In planning a trip from Atlanta to Phoenix I dropped the departure and destination airports ino AOPA's flight planner and soon realized you can't there from here. That is if you take MOAs and Restricted Areas into consideration. Basically all of New Mexico is covered, big hunks of Arizona and Texas as well. The convoluted airways one must fly through this maze is depressing in this age of GPS direct. Does anyone (civilian) know how often these areas are really used? Does the military ever give up unused airspace or only add to it?
Hey, I want the best military in the world too, but I wonder how much of this is the military flexing its muscle rather than a real need.
Hey, I want the best military in the world too, but I wonder how much of this is the military flexing its muscle rather than a real need.