How does [the DC ADIZ] affect me in Eastern Oregon?

1: If you ever fly out here, you won't be able to fly in there. I live
in the Northeast, but have friends on the west coast, and will indeed be
flying up and down the Pacific coast in a light GA airplane. You may
well find yourself visiting friends on the East coast and flying up and
down the seaboard similarly.

2: Every thousand square miles of successful restriction makes it
easier to restrict another thousand square miles. Maybe some of them
will be in Eastern Oregon. Or Western Oregon (where you are likely to
fly to). Or Seattle. If Bill Gates wants to protect the Microsoft
Campus from terrorist attacks in a 150, he is likely to have
considerable influence over that airspace. Right now he won't have
enough to close Seattle, but the DC Restricted Area will play right into
his hands. (I'll refrain from attempting to decide which is better for
the country - a terrorist attack on DC or a terrorist attack on Redmond

3: The successful implementation of restrictions such as this one
further convinces the public that such restrictions are for the good of
the country, and that these little airplanes are dangerous, especially
when they fly around with no oversight whatsoever. This makes it easy
to pass more restrictive regulations on all flight - such as having all
nighttime VFR flights require a flight plan. Or all flights requring
radio contact with controllers. Or anything else you can imagine. It
amplifies the effect of such antics as the drunk stealing an airplane
from Danbury CT and flying at night into Weschester.

4: You might move East. More ironic things have happened.

There are more reasons, but the point is that the loss of freedoms is
like a Boa Constrictor. It happens little by little, unnoticed, until
you finally pass out and wonder how it happened.

Jose
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