I've put plans for my next boat on hold for a bit and have decided on an interim adventure. I'm developing a route to fly around the world in a small four seat aircraft, with my wife as co-pilot. The route will encompass about 22 countries and will take 3-4 months in a Mooney Ovation GX2. My wife had just finished sailing around the world when I met her and I had done 25.000 miles in a 68' Defever. In the intervening 21 years we've done a lot of sailing in both power and sail. I've been a casual pilot for 36 years and this sounds like a great new adventure with a different perspective. Accelerated, perhaps, but in many ways I get the same feeling on a long cross country flight that I do on a long ocean passage. And like many trips the longest passage is Hawaii to the West Coast. The last time I did it, it took 13 days. This time it will be about 13 hours. -- ======================================================================= L. Bruce Jones U.S. SUBMARINES, INC. President POSEIDON UNDERSEA RESORTS LLC Tel: 208/687-9057 Fax: 208/441-7478 E-mail: bruce@ussubmarines.com http://ussubs.com http://poseidonresorts.com "Design, engineering and construction of submarines and submersibles" "Developing the world's first sea floor resort." =======================================================================