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My fam to Dulles tower on tues got cancelled due to the volume of fam requests that day. Imagine that.
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kmcormick9 posted:My fam to Dulles tower on tues got cancelled due to the volume of fam requests that day. Imagine that. Supposedly they're going to fly right up the Potomac with Discovery, I'm wondering how early Gravely Point is going to be swamped with people. If you could get a parking space there you should have a great view of the shuttle, as well as watching flights from National.
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Those Spitfires sound too good to be true. That said, god I hope it's true. 
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heyou posted:Supposedly they're going to fly right up the Potomac with Discovery, I'm wondering how early Gravely Point is going to be swamped with people. If you could get a parking space there you should have a great view of the shuttle, as well as watching flights from National.
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Apr 16, 2012 18:02
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My workplace is just south of Udvar-Hazy and directly under the normal Dulles southern landing approach, so I'm crossing my finger that it may fly over. Unfortunately I can't skip out of meetings long enough to get up to Dulles itself  Does anyone know which radio stations will be covering the flyover/flight path?
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Terrifying Effigies posted:My workplace is just south of Udvar-Hazy and directly under the normal Dulles southern landing approach, so I'm crossing my finger that it may fly over. Unfortunately I can't skip out of meetings long enough to get up to Dulles itself http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=KIAD
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Apr 17, 2012 05:27
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NASA TV has been on and off as well. Still up in the air...
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Apr 17, 2012 15:21
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A buddy of mine took a redeye from Dulles to Harrisburg & that they delayed takeoff so that the Shuttle flight could land. He watched it from his window seat from the tarmac. Lucky gently caress.
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Apr 17, 2012 15:38
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The thing has been cruising around my building a good amount, it's pretty cool.
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Apr 17, 2012 15:54
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I put up an album of the photos I got of it from the Mall on my little point and shoot, for whatever they are worth.
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Great photos, thanks
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Apr 17, 2012 18:28
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I took about 200 from my vantage point. Once I get them edited and sorted I'll post up
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Apr 17, 2012 21:14
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We had a visitor at work today...   One of his buddies came by as well...  Apparently he liked the place so much he came back around later!    Hope he enjoys his new home! I'm little disappointed they didn't use the other runway at Dulles for the landing, then it would have passed directly over me.
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Apr 17, 2012 21:51
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Some closeups as well: 
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Apr 17, 2012 22:08
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Do they always fly with a chase plane?
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Why I am I having such a hard time identifying the chase plane? F-5?
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Apr 17, 2012 22:28
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Why I am I having such a hard time identifying the chase plane? F-5? T-38. The trainer version of the F-5
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Apr 17, 2012 22:32
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Captain Postal posted:T-38. The trainer version of the F-5 Oh well I was closeish.
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Advent Horizon posted:Do they always fly with a chase plane? They had one flying about 5 minutes ahead to test the winds along the flight path. I figure they had the second one just because it looked cool. The two T-38s came up a few weeks ago to test and practice the flyover routes.
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Terrifying Effigies posted:I figure they had the second one just because it looked cool. MagnumHB fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 23:30
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Should have released it and let it glide in to Dulles, Enterprise-style. 
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Awesome shots guys, jealous I have never witnessed the shuttle fly. My contribution  I guess while we are at it...              
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I love how they wanted Discovery operationally dirty and not gleaming new factory clean.
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When will the shuttle be up for viewing? I've wanted to take a daytrip up to see the museum on one of my days off but I kept postponing it (mainly because i'm lazy.) I guess it's a good thing I did.
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No idea but I can't imagine it'll take too long. It'll be kind of cool to see Enterprise back in the air again. When was it moved to the Smithsonian? 27 years ago?
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Preoptopus posted:Awesome shots guys, jealous I have never witnessed the shuttle fly. Is there a larger version/source for that? Because I'd seriously frame that on my wall.
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slidebite posted:I love how they wanted Discovery operationally dirty and not gleaming new factory clean. I have a funny story about that. So, I was up at Oshkosh the year they had Space Ship One on display after the X-prize. Was walking back past Aeroshell square one evening, when I saw two guys with a heat-gun and a 2x4 bashing on the faring around the engine bell of SSO. Turns out, Rutan had wanted to show the ship looking slick and nice, but it had experienced considerable heat-buckling during the actual mission, so they smoothed the dents out for Osh, and then put them back in again before it hung in the Smithsonian. Terrifying Effigies posted:Is there a larger version/source for that? Because I'd seriously frame that on my wall. Pretty sure that I've seen it in color, and that it is a photoshop. For one thing, that isn't the cape in the background. ere we go http://500px.com/photo/5431139 Richard Silvera Slo-Tek fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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Slo-Tek posted:Pretty sure that I've seen it in color, and that it is a photoshop. For one thing, that isn't the cape in the background. Yeah, I figured it was a shop given the lack of a tower. Still a nice pic though. So...my office mate owns a couple of parrots and is good friends with the owners of an aviary shop about a mile from my office on Route 50. They posted up their Discovery flyover pics on Facebook and...       
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With the shuttle attached, the operational range of the modified 747-100 that they use to carry the shuttle drops from 5500nmi to 1000nmi.
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Apr 18, 2012 02:08
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Apr 18, 2012 02:23
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Too bad they can't aerial refuel that bitch. Those would be some ridiculous photos.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:With the shuttle attached, the operational range of the modified 747-100 that they use to carry the shuttle drops from 5500nmi to 1000nmi. Drag coefficient of a billboard
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Reading the comments on some of the news sites is hilarious. People are still bitching that Houston didn't get one, and they are boggled that the Intrepid is getting one. One literally said "why would an aircraft carrier get NASA stuff". Maybe if Houston would send some of the old rocket poo poo to the Intrepid to commemorate, you know, the Intrepid picking them out of the sea this wouldn't have happened. gently caress you, Houston! PainterofCrap posted:Drag coefficient of a billboard There should be hydraulically operated struts under the shuttle so the pilot could adjust it like a supermodified wing. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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I'm pretty sure Intrepid has a space exhibit? Practically it's going to the Intrepid because it's the aerospace museum in NYC not because of the Intrepid.
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Well, the space portion of the Intrepid isn't very big and IIRC they don't actually have any space vehicles there.
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VikingSkull posted:Reading the comments on some of the news sites is hilarious. People are still bitching that Houston didn't get one, and they are boggled that the Intrepid is getting one. One literally said "why would an aircraft carrier get NASA stuff". "Atlantis will be on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, near Cape Canaveral, Florida."  heh, gently caress you, got mine!
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VikingSkull posted:Reading the comments on some of the news sites is hilarious. People are still bitching that Houston didn't get one,
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slidebite posted:Wasn't it someone here that said Texas already got Columbia? If they hadn't, I was just about to.
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Didn't NASA require that whoever gets the shuttles stores them indoors at all times? How is the Intrepid going to deal with that?
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