But in Death Valley the neighbors don't shoot you down.



"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
| Absolute lowest altitude, is below sea level in Death
Valley
|
| True for North America. But the Dead Sea is lower:
|
| http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001763.html
|
| Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, 1,349 ft. below sea level (-411
m)
| Death Valley, Calif., 282 ft. below sea level (-86 m)
|
| I'm not sure what aircraft was first to fly into the Dead
Sea area to take
| honors for the first lowest flight ever, but I know the
Graf Zeppelin did
| it in 1929, going to about 1000 feet below sea level. It
didn't even need a
| snorkel! :-)