"Michael" wrote in message
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The other (much scarier) possibility
would be the existence of a flight restricted area - temporary or
otherwise - along the direct course, and the unpleasant possibility of
an incompetently handled military interception in IMC (which has
already killed at least one completely innocent pilot and pax legally
operating IFR on a flight plan) or simply a heat seeking missile up the
exhaust. If that's the case, think twice about that shortcut.


If you're referring to the BE55/F-4C midair near Cherry Point in 1983 there
are a few items you remember incorrectly. That interception wasn't
incompetently handled, the civilian pilot wasn't completely innocent, wasn't
operating legally, and wasn't on an IFR flight plan.