Canals in Missouri?

"Blueskies" wrote in message
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As always, Jay was VFR.

You are required to follow your clearance if you are IFR, where ever they
send you
there you are...


ATC would only divert him around a MOA if he was IFR.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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: "Blueskies" wrote in message
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: As always, Jay was VFR.
:
: You are required to follow your clearance if you are IFR, where ever they
: send you
: there you are...
:
:
: ATC would only divert him around a MOA if he was IFR.
:
:

Yup, that's what I said...

Google Little River Drainage District. They may look like canals, but they
don't "connect" directly to a major river or waterway. They are drainage
ditches. The reason for multiple ditches laying parallel to one another is
simply to increase drainage capacity. The "canals" are used to drain what
is sometimes called the Missouri "glades". The water eventually flows into
the St. Francis river and exits into the Mississippi about 1/2 way down the
eastern Arkansas border at Helena, AR. Started in 1907, it became one of the
largest drainage projects in the world, draining over 1.2 million acres.
Jim

Google Little River Drainage District. They may look like canals, but they
don't "connect" directly to a major river or waterway. They are drainage
ditches.

Holy cow! "Drainage ditch" just doesn't seem to adequately describe
something that big... They look to be easily navigable.

Thanks for the info.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination

Next time you fly to OSH, take a look at the Horicon Marsh in WI. You can
still see the canals and the paths made through the marsh when they tried to
drain it between 1910 and 1914. Pretty incredible from the air.
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Google Little River Drainage District. They may look like canals, but
they
don't "connect" directly to a major river or waterway. They are
drainage
ditches.

Holy cow! "Drainage ditch" just doesn't seem to adequately describe
something that big... They look to be easily navigable.

Thanks for the info.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination

Next time you fly to OSH, take a look at the Horicon Marsh in WI. You can
still see the canals and the paths made through the marsh when they tried to
drain it between 1910 and 1914. Pretty incredible from the air.

Interesting -- will do. The only time I've ever over-flown the marsh
was as a student, and I was too busy dodging snow showers to notice...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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On our flight from Memphis, TN to Iowa City, IA, today, we were
diverted around the Lindbergh MOA.


Congratulations! When did you add the instrument rating?

If I'm getting flight following... and the ATC controller recommends a
divert around a HOT MOA.. and I refuse...
I can expect his next transmission to be, "Roger, radar service terminated,
squawk 1200, good day and good luck."

BT

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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On our flight from Memphis, TN to Iowa City, IA, today, we were
diverted around the Lindbergh MOA.


Congratulations! When did you add the instrument rating?

"BT" wrote in message
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If I'm getting flight following... and the ATC controller recommends a
divert around a HOT MOA.. and I refuse...
I can expect his next transmission to be, "Roger, radar service
terminated, squawk 1200, good day and good luck."


Why do you expect that?

I have been on both sides of the mic. If a VFR aircraft chooses to proceed
through a HOT MOA and mix it up with fast fighters doing ACM (air combat
maneuvers) and I am not controlling the fighters.

He is on his own.

BT

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
news

"BT" wrote in message
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If I'm getting flight following... and the ATC controller recommends a
divert around a HOT MOA.. and I refuse...
I can expect his next transmission to be, "Roger, radar service
terminated, squawk 1200, good day and good luck."


Why do you expect that?