The rules say you can fly through an MOA, but conventional wisdom is you should avoid one if it’s hot, right? Sometimes that’s inconvenient or downright impossible. What then? Is ATC your ally on this—or something to avoid? Surely they wouldn’t let you wander in if it was truly dangerous, but what are the consequences?
Steve Tupper
Steve Tupper an active instructor in airplanes and gliders, an airshow performer and air boss, a demo pilot for the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit, and a lieutenant colonel in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). He's the principal shareholder of Tupper Law Firm PC, specializing in aviation, information technology, privacy, and corporate transactions, and the founder of the Airspeed podcast. Steve might also be the only person ever to earn an ATP certificate in a Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk.