You 'were diverted' around an MOA? Don't you mean you decided to fly around it. There is no requirement to stay out of
MOAs...

True enough. However, approach strongly "suggested" a course of 360
to avoid the MOA, because it was "hot". I heard him working several
F-16s out of Springfield, IL, as well as a couple of unidentified
other fighters (F-15s?). They had the airspace to 50,000 feet, so I
wasn't gonna fly over it!

I didn't want to mess them up, nor did I want to see one up close --
so diverted we did.

: Just east of the Kennett Airport (KTKX) there is (what looks for all
: the world like) a "freeway canal" -- with multiple lanes! It stretches
: from horizon to horizon, with four "lanes" of canals, each with
: elevated solid ground between them.

Yes, as Jim said, these are pet projects for the Corps of Engineers. The straight runs avoid the twists and turns and
shallows of the mighty Missisippi that Mark Twain wrote about...

I've seen a lot of canals, but never one quite like that one.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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www.AlexisParkInn.com
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