Aviation - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:08:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Aviation - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 A “Doomsday Plane” Flew Over DC This Morning, but the Military Says You Shouldn’t Worry https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/10/02/a-doomsday-plane-flew-over-dc-this-morning-but-the-military-says-you-shouldnt-worry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-doomsday-plane-flew-over-dc-this-morning-but-the-military-says-you-shouldnt-worry Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:35:05 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1290266 A Boeing E-6B flew over Washington, DC, airspace early this morning as the world learned President Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. Another was spotted off the West Coast. The E-6B Mercury is a mobile command center based out of Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. It’s known as the “Doomsday Plane” because it’s […]

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The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds Will Fly Over the DC Area Saturday https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/05/01/the-blue-angels-and-thunderbirds-will-fly-over-the-dc-area-saturday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-blue-angels-and-thunderbirds-will-fly-over-the-dc-area-saturday Fri, 01 May 2020 16:01:41 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1104611 The US Navy Blue Angels and US Air Force Thunderbirds will perform a flyover in the DC region this Saturday. The demonstration squadrons are making an “America Strong” tour of US cities to salute healthcare workers and other essential personnel during the coronavirus pandemic. The formation of six F-16 Fighting Falcon and six F/A-18 Hornet aircraft […]

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Meet the 19-Year-Old College Student Who Flew an Airplane Over Maryland in a Flight Path That Spelled “F— Covid 19” https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/04/29/this-american-hero-flew-an-airplane-over-maryland-in-a-flight-path-that-spelled-f-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-american-hero-flew-an-airplane-over-maryland-in-a-flight-path-that-spelled-f-covid-19 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:51:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1101916 On Tuesday around 4 PM, a Piper Cherokee took off from Harford County Airport near Churchville, Maryland. Over the next two hours, the pilot flew a complex path that took him as far west as Prettyboy Reservoir and back east as far as Perryville. When viewed end to end, his flight path, about 28 nautical miles end […]

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