Tangental: I once heard the former NASA head-honcho Goldin
give a speech on NASA's vision for the future of GA. It was his
notion that one day, almost every family will have a plane in their
driveway and that the planes and ATC would be automated, so
that you'd only have to punch in GPS coordinates and the plane
would take you there. It was, of course, music to the ears of the
AOPA (Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assoc.) conventioners... and
utterly rediculous. =R=