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  2. Visual flight rules - Wikipedia

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    Member states are allowed to modify the low flying rule to suit their jurisdiction, for instance in the UK, the "500 ft Rule" allows pilots to fly below 500 ft as long as they are no closer than 500 ft to any person, vessel, vehicle, building or structure. The rules for flying near congested areas are the same in the UK as the rest of the EU [12]

  3. Small plane makes emergency landing on Virginia highway ... - AOL

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    Southern Airways Express Flight 246 that was scheduled to take off from Dulles Airport at 12:45 p.m. made an emergency landing in Loudoun County. Small plane makes emergency landing on Virginia ...

  4. Aircraft tire - Wikipedia

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    Changing a wheel on a Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft Tires on the wheels of a bogie on a Boeing 777. An aircraft tire or tyre is designed to withstand extremely heavy loads for short durations. [1] The number of tires required for aircraft increases with the weight of the aircraft, as the weight of the airplane needs to be distributed more evenly.

  5. Winchester Regional Airport - Wikipedia

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    Winchester Regional Airport covers 375 acres (152 ha) at an elevation of 726 feet (221 m). Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m); [1] the runway supports instrument landing approaches, with the localizer on the northwest side of the airport.

  6. Plane lands on Loudoun County Parkway in Virginia: police

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  7. Why plane tires don't explode when landing - AOL

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  8. Aviation in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Orville demonstrating the flyer to the U.S. Army, Fort Myer, Virginia September 1908. Photo: by C.H. Claudy. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe and the Union Army Balloon Corps during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War; 3 September 1908 - Orville Wright flew the first heavier than air flight in Virginia from Fort Myer.

  9. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Wikipedia

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    The airport is located southwest of Washington, D.C., in the Crystal City section of Arlington County, Virginia, adjacent to National Landing. The western part of the airport was once within a large Virginia plantation, a remnant of which is now inside a historic site near the airport's Metrorail station. [17]