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  2. Airspace - Wikipedia

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    If the airspace is not Class A, B, C, or D, and is controlled airspace, then it is Class E airspace. Class E airspace extends upward from either the surface or a designated altitude to the overlying or adjacent controlled airspace. When designated as a surface area, the airspace is configured to contain all instrument procedures.

  3. Property rights (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes in economics, property types are simply described as private or public/common in reference to private goods (excludable and rivalrous goods like a phone), [9] as well as public goods (non-excludable and non-rivalrous goods, like air), [10] respectively. [11]

  4. Air rights - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] However the right to enjoy this airspace is not an automatic right to build into that space without planning permission. The upper stratum is the space above which ordinary use and enjoyment by the property owner is reasonable, and is loosely defined in the Section 76 Civil Aviation Act 1982 as starting between 500 and 1,000 feet (150 ...

  5. International waters - Wikipedia

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    Outer space (including Earth orbits; the Moon and other celestial bodies, and their orbits) national airspace: territorial waters airspace: contiguous zone airspace [citation needed] international airspace land territory surface: internal waters surface: territorial waters surface: contiguous zone surface: Exclusive Economic Zone surface

  6. Public space - Wikipedia

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    Public space has also become something of a touchstone for critical theory in relation to philosophy, urban geography, visual art, cultural studies, social studies and urban design. The term 'public space' is also often misconstrued to mean other things such as 'gathering place', which is an element of the larger concept of social space. Public ...

  7. Aerospace - Wikipedia

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    In most industrial countries, the aerospace industry is a co-operation of the public and private sectors. For example, several states have a civilian space program funded by the government, such as National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States, European Space Agency in Europe, the Canadian Space Agency in Canada, Indian Space Research Organisation in India, Japan Aerospace ...

  8. United States v. Causby - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Causby, 328 U.S. 256 (1946), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision related to ownership of airspace above private property. The United States government claimed a public right to fly over Thomas Lee Causby's farm located near an airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.

  9. Air defense identification zone - Wikipedia

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    An air defense identification zone (ADIZ) is a region of airspace in which a country tries to identify, locate, and control aircraft in the interest of national security. [1] It is declared unilaterally [2] and may extend beyond a country's territory to give the country more time to respond to possibly hostile aircraft. [3]