[blackdog]

The amount of restricted airspace in Tennessee is really quite amazing. I was ferrying a Piper Colt over the state using my handheld GPS. Like a rat thru a maze. At first I thought it was due to the gold depository (supressed Goldfinger dilusions) and then I realized more later while sleeping in an FBO near Knoxville.

I guess as long as the approach to land is a tight spiral from 30,000 feet and has an escort from F-16's I'm jiggy wit dat.

[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.