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Space Expo 2019 @ New England Air Museum - 04/06/19 10:00 AM to 04/06/19 04:00 PM

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Logistical stuff!

  • Museum is located at 36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096. The two best ways to get there are to either A. go all the way up Route 75 through Windsor Locks before turning left at the top of the hill (marked by a huge sign for the museum), or B. Go up I-91, get onto Route 20 towards Granby/East Granby, then turn right onto Bradley Park Road, then right again onto Perimeter Road (past the Air National Guard base).
  • Aim to arrive for as close to 9AM as possible, please. When you turn into the museum parking lot you'll see an open gate on your right - drive through it and around the edge of the hanger. Park on the edge of the road between the two big hangers. Grab your tote and head into the Civilian Hanger (the one closer to the front of the museum) via a set of double doors. To find our changing room, you should??walk through the Civilian Hanger and connecting corridor towards the B-29 Hangar, take the small side-door to your left, and then head down to the corridor towards a classroom area. There are two private bathrooms in this area, too.??I've drawn up a map to better illustrate everything -??Space Expo Map.pdf
  • We'll be appearing for two shifts of 2 hours (10:00am to 12:00pm, then 1:00pm through 3:00pm) with an hour lunch break in-between. The museum fully caters lunch for us. It's totally fine to dress down a little early if you'd like or take regular breaks during the shifts - it's a long day in costume, please take care of yourself!
  • It's still TBC from the event host??but (as in previous years)??I expect we'll be hanging out around the Military Hanger for the majority of the time. Along with whatever wranglers we bring along, the museum will be providing at least one volunteer to keep an eye on us.

The Space Expo has been one of my favourite events since joining the 501st so I'm really happy we'll be going back again this year. It's kinda right at the top of the state so I'm really grateful to everyone who's driving up from the south coast or over the border. :)??Thanks for reading!

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Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? Space Expo 2019 @ New England Air Museum

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From our angle, it was just the right amount of patron visitors. We had plenty of photo ops and yet we were not inundated with crowds. We actually had breathing space, which was nice. Although I???m s

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Phew. I'm still exhausted from yesterday. I gather the museum was a little disappointed with their??turnout this year (mostly because it was beautiful weather outside), but I can't fault you guys

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This event was so fun this year! I wouldn't miss it!

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1 hour ago, trevelyan said:

They pushed this out to September next year? Dont they usually hold this in April?

Date fixed... tentative for the 6th of April, possibly the 7th :)

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On 10/23/2018 at 6:54 PM, Madxena said:

I just missed this one this??year so I am definitely in for this one next year.??

:D thanks Michelle!??

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This is an awesome event. I'm definitely there!

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On 1/20/2019 at 10:07 AM, macloed316 said:

Let me know if you need me. As always I am more than glad to help out if I can.

We'd love to see you guys again this year! I'm certainly going to troop as much as possible in RI this year. :)

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I???m in for sure. ?? I can do SnowTrooper if we do a ESB theme or FOTK??

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Just a quick update:

I've confirmed out participation with the event host and I (or @Obliviscar) will be providing her with a list of attendees shortly before the event. We're essentially doing everything the same as the last two years - I'll type out the full details either before the end of the month.

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Put me as going. ??Suit tbd. Possible Jawa also

the Wookiee needs a new belt and that???s gonna take time to do so if you want him he will have no belt

if macloed316 is coming he can do Vader.??

If not I can bring him.

I???m going to be late to this have a dr appointment that morning but I will be there after the dr

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1 hour ago, jimsprenkle said:

Shouldn???t this be a confirmed event?

You are correct. It's already confirmed with the event host; I'll just need someone with moderator powers to move it into the correct subforum. @Alay please?

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23 minutes ago, Chewy said:

You are correct. It's already confirmed with the event host; I'll just need someone with moderator powers to move it into the correct subforum. @Alay please?

Oops, forgot I demodded you for election.

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It's moved and updated.

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You were ???demodded ??? lol

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5 hours ago, Feliz said:

You were ???demodded ??? lol

Yeah... it was probably a bad idea to give an election candidate the ability to moderate posts. :P

Regarding logistics for Space Expo - tomorrow I'll post a quick guide for parking, where the changing area is, appearance??schedule, etc etc. The event host would like to know how many of us are coming and their names, but that's something Dennis or I can confirm a little closer to the date.??

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First post and calendar event is updated with logistics! Still a few months away but always better to be prepared.

https://ctg501.com/community/index.php?/topic/256-space-expo-2019-new-england-air-museum-040619-1000-am-to-040619-0400-pm/&tab=comments#comment-1920??

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Real talk, who's the astronaut this year?

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49 minutes ago, Alay said:

Real talk, who's the astronaut this year?

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On 2/11/2019 at 11:40 AM, jimsprenkle said:

Put me as going. ??Suit tbd. Possible Jawa also

the Wookiee needs a new belt and that???s gonna take time to do so if you want him he will have no belt

if macloed316 is coming he can do Vader.??

If not I can bring him.

I???m going to be late to this have a dr appointment that morning but I will be there after the dr

I will be there as long as you are ok with it. I dont want to step on anyone's toes. I really love trooping with you all and I don't want to be disrespectful.

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