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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 2:12 pm
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kenish
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SNA / South OC
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Back about 20 years ago the FAA invented Airport Radar Service Areas (ARSAs) which I believe are now "Class C" airspace. The general configuration is a "stepped cone" or "inverted wedding cake". In their usual wisdom, the one FAA designed for San Jose had parts of the ARSA going underground where it ran into nearby hills! They quickly issued a revision.
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