From gregory.s.page@nrl.navy.mil Wed Jan 26 11:16:42 2000 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:20:25 -0500 From: Greg Page To: aiaadbf@amber.aae.uiuc.edu Subject: Fwd: DBF Q&A #2 - Scheduling and Travel >Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:49:45 -0500 >To: Bob Paczula AIAA, dbf::brian richardet, dbf::chris bovais, dbf::Craig >Nickol, dbf::david levy, Doug Young Design Engr TC, John Vassberg, johns >Design Engr TC, Len Parrish - Pax, Ray Chattman, dbf::selig, Tracy Wathen, >Cal Poly SLO, Clarkson U, Cleveland State U, E Stroudsburg U, Georgia >Tech, Mass Institute of Tech, Miami U, Middle East Tech U #1- Turkey, >Middle East Tech U #2 - Turkey, Middle East Tech U #3 - Turkey, Oklahoma >State U #1, Oklahoma State U #2, Purdue U, Queens U #1 - Canada, Queens U >#2 - Canada, Syracuse U, U delgi Studi di Roma, U of Arizona, U of >California - LA, U of California - SD, U of Central Florida, U of >Illinois, U of New Mexico, U of Southern California, U of Texas - Austin, >United States Military Academy, University at Buffalo, Utah State U, >Virginia Polytechnic and State U, West Virgina U, Wichita State U >From: Greg Page >Subject: DBF Q&A #2 - Scheduling and Travel > >Q&A #2 > >Q: Does the flight portion of the competition run on both Saturday and >Sunday or just Saturday? Is there a tentative schedule of events or last >years schedule to give me an idea what to expect. > > >A: Good question, I'm going to send this answer out immediately to all the >other teams too so people can start planning their travel budgets. > >Yes, we will fly on both days (weather permitting) the same as we did last >year. We will start early AM, and fly till around 6 PM each day. With >the number of entries we have (and had last year) we need both days to >give all the teams several opportunities to fly and try to keep bettering >their score. > >I will set up a random first-flight order, after that round all subsequent >attempts are on a first come first served basis. > >For travel planning purposes teams should plan to arrive early during the >day on Friday. We will have tech inspections on Friday afternoon for as >many teams as are present. You can also go through tech inspection on >Saturday (or even Sunday), but you may miss your first round flight >window. You should plan on flying till at least 6 PM on both days, with a >brief awards presentation at the end of the day on Sunday. Departures >should be scheduled for either late Sunday night or on Monday. > >I'll also take this opportunity to remind all teams that the aircraft MUST >have flown prior to the competition start. We MAY be able to let one or >two teams make their first flight prior to the official start of the >contest on Saturday as we did last year, but it's by no means >guaranteed. We plan to be able to have teams make their first flight on >Friday afternoon during the tech inspections, but that is not final at >present pending completion of facility scheduling discussions. So ... the >best way to be SURE you will be able to compete at the fly-off is to fly >the aircraft at your home field before coming to the competition, and >bring along an in-flight photo so you can verify your flight to the tech >inspectors. > >-Greg Gregory S. Page Formula 402 email: gregory.s.page@nrl.navy.mil Contest email: Include DBF in the subject line Contest web page: http://amber.aae.uiuc.edu/~aiaadbf [Part 2, Text/HTML 71 lines] [Unable to print this part]