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Old 03-18-2016 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Sport_Pilot
The Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, and every other aerobatic pilot is operating under an FAA waiver.
Not only do they have a waiver but the airspace is literally closed over the area used by the airshow, roughly 3 miles in diameter and up to 18000ft. This literally shuts down one international airport, several local and regional airports and all flight operations by Boeing at two of their facilities. This runs pretty much from noon Thursday through 6:00 Sunday evening during daylight hours

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