"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
I realized that I'd unconsciously expected travel time to drop to zero.

Ahhh.... the famous "Greed for Speed" disease! This happens when we step up
to faster airplanes also! After sitting 3-4 hours in the Aztec, my wife
always teases me that she want's a VLJ so we can get places faster. My
response is always "You find a way to pay for it, fuel it, insure it, and
maintain it, and I'll fly it." That usually slows her down.

One thing we've learned by running "dream numbers" is how truly expensive it
becomes if you want to fly faster than 200ktas with a full fuel payload of
over 1000 lbs.

Jim