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     richard@npri6.npri.com (Richard Head) writes in response to:
 
                david@eng.umd.edu (David Chi-Chung Lu) writes:
               >I'm surprised that nobody has brought up the problem of the airport.

:   No.  Planes the runways at National are pretty much North --> South.  
:   Planes coming in from the North that happen to fly over the Arlington
:   /Rossyln area usually make the turn at or before the USA Today building.
:   In case you haven't seen the USA Today building, it is much taller than
:   the proposed statium.

:   I'm not surprised this hasn't become an issue, since it isn't.
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Nothing could be further from the truth!  Possibly this was posted
before the Washington Post article regarding this very issue.  You
can bet your season tickets that the FAA is concerned!  There are
issues here that you are not even knowledgable about.   No, the planes
don't have to swerve to get around the new stadium, and height is
not the real issue.  But I'd put my season tickets in a bet that the
"safety" issues that the FAA must sort out regarding the relative
vicinity of the stadium to the flight path at National are going to 
_at least_ prevent ANY decision to move forward on stadium approval
for 3-5 months.  The FAA is covering their ass, as they should.

-Mark OConnor