[FreedomPoster]

A little geography help - the bullion depository is at Fort Knox, which is in KY, not TN. I moved gold there the summer after H.S. to support a joint Treasury / GAO audit. Dad was Deputy Provost Marshall of Forst Knox, and played golf with the guys in charge of the depository, so I had an "in" when it came time to hire casual labor.

And yes, that Oak Ridge restricted area is pretty big. I was involved in the construction of some office buildings for Bechtel and SAIC in the late '80s in the town there, and looked at some maps of the area once.

[blackdog]

You really don't pay much attention to state lines from the air. I just know that the blue areas started about 50 miles west of the Apalachians and continued for a few hundred miles in many directions. Some big, some small, but loads of them.

In many cases I don't even know where I am if I'm flying VFR. I just dial 911 into the GPS and it gives me the closest airport. That's when I decide where I am and if it's important. Proved me the fool a couple times using LORAN C when I found myself in those never-land zones of spotty coverage. At least it made me curious when I landed. I love it when the lineman parks you and the first thing you ask is "Just where the hell am I?"

When not having a clue where you are though it's best to avoid those airports which have a tower thingy poking skyward unless it's an emergency.

[blackdog]

SAIC and Inland Motors........Two customers I still have nightmares over to this day. They decide to put their facilities in the middle of nowhere and if you are late on delivery they make you feel it, watch and all.

I once delivered a load of electronics to Inland Motors by flying to some dirt patch a dozen miles away, landing at midnight, calling a cab to deliver the parts from there. The cab driver laughed and said he gets requests like that all the time. I got home around 3:00am, was in work by six to field the incoming inspection reject report because the ink was still wet on the parts and would smudge if you rubbed it real hard. I had to rework them after they smeared the ink on 50 tank motor filters. I mean why have to prove wet ink by smearing all 50?

Shmucks!