# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1)

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**Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> They also had a 172 I could use for free, and my dad was a CFI, so I saved a lot of money on my private license.

Yaay! I was similar in that. Excellent luck.

Returning to @Whack-a-Mole’s topic of “forced down”, there’s this recent outrage:

> **[EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion](https://apnews.com/article/belarus-plane-pratasevich-lukashenko-a9d32d02caea49c880ed1b7a5872e5f7)**
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> European Union leaders have agreed on a set of sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc.

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