Special Use Airspace charting can be confusing and increase the risk of blundering into areas you're not supposed to. Here's how to tell the difference. The word "airspace" is a relative newcomer to our lexicon, and when first coined in the early years of the previous century probably seemed suspiciously redundant, not to mention anathema to the individualists of the era. Times have certainly changed since then, and our national airspace system has gotten more complicated. Given the "mission creep" so characteristic of today's bureaucracies, we can presume the rules under which we fly will not revert back to being less restrictive.
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