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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

The FAA denied a request for NASA’s head to fly his vintage jet over DC for safety concerns. He did it anyway

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman declared his independence from government oversight and flew a vintage military jet during Saturday’s massive Fourth of July air show over Washington, D.C.

The Federal Aviation Administration last week denied a NASA request for pilots from the space agency and the Air Force to streak across the sky in four 1970s-era fighters, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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