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You will be further shocked to know that, assuming I planned my route correctly, I could fly from Florida to Washington or Maine to California and not have to file a single piece of planning paperwork, nor tell anyone where I'm going, nor talk to anyone on the radio if I didn't want to.

Exactly like you could do in your car.

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I thought after 911 the FAA enforced registered flight plans for all flights cross country, no? At least that's what the general news reported at the time.

For a short time (several weeks), there were restrictions like that via the TFR process (temporary flight restriction).

Those were never meant to be (and did not become) permanent.

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