wrote:
G. Sylvester wrote:

Granted most people do
talk to ATC but it is very likely there are those out there
that rarely talk to ATC.
Fly 20 miles from Smoketown in any direction and you have your choice
of B, C, or D airspace to work with.

I wasn't specifically talking about Smoketown, just giving the
other side of the story. I just looked and you're right, it's about
50nm from BWI and PHL. Even in a blazing fast C150 that would
take all of 30 minutes to be on the airport. I'm wondering how
did these guys not bust all the other airspace yet practically
flew over the White House.

From charts I saw it looked like they were
flying a rhumb line that cut right through DC. I'd have the pilot
tested for early-onset Alzheimer's.

No kidding.

My friend's dad is a 20000 pilot for a major. he owns a C310. He
once said he's amazed at how he can take off from his airport northwest
of ORD and fly 2+ hours without ever talking to anyone. I'm sure others
actually do it.

Gerald