Jay Honeck writes:

I guess I didn't make my point clear. I'm talking about flying *cross-
country* here -- not flying within the borders of some insignificantly
small European country.

France is approximately the size of Texas.

Try flying VFR from Paris to Berlin -- without talking to *anyone*,
either on the phone or in the air -- and see how far you get. You
will quickly find out that America really is still the "Land of the
Free" when compared to your European Union, or anywhere else in the
world, for that matter.

Unless you want to set up a picnic area, apparently.

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