From iaw at MIT.EDU Tue May 16 09:10:40 2006 From: iaw at MIT.EDU (Ian Waitz) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:10:40 -0400 Subject: [Unified-mailman] Flying canceled for today Message-ID: Unified students: As anticipated, the weather today will be marginal VFR (at best) and IFR at other times. Therefore we will cancel the Unified Flying Day for today. We will take a look again for Thursday (however, we still only have two pilots identified, and the weather...). - Ian -- ******************************************************************* M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y Professor Ian A. Waitz Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Bldg. 33-408, MIT Phone: 617-253-0218 77 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: 617-258-0863 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 email:iaw at mit.edu website: http://mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/waitz/ From iaw at MIT.EDU Wed May 17 17:11:43 2006 From: iaw at MIT.EDU (Ian Waitz) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:11:43 -0400 Subject: [Unified-mailman] Unified Flying Possible for Thursday Message-ID: Unified Students: We are prepared to go ahead with the Unified Flying Day tomorrow (Thursday). The only uncertainty is the weather, but at this moment it looks good for tomorrow. We only have two pilots, so depending on how many people participate, it may require shorter hops or a longer day. You will receive an email from me around 7:30am Thursday with a go/no-go decision. - Ian [We have a 1pm lecture to announce the winners of the flight competition and to get feedback from you on Unified. If we fly, we will skip the feedback (but expect you will give it to us in the web-based subject evaluations, and then steal 10 minutes at between the 10-11 lecture and the 11-12 recitation to announce the winners of the flight competition. Stay tuned.] -- ******************************************************************* M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y Professor Ian A. Waitz Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Bldg. 33-408, MIT Phone: 617-253-0218 77 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: 617-258-0863 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 email:iaw at mit.edu website: http://mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/waitz/ From inglek at MIT.EDU Wed May 17 22:48:31 2006 From: inglek at MIT.EDU (Katherine A Ingle) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 22:48:31 -0400 Subject: [Unified-mailman] Flying tomorrow: IMPORTANT Message-ID: <20060517224831.aa4v3w5qn2044cgk@webmail.mit.edu> Hey guys, This is direct from Andy...if you want to fly tomorrow, then show up to 10am lecture to get your name on a list...we would start leaving at 12:20. We are flying out of Hanscom as of now, but that could change by 8am-ish tomorrow morning. Katherine From iaw at MIT.EDU Thu May 18 07:46:27 2006 From: iaw at MIT.EDU (Ian Waitz) Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 07:46:27 -0400 Subject: [Unified-mailman] Flying is on for today. Message-ID: Unified Students: Flying is on for today. To enable Andy to work the ground-side logistics, it is critical that you are at lecture today at 10am sharp. Thank you, - Ian >X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 06:55:10 -0400 >To: Ian Waitz >From: Paul >Subject: Re: Unified Flying Possible for Thursday > >Ian > Weather looks good, a bit windy this afternoon but otherwise okay. > >Paul > >Terminal Forecasts > >Boston MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl) [KBOS] terminal forecast >issued on the 18th at 1:48am EDT (0548Z), valid >from the 18th at 2am EDT (06Z) through 2am EDT >(06Z) >2am EDT (06Z) >wind 210? at 8 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 9,000 feet broken >11:00am EDT (1500Z) >wind 210? at 12 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 4,000 feet scattered >2:00pm EDT (1800Z) >wind 200? at 14 knots gusting to 22 knots, >visibility greater than 6 miles, 4,500 feet >scattered >8:00pm EDT (0000Z) >wind 190? at 10 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 10,000 feet broken. > >Manchester NH [KMHT] terminal forecast >issued on the 18th at 1:48am EDT (0548Z), valid >from the 18th at 2am EDT (06Z) through 2am EDT >(06Z) >2am EDT (06Z) >wind calm, visibility 6 miles, mist, 5,000 feet scattered, 9,000 feet overcast >11:00am EDT (1500Z) >wind 200? at 6 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 9,000 feet scattered >2:00pm EDT (1800Z) >wind 210? at 8 knots gusting to 18 knots, >visibility greater than 6 miles, 4,500 feet >scattered >2pm (18Z)-6pm EDT (22Z) >temporarily 4,000 feet broken >8:00pm EDT (0000Z) >wind 170? at 6 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 10,000 feet scattered >1:00am EDT (0500Z) >wind calm, visibility greater than 6 miles, 10,000 feet broken. >Worcester MA [KORH] terminal forecast >issued on the 18th at 1:48am EDT (0548Z), valid >from the 18th at 2am EDT (06Z) through 2am EDT >(06Z) >2am EDT (06Z) >wind 220? at 9 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 12,000 feet broken >11:00am EDT (1500Z) >wind 220? at 9 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 12,000 feet scattered >2:00pm EDT (1800Z) >wind 220? at 10 knots gusting to 20 knots, >visibility greater than 6 miles, 4,500 feet >scattered >8:00pm EDT (0000Z) >wind 200? at 8 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 10,000 feet scattered >1:00am EDT (0500Z) >wind 220? at 7 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 6,000 feet overcast. > >Portsmouth NH (Pease International Tradeport) [KPSM] terminal forecast >issued on the 18th at 1:25am EDT (0525Z), valid >from the 18th at 2am EDT (06Z) through 2am EDT >(06Z) >2am EDT (06Z) >wind 230? at 5 knots, visibility greater than 6 >miles, 6,000 feet scattered, 9,000 feet overcast >4am (08Z)-8am EDT (12Z) >temporarily visibility 4 miles, mist, 500 feet scattered, 1,500 feet broken >10:00am EDT (1400Z) >wind 170? at 11 knots, visibility greater than 6 miles, 4,500 feet broken >11:00pm EDT (0300Z) >wind 140? at 7 knots, visibility 3 miles, mist, >300 feet scattered, 1,000 feet overcast. > > >>Paul, >> >>Excellent. I will look for an email from you >>tomorrow morning regarding the weather. Then I >>will send a go/no-go email out to the students. >> >>Best wishes, >> >>- Ian >> >>>Ian >>> Talked to John and he's set for tomorrow. >>>Weather looks good, a bit windy but not too >>>much. >>> >>>Paul -- ******************************************************************* M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y Professor Ian A. Waitz Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Bldg. 33-408, MIT Phone: 617-253-0218 77 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: 617-258-0863 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 email:iaw at mit.edu website: http://mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/waitz/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Gabriel >Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering >Class of 2008 >Massachusetts Institute of Technology > >http://www.spoinky.net/ > >DO ONE THING EVERY DAY THAT SCARES YOU. >- Eleanor Roosevelt -- ******************************************************************* M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y Professor Ian A. Waitz Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Bldg. 33-408, MIT Phone: 617-253-0218 77 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: 617-258-0863 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 email:iaw at mit.edu website: http://mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/waitz/