I gather you don't fly around D.C. much, and it doesn't sound like you
fly commercially very often.

You know, I've heard this a lot, since 9/11, and I'm tired of it. GA
flying in the DC area (other than in the prohibited areas around the
Mall) requires an ADIZ flight plan. You make a phone call, get a
squawk code, and go.

I know, because I've done it.

You know how that differs from the way I fly here, in the wide-open
Midwest? Here it is -- *here* is the big change: I don't have to
make the phone call, first -- period. I get my squawk code over the
radio.

If *that* is what you mean by "we've lost all of our freedoms", I
submit that you are disconnected from reality. Of course, many other
posters here have already established this fact.

As far as flying commercially goes, commercial aviation is booming.
Apparently no Americans have stopped flying commercially because of
all their "lost freedoms".

Security has been tightened -- period. It's still not as tight as it
is on Israeli or some Arab airlines, however.

However, what you say makes it easier to understand how the current
President got reelected. You don't know what you've got until it's
gone.

You really do need to read something other than internet blogs for
your news, Anthony. NOTHING has changed for 99.9% of Americans.
Nothing.

We still get up and go wherever we want, whenever we want, with
whomever we want. Mary and I can hop in my plane and fly to Wyoming
this afternoon, and no laws prevent it.

Hell, I don't even have to talk to anyone on the radio while I'm in
the air, if I don't want to.

Try doing *that* in France, freedom-boy. You won't get far.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"