"Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:Gq1zg.84634$ZW3.44653@dukeread04...
: ATC exists because it is a military service, it is just
: available to the few thousand airline aircraft and in most
: cases it is forced upon general aviation.
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: James H. Macklin
: ATP,CFI,A&P
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A bit like NASA and the space shuttle...