God, what a boring party at the Versace mansion; there is no need to even go into it if I'm home by midnight and sober. There are laws against that on South Beach. But, I did speak with an Italian aviation expert there who told me an interesting story. In 1942 a summit was held to discuss the situation on the Eastern Front (with Russia) between the Germans and Italians, who were bum-rushed into the battle with no weapons or experience. On the flight back from Poland, Mussolini wanted to demonstrate his prowness at having a pilot's license and demanded to fly the plane carrying Hitler, Himmler, and von Ribbentrop. No one could object, but when the request for a co-pilot was made, Hitler was given the choice between an Air Marshall of the Reich or a twenty-year-old air trainee. Hitler said, the Air Marshall sat behind a desk all day and he wanted the boy, but the boy was to NEVER take his hands off the co-pilot wheel. Unfortunatley, they made it back; but--you know what--I would have chosen the 20-year-old any day for anything, too. This is from from collection of Mussolini postcards.