Institute of Diving - Museum of Man in the Sea

Thought some might be interested in checking this out or perhaps
joining the IOD, if your even in Panama City don't miss it...

http://www.diveweb.com/iod/mmits.html

http://www.floridascubahound.com/museum.htm

Jeff Lane

p.s. we will be arranging a MK-V experience dive in the coming months with a portion of the proceeds going to support the museum...

Last August Beast and I stayed with friends in Panama City for some diving and a tour of the Naval Salvage Yard and other areas on base. What an experience! While we were in PC, we went to the museum. It's amazing all the stuff they have in there.

You are so right, I love to walk through and imagine using some of the gear...

Recently the IOD aquired the land beside the Navy Diving and Salvage Training center and plans are moving forward on construction of a state of the art Marine institute and museum. They are planning to have an IMAX theater and finally room enought to bring some additional equipment out of storage to be put on display.

It is going to be wonderful when it is completed...

Did you get to tour NEDU? The recompression facility and wet chamber are awe inspiring...

My favorite part of the dive school was the polished dive equipment displays on the quarter deck...

Few things I have seen look better to me than a polished MK-V...

polished brass is by far my favorite metal... (of course I still hold a small glimmer of hope that at some point I will come across another golden metal on the bottom...)


Jeff