Visual effects supervisor Jon Thum was unable to accompany a helicopter flight to obtain planned aerial shots of Johannesburg due to last-minute flight permissions; the resulting shots were non-specific and Thum had to pick out ones that could tell the story.
A number of organisations (e.g. the British Microlight Aircraft Association and the Light Aircraft Association) have obtained a standing over-flight permission for Permit to Fly aircraft within their area of interest with some European countries, notably France.
Following the second deicing, LaGuardia ground control granted Flight 405 permission to taxi to Runway 13.
Heathrow has agreed to curb night flights if permission is granted for a third runway, as it announced measures it claimed met all the conditions set by the Airports Commission for its expansion plan.
Pilots would no longer be permitted to attempt a landing at the field in bad weather without an instrument flight plan or permission from regional air traffic controllers.
He had said afterward that Russian air traffic controllers gave his flight's pilot permission to descend to a low altitude in preparation for landing, contradicting an official investigation by the Interstate Aviation Committee.
Like aviation authorities elsewhere, the Federal Aviation Administration FAAA) says these cannot be used until the flight crew give permission and the aircraft has climbed to an altitude of at least 3,000 metres.
They have so emboldened authorities that Abdulrazzaq alHashemi, a senior official welcoming the Russians, declared that his government would turn down future requests to fly to Baghdad if those organizing the flight obtained United Nations permission.
Fawcett, who describes himself as "a massive board game fan", contacted the game's creators at Fantasy Flight Games for permission to use Runewars in the show and employed one of his friends as a consultant for the episode.
NASA itself almost canceled this season's flights before getting permission last week.
