Devon and I flew in to D.C. in 1999 in a rented 172. Great fun, excellent, professional handling by all the controllers. A bit nervewracking to be so close to all the prohibited areas, and mixed up among big heavy fast jets. But fun – great fun.
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Coming down the Potomac, you get some pretty nice sights. Devon caught this shot of the Washington Monument looking down the National Mall. |
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| Looking further down the Mall (through dirty plexiglass) another familiar sight… |  |
| Short final for Runway 15 takes you right over the Pentagon at about 300′. You can see the runway threshold top left of the picture, just across the river. |
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| Outbound, we got vectored north and east around the Mall, and managed to catch another nice view of the Capitol building. Didn’t get any photos of the White House — I was concentrating on not straying too close. |  |
David Pablo Cohn 