Manfred Saitz wrote: > Is it after all possible to go down on water without disintegrating (has > it ever been managed with an aircraft nod designed for water landings)? Big Island Air (a tour operator) ditched a Piper Navajo Chieftain in 2000 in Hilo Bay off the Big Island of Hawaii. The aircraft successfully ditched and the only passenger who died inflated her life vest inside the cabin. http://starbulletin.com/2000/08/26/news/story1.html -- David Mueller / MRY dsm717@xxxxxxxxx http://www.quanterium.com