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answer doesn't deserve DVs, the distance can be inferred to be very close to warrant a permission -- edit to make it clear to the readers; added link; removed double spaces
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FlightBased on the images, very close; regarding the restrictions and permission: flight around the National MallNational Mall, which includes the airspace over the White House lies under P-56, which is Prohibited Airspace. PP-56 lies within the Flight Restricted Zone around DC which is surrounded by the District of Columbia Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Flight in this area is restricted to anything except law enforcement or military activity, though rare exceptions can be made. InIn this case, I believe that was the final flight of the Shuttle Endeavour and the 747 SCA, which toured various cities throughout the United States. I’dI’d say NASA could make the appropriate phone calls and get that flight approved only for that purpose.

Flight around the National Mall, which includes the airspace over the White House lies under P-56, which is Prohibited Airspace. P-56 lies within the Flight Restricted Zone around DC which is surrounded by the District of Columbia Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Flight in this area is restricted to anything except law enforcement or military activity, though rare exceptions can be made. In this case, I believe that was the final flight of the Shuttle Endeavour and the 747 SCA, which toured various cities throughout the United States. I’d say NASA could make the appropriate phone calls and get that flight approved only for that purpose.

Based on the images, very close; regarding the restrictions and permission: flight around the National Mall, which includes the airspace over the White House lies under P-56, which is Prohibited Airspace. P-56 lies within the Flight Restricted Zone around DC which is surrounded by the District of Columbia Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Flight in this area is restricted to anything except law enforcement or military activity, though rare exceptions can be made. In this case, I believe that was the final flight of the Shuttle Endeavour and the 747 SCA, which toured various cities throughout the United States. I’d say NASA could make the appropriate phone calls and get that flight approved only for that purpose.

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Flight around the National Mall, which includes the airspace over the White House lies under P-56, which is Prohibited Airspace. P-56 lies within the Flight Restricted Zone around DC which is surrounded by the District of Columbia Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Flight in this area is restricted to anything except law enforcement or military activity, though rare exceptions can be made. In this case, I believe that was the final flight of the Shuttle Endeavour and the 747 SCA, which toured various cities throughout the United States. I’d say NASA could make the appropriate phone calls and get that flight approved only for that purpose.