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LeftInTX

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41. DCA and helicopters have been an issue for along time.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 03:25 AM

Jan 2025

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For many in the DC-area flying community, the crash tonight wasn’t a matter of if, but when.

DC airspace is some of the most congested in the world, with helicopters and jets forced into a small operating area.

Doesn’t exactly help that the Army uses it as a training ground.

The Potomac VFR is insanely busy with Army helicopters, Park Police, other associated agency helicopters, and DC Police helicopters.

Seen here, a US Army UH-60 flying at low altitude up the Washington Channel, just adjacent to DCA.

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