AOPA was celebrating its eighty-fifth anniversary protecting the right to fly. The DC Flyover and other events throughout the week for members and flyover participants were a part of the association's birthday party. DID YOU KNOW? WATCH IT HERE AOPA's video production team has combined footage shown during the May 11 livestream with additional video taken by a helicopter provided by Aerial Exposures and Zip Aviation. The gimbalstabilized camera used for filmmaking and television news gathering captured details that required U.S. Secret Service clearance before it could be made public. julie.walker@aopa.org The first restriction of Washington, D.C., airspace was enacted as early as 1938. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the airspace by executive order and this appeared in the Federal Register on Saturday, June 18, 1938: " The airspace of a described portion of the District of Columbia is reserved and set apart for national defense and other governmental purposes, as an airspace reservation within which civil aircraft are forbidden to be operated except by special permission of the Secretary of Commerce. " Today, the National Capital Region is governed by a Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) within a 30-mile radius of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The SFRA is divided into a 15-mile radius inner ring and a 30-mile radius outer ring. View the video aopa.org/pilot/ aug24 The airspace in the 15-mile-radius Flight Restricted Zone is more restricted than in any other part of the country. Rules put in place after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, establish " national defense airspace " over the area and limit aircraft operations to those with an FAA and TSA authorization. Violators face stiff fines and criminal penalties. AOPA PILOT / August 2024 65 BOTTOM: LIBRARY OF CONGRESShttp://www.aopa.org/pilot/aug24 http://www.aopa.org/pilot/aug24