2022-01-26, 08:27 PM
News item from the park on Rainbow Canyon flight activity...
"Navy overflights – After the park's request, the Navy has permanently ceased flights over Rainbow Canyon in Death Valley after the fatal crash of 2019, leaving a deceased pilot and 7 seriously injured visitors. This is a significant environmental victory that has relocated extreme noise from a heavily visited area, to a much less heavily visited area of wilderness."
"Navy overflights – After the park's request, the Navy has permanently ceased flights over Rainbow Canyon in Death Valley after the fatal crash of 2019, leaving a deceased pilot and 7 seriously injured visitors. This is a significant environmental victory that has relocated extreme noise from a heavily visited area, to a much less heavily visited area of wilderness."