)
  • 192-gallon gas tank
  • 40-50 year & 4 to 5 million mile life span
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  • Since 1993 both buses have spent
         over 2600 days on the road
  • The buses drove over 30,000 miles in 2002
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  • Over 2,000 communities visited
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