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Visit A Nation's Capital Do - May 7-9 (2010) a DC-Do
May 9, 2010, 6:23 am
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greetings from breast cancer walk! Marine one just flew by! Bellies for breasts are entertaining us. I think i still have red wine in my system. Eek! Sorry for early wake up calls to some folk -grin. See you at brunch. Cheerd
greetings from breast cancer walk! Marine one just flew by! Bellies for breasts are entertaining us. I think i still have red wine in my system. Eek! Sorry for early wake up calls to some folk -grin. See you at brunch. Cheerd
May 9, 2010, 8:53 am
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It looks like I could have made the brunch today -- my parents are stuck in Munich (Eyjafjallajökull strikes again).
Thank you, everyone, for a great weekend, and a major ^ to United and MWAA for the superb tour of IAD. I now hate the airport a little bit less.
Thank you, everyone, for a great weekend, and a major ^ to United and MWAA for the superb tour of IAD. I now hate the airport a little bit less.
May 9, 2010, 2:08 pm
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Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend - safe travels home
Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend - safe travels home
May 9, 2010, 3:06 pm
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Am at DCA right now waiting for flight. Had a fantabulous weekend - thanks so much for organizing a great event from start to finish!!!
I've taken so many pictures it will take a while to get them all uploaded, although I'll have a start during my 3-hour layover at ORD.
Cheers.
I've taken so many pictures it will take a while to get them all uploaded, although I'll have a start during my 3-hour layover at ORD.
Cheers.
May 9, 2010, 4:21 pm
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Brunch today was fun and the IAD Air and Space Musuem tour kicked serious butt.
Our docent took us on the "short" tour which ran longer than the "long" tour because we all had so many questions.
A part of the tour was going up to the observation tower with an IAD Air Route Traffic Controller who would show us planes landing and explain what the process was all about. And, of course, most of us were pretty familiar with how this sort of stuff works.
The first plane he pointed out was a United Express plane landing right past our windows. He said "Notice the nose down position as he approaches the runway. It's evident that the pilot is lined up with the runway and is happy with his approach. As he nears touch down, you'll note that he raises the nose as he lands."
As soon as he said this, the plane, now only 25 feet off the runway, shoots back into the air in a missed approach! It was almost as if the controller had set this up.
He thought it might be a deer on the runway as we couldn't see anything else blocking the runway. He got on the walkie-talkie to see what was up and it seems the aircraft received a wind shear warning just prior to touchdown. The winds were blowing at nearly 30 mph diagonally across the active runway at the time.
Anyway, that was our excitement for the afternoon.
It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. We're in the area for a couple more days before we head back to the Left Coast.
Wishing you all safe travels.
Our docent took us on the "short" tour which ran longer than the "long" tour because we all had so many questions.
A part of the tour was going up to the observation tower with an IAD Air Route Traffic Controller who would show us planes landing and explain what the process was all about. And, of course, most of us were pretty familiar with how this sort of stuff works.
The first plane he pointed out was a United Express plane landing right past our windows. He said "Notice the nose down position as he approaches the runway. It's evident that the pilot is lined up with the runway and is happy with his approach. As he nears touch down, you'll note that he raises the nose as he lands."
As soon as he said this, the plane, now only 25 feet off the runway, shoots back into the air in a missed approach! It was almost as if the controller had set this up.
He thought it might be a deer on the runway as we couldn't see anything else blocking the runway. He got on the walkie-talkie to see what was up and it seems the aircraft received a wind shear warning just prior to touchdown. The winds were blowing at nearly 30 mph diagonally across the active runway at the time.
Anyway, that was our excitement for the afternoon.
It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. We're in the area for a couple more days before we head back to the Left Coast.
Wishing you all safe travels.
May 9, 2010, 6:14 pm
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What a fantastic DO!! It was nice to see some familiar faces and meet some new people!
Thanks so much for everyone who put in time to plan this DO (especially GoingAway and gvdIAD). Also, special thanks to United and MWAA for hosting us at IAD and giving us such an incredible tour!!!
I have posted my photos here: http://www.gpalcher.com/Flyertalk/DC-DO/12124188_2dSJm
Hope everyone has a safe trip home
Thanks so much for everyone who put in time to plan this DO (especially GoingAway and gvdIAD). Also, special thanks to United and MWAA for hosting us at IAD and giving us such an incredible tour!!!
I have posted my photos here: http://www.gpalcher.com/Flyertalk/DC-DO/12124188_2dSJm
Hope everyone has a safe trip home
May 9, 2010, 7:32 pm
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OMG - I'm at ORD & looking at pics that I took in the last few days. There are a few hundred of them!!!! Unless I can figure out how to upload them in a batch, it's going to take a few days for me to get them up becuase I - oh yeah novel thought - actually have to get back to work.
Decided that I'm going to do them in different links as some folk might be interested in dif things - ie, the Cap Do FT photos, Hillwood, Udvar-Hazey Museum, breast cancer walk, rather than put them all into a single link.
Cheers.
Decided that I'm going to do them in different links as some folk might be interested in dif things - ie, the Cap Do FT photos, Hillwood, Udvar-Hazey Museum, breast cancer walk, rather than put them all into a single link.
Cheers.
May 9, 2010, 8:48 pm
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My first set of photos uploaded
GAs Friday Night Dinner Pics
Hillwood Pics
Saturday Night at Zengo
Last edited by GoingAway; May 9, 2010 at 9:19 pm Reason: more pic links