Aerial Pics from DC

[leftupnorth]

Sorry about the misleading title, i actually don't have any pics but am looking for some aerial pics. There was a helicopter flying over the march for quite a while on Saturday, there has to be pics.
Anybody??
How about a blown up satellite image from that day
I tried google images, to no avail.

[Misunderestimator]

1. Given the restricted airspace over DC, I doubt you will find any.

And it's HIGHLY doubtful that that was a media helicopter you saw.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. The only really good view of the march I saw was a short clip on

CNN Headliner News Saturday evening. They showed the streets below, jammed with people. Never saw it again.

[titoresque]

3. Yes there are ariel pics

I had them...hang on, have to look.

[titoresque]

5. dammit!

Sorry, I can't find the thread. But keep this kicked.....the pics are out there.
I'll save them to my pc this time :)

[Extend a Hand]

4. these may have been from a tall building

they were posted by melodybe:
scroll down to see the overhead shots.

http://www.etidorhpa.org:8080/blojsom/blog/melody/

[hunter]

7. Thanks.

:)

[leftupnorth]

8. thanks

i'm bookmarking it!!

[AFSCME girl]

6. Hi leftupnorth!

I saw that helicopter, too. It was the only one (I think) and was up there for most of the march....

Welcome to DU!!

:hi:

[leftupnorth]

9. i thought that chopper was odd because it IS restricted

Airspace, but it was flying right over the WH. Must have been a gov't chopper.

thanks for the welcome!

[AFSCME girl]

10. That was my thought, too. Did you

notice that it went away for a little while and then came back? (Either that or I stopped paying attention to it for a bit!)

:hi:

[leftupnorth]

13. no i guess i didn't

we had to go after standing in the street waiting to move for 4 hrs, my unpolitical friend who has adhd at 28, was acting like a ten year old. needless to say, it was time to go and i'll NEVER take him anywhere ever again - at least not until he can learn to recognize that his behavior is not ok and learn to control himself.....

sorry for the tangent

don't get me wrong i still had a blast and i'm still high from it!!
i want to do it again!!

[kskiska]

11. These are from the Washington Monument:

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/DC9-24i/

Click to enlarge. There's an awful lot of people there.

[leftupnorth]

12. thank you

great shots, man that column of people goes on forever!

[CatholicEdHead]

14. Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. We will rarely see aerial photos of these things.

Aside from the fact that DC is a restricted area, there are some post-9/11 FAA rules that prevent flights over any large public gathering. These are called TFRs (Temporary Flight Restrictions). Another kind of TFR prevents flights over any area where the president or VP is, within 30 miles.

As an aside, if you want to know where the Chimperor or FrankenCheney will be traveling, check here: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html. They publish upcoming presidential TFRs so pilots know in advance where they can't fly.