January 23, 2007

By The AVweb Editorial Staff

SPECIAL AIRSPACE ALERT: WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA According to AOPA, general aviation is banned from the skies within 40 nm of Washington, D.C., tonight during President Bush's State of the Union address. The event has triggered a temporary flight restriction closing all 3,000 square miles of the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) to GA flights between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST tonight.