"Denny" wrote in message
ups.com...
I don't have to talk to anyone
or even pay any av-gas taxes because the plane flies using auto gas. If I
want to travel to California I can file a
flight plan and go anytime and just about anyplace. This is definitely
one of the amazing freedoms in the good ol' USA.

Certainly, if you choose to file that is your choice, but I do not
feel it is any of the governments business where I am or where I am
going... I usually pick uncontrolled airports for our stops so all I
do is make the expected Unicom position reports in the airport traffic
area.... I normally fly from Michigan to Florida without filing a
flight plan and without talking to ATC on the radio - unless I
choose to enter a class B for some reason, etc... So, I putz along
about five hundred to a thousand feet above the ground and sightsee
all the way (not much to see in Florida though, boring, so I normally
fly a bit higher)...
I agree, this is the best country in the world... Now if we can only
stop the scum bag politicians from screwing it up any worse than they
have with the so called, Patriot Act...

denny



I have begun to soften in my old age. I used to think that the politicians
were such complete idiots. Now, I'm much more inclined to believe that the
scum bag politicians are just reacting to what they believe their
constituancy wants. Worse, the focus is on the loudest, not necessarily the
biggest.

Have you ever noticed how when people don't know what they are talking about
that they talk non-stop. "Wouldn't you agree that GA is an uncontrolled
danger to the American population? After all, practically anyone can fly one
of these expensive toys into a populated area and kill tens of people. This
clearly needs some legislation that will cost the tax payers billions to
control. More after this break."

The time is past to be a passive pilot. We can no longer just sit back and
enjoy the ride. We must be vocal for the positive side with our neighbors
and the politicians if we are going to survive.
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Travis
Lake N3094P
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