
FAA Rejects Flyover Permit, But NASA Finds a Workaround for Independence Day Spectacle
The FAA denied NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's request to fly a privately owned F-5 Tiger II over the National Mall for the U.S. 250th anniversary celebrations, citing safety concerns. Isaacman then transferred ownership of the jet to NASA, reclassifying it from an experimental aircraft to a government aircraft and bypassing FAA oversight to complete the flyover.
Source: Flying Magazine

