Yes, he pulled it out of his... :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by wunaladreamin
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Yes, he pulled it out of his... :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by wunaladreamin
EYE!
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/ferry/status.htmljust posted on spaceflightnow.com
the ferry flight is postponned until at least friday.
ARGHHHH!!!!!!!
My information comes from Leon Panetta and the CIC himself.
Its all part of the stimulus plan. Should the arrestor cables not hold, we'll lose the orbiter but gain jobs and more building industry downtown.
if the weatherkeep acting like this till May 26 we can have the shuttle take part in theJones Beach Airshow....
Yeah !!! I'm glad to hear they're waiting for better weather and clearer skies on Friday !!! :cool:
I just wish they would have it arrive later in the day so that the sun would be lighting it from a good angle....
If I tell my boss ONE MORE TIME that I need to change my day off, I am gonna get fired :P
ugh!!!
I hear ya on that Manny. I think my bosses are getting tired of different emails from me saying that my day off has changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonzalu
The boss said as long as I send her photos she can show her kids, I'm good to go. Of course, I'm flying to CLT on Saturday, so they better do this on Friday!
I second that!Quote:
Originally Posted by yankees368
Friday is good. More time to charge my batteries. I'm retired so it doesn't really matter to me. Anyway the wind blows!
Crap crap crap is there any chance it could be mid-late afternoon on Friday? I could probably get to JFK by 3 after work but no sooner than that :( I'm personally hoping for a postponement to next week because I could go ANY day next week.
My boss is done with me changing, but now I dont know if I can get to JFK area before 9am... flight is from 9-11 right ?
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Originally Posted by sammers4247
Correct, the arrival is tentatively scheduled to arrive between 9 and 11am.Quote:
Originally Posted by DustinF
Ah, it's out for me, then. :(
Shall we start the pool on when the next reschedule is gonna be for? This is getting absurd
December 2, 2019Quote:
Originally Posted by wunaladreamin
Man this is seriously getting annoying. Email from intrepid:
Tomorrow’s planned arrival of the space shuttle Enterprise has been postponed due to deteriorating weather forecasts. Forecast scenarios by NASA meteorologists no longer meet the minimum requirements to guarantee that the shuttle can be safely transported to New York on Wednesday morning. The safety of this historic icon and of the aircrew transporting her must be our paramount concern, therefore NASA and Intrepid together decided that it is best to postpone the operation.
We hope to be able to bring the shuttle in as soon as weather permits, possibly on Friday. We will contact you as soon as NASA and we have determined that conditions will allow for this move.
We appreciate your support and understanding and look forward to seeing you at the arrival celebration welcoming space shuttle Enterprise to New York.
Nice! Maybe this thing will get delayed until I return to the area next week!:biggrin:
I can hope, can't I...
If they wanted as many people as possible to see the shuttle fly over the city they might as well have scheduled it for the weekend. Its really pointless to do something like this on a weekday. And lets just hope when people see a 747 thundering low over the city we don't have a repeat of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0tMMYEkQU
I found a slideshow about the SCA on NASA's site: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/shuttlecarrier/
One thing I thought was interesting was the diagram of just where things will happen at JFK once they finally move the thing in here:
http://mlkshk.com/r/EXJA
I'm looking forward to Friday. I'm gonna be down in Red Hook to try to shoot the SCA over the Statue.
Question: if I bring my scanner, where would I hear the traffic for this? Would it be on the Approach frequency, or JFK tower? How do they coordinate that kind of thing?
One more postponement and we'll just have to send this thing off to Texas!!Quote:
Originally Posted by wunaladreamin
It's the strangest thing, because not long before this incident a B52 (yes a B52) came down low over the harbor and the statue executing a large turn (albeit not in front of the office buildings in downtown Manhattan as close as the President's 747), and then proceeded north above the Hudson. Never did see a mention in the media before or after that I could find. It just came and went.Quote:
Originally Posted by alberchico
You know Tom, I can picture Perriwen sticking pins in a homemade rain cloud voodoo doll lol.
HA! Yes, I can imagine that as well. :) It's funny, but I just deleted an email invitation to see Men In Black lll at an exclusive preview at the Intrepid! It's like Frank Sinatra sang... "Start Spreading the News..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlJl1LfDP4Quote:
Originally Posted by wunaladreamin
Any more info on this? FRG??Quote:
Originally Posted by emshighway
Have not seen nor heard a word.
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Originally Posted by Tom_Turner
Underneath the MIB invite they had the 27th as the tentative Shuttle arrival date. According to the their Shuttle page, the flyover will occur soon after 10am.
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/shuttle/
I'm hoping for Saturday. That would be so sweeeeet.
George
Saturday would be absolutely awesome.
That works for me. I'll be at The Battery then can head up to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by gpalz1
Passed by the field this afternoon on the way home from work, and they were setting a few tents and bleachers by the de-icing tent.
N90 is the TRACON facility. I'm fairly convinced that from your vantage point you will have a great view. I discussed with BigTim earlier today and my only concern would be photographing through the UV glass. Our eyes can filter the image, our cameras don't do as good a job.Quote:
Originally Posted by ch2tdriver
If all you are interested in is seeing then I think you have a great spot. If you are looking for the perfect photo you might want to move to a different spot.
As far as a time I would keep the NASA TV feed going on the work computer or some other mobile device and after the low pass a KLGA I would get myself into position.
As a side not the Cradle is overly silent on this, as a member I expected some sort of communication and I have received nothing as of yet.
I can't wait to see this. Saw it in 1982 when I was a wee little boy and I've been captivated by it ever since.
Nah, too simple. I'd do something with the GPS voodoo doll to lead them out over the Bermuda Triangle, then do a Bermuda Triangle voodoo doll to time jump them 100 years into the future. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wunaladreamin
I'm down with Friday. I'm off from work anyways... :)
Saturday would be great but forecasters predict a chance of rain. Friday seems to be the day but things change. Of course, the Cradle Museum won't discuss this as it brings no publicity to their museum. Incidentally, what did the Cradle Museum do with the half-scale Times Square Concorde replica? I heard they hid it somewhere. For the record, Enterprise flew-over NYC back on June 10,1983 piggy-back aboard an SCA. She was returning from the 1983 Paris Air Show via Toronto. The sight was awesome as she flew by the VZ Bridge. I got goosebumps. She was showing-off America's lead in space exploration. Now, she's showing how we quit space exploration. Sad.
Of course it turned out to be a perfectly clear day today, albeit a little windy wind winds said to be in the 14MPH range. Friday's forecast calls for windier conditions, so we'll have to see if it happens. A weekend visit would be great as it would insure higher turnouts.
I think they are more concerned with the tempeatures during the flight up from DC and potential icing and that is one of the causes of the delays.
But getting back to the arrival, we are pretty much set on 31-L, where is everyone going to be? I am still debating between Inwood and Bayswater.
Inwood will offer the closest look at the arrival but you will only have it for a few seconds.
Bayswater is further but offers a little nicer background and the tower.
I know some people have said Bayswate for the tower shot any other opinions or plans?