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Old December 14th 05, 04:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Private Planes: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility

The freedom to travel inside one's own country is fundamental to a free
society. The day I fly my airplane and land at another airport and am
asked by uniformed personnel "papers please" and quizzed as to "what is
the purpose of your trip" is the day that freedom is lost.

I realize the 911 tragedy has changed our freedoms -- temporarily. Let
us not forget how freedoms were before the change and remember to try
and put those freedoms back when events have stabilized. Need to be
really careful we don't loose them altogether.