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The UK festival group is teaming up with New York's TCE Presents to open a 104,000-square-foot industrial arts and culture venue in Brooklyn Navy Yard

To. you probably remember, jake, i guess it's been ten years now, the flight of a new york yankees pitcher cory lidle in a single-engine aircraft on the east river side. he was flying at a time that that corridor was open to small aircraft and he made a turn and flew into a building there. that was a legal flight without checking in with air traffic control. since that time, they've restricted a lot of the flights on the east river side, but helicopters are still allowed to fly. >> and how low are individuals allowed to fly if they are given the green light? this building is 51 stories high wh...

Into the ilgdinbuildings on the east side and couldn't get out. there was also an accident on the east river that also impacted the rules. the rules are clear. under a thousand feet, you're on visual flight rules. you fly under 140 knots and you let people know where you are. >> and you were saying, on a day like today in manhattan whereby wi , where it's rainy and fog and visibility is poor, explain to us when you talked about the ceiling, what that all meant. >> if the ceiling was 500 feet -- >> you're only allowed to fly -- >> no, up until 500 feet, you have some visibility, but once you're...