Is 10:30 the time it's leaving IAD, or the time it's expected to start flying around NYC?
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Is 10:30 the time it's leaving IAD, or the time it's expected to start flying around NYC?
Issue Date : April 19, 2012 at 2239 UTC Location : New York, New York Beginning Date and Time : April 23, 2012 at 1400 UTC 1000 Local Ending Date and Time : April 23, 2012 at 1500 UTC 1100 Local Reason for NOTAM : Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons Type : Security Replaced NOTAM(s) : N/A Jump To: Affected Areas
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Unreal - no real rain for a month until now ......
Question - after she lands at JFK where will she park?
Any chance of a pic for us regular slobs without ramp pals to get a shot somewhere?
While I don't have any concrete info, I read somewhere that it would be in a hangar, it most likely will not be outside very long. They don't want it exposed, so any shots would have be taken rather soon after it has landed. Of course there should be opportunities to see it being removed from the SCA with some rather large cranes - at least one could hope!Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingColors
It's a shame that the weather sucks for Monday, I was planning to keep my kids home so that they could see it live, something that can't be done on Wednesday due to state tests, but I'll be there!
Mostly likely Hangar 19.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingColors
it will sit on top of the 747 for 1 to 2 weeks while they prep for removal...they need to move equipment from DC to NYC to get the Job done...then it will sit alone in hangar (NOT NAMING IT HERE) for move to Intrepid.
Hanger 12 area.
I honestly can't believe some of the articles I've been reading as of late. They are seriously, going to take a space shuttle, one of only a small number out there, an aviation treasure...going to plunk it on an old, cramped ship floating in a river that's not known for upkeeping it's aircraft fleet very well (Concorde's nose falling off, anyone?)....and throwing bubble wrap over it. And plan to 'eventually' build a facility on this ship(!?!?!) for it if they ever get the funds. Unbelievable.
How is anyone thinking this is a good idea? Think beyond 'oh goody, we get a space shuttle!' First you have the fact that it's a VERY disrespectful thing to do to the orbiter in the name of a slightly higher assumed tourist count, but it's also really going to look ugly on the ship when you think about it. The ship isn't that big to begin with, and now they want to add a DC-9 sized aircraft with a -building- around it? ON the ship? So, good bye flight deck as it will have been, there is going to be a -building- over the back end of it?
We understand, you're upset you aren't getting a shuttle in Texas, but, please, enough!
At least we had a facility ready for it...Quote:
Originally Posted by moose135
Seriously, you should check the aviation forums out there. Everyone else out there sees this for what it is-a very, very, very, very, VERY horrible idea. And that's people all over the country. And honestly, I'm over it not coming to Texas, but what they are planning on doing to this spacecraft is indefensible. You do NOT take something like this and just 'plunk it down and throw bubble wrap over it'.
Can you point me to a source for the "bubble wrap" claims? From the Intrepid's web site, they say:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perriwen
Apparently, NASA is satisfied with the plans, or they wouldn't be giving it to the Intrepid.Quote:
...placed on the flight deck of the Intrepid where it will be on exhibit to the public starting this summer in a temporary climate-controlled pavilion that will feature innovative elements in an exciting and immersive experience for visitors.
Yeah, I have a source. Your own local paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by moose135
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/ny...-out.html?_r=2
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Now, Mr. Woods’s staff must erect an all-weather tent, 56 feet tall, on the aft of the flight deck....Once the shuttle is in place, Mr. Woods said, the tent — similar to the bubbles that cover some tennis courts — will be raised over it. By July, he said, the museum hopes to start selling tickets for entry into an exhibit designed around Enterprise that will cost about $3 million to build.
In regards to NASA being 'satisfied' with the plans, they signed the shuttle over to them back in September, when it sounded like a facility would be built and ready for the shuttle. I've heard some call it the 'bait and switch'.
What exactly is wrong with a bubble?
You're seriously okay with one of only four space shuttles in the world having a tent thrown over it while the owners 'hope' to eventually build something more permanent? AND having a historical carrier with a 50-foot structure covering 1/4 the ship?Quote:
Originally Posted by eric8669
Up to me, I'd keep that shuttle in a hanger at JFK or Kennedy until they built a proper, permanent location. This just seems lazy, rushed, and sloppy.