CHRIS PASSED HIS ORAL EXAM!!! now he's officially a PhD candidate at UMD. several of the people involved, either panel or audience, are internationally renowned mathematicians, and they told him things along the lines of "fantastic/excellent job," "very well prepared," "well executed," etc. he presented his material for ~50 minutes, and then the panel asked him one question. ONE. and after short discussion, they passed him.
:)
other news:
not news, per se, but rather good feelings. teaching has been going well. i'm enjoying it, and even though the kids and i butt heads sometimes, we get along. we all seem to be learning one thing or another! in addition to my English and Literature classes, i get to teach an aviation class. how awesome is that?! hopefully, we can get into rocketry. and build rockets.
why do i get the feeling that that might not be my most brilliant idea?
anyway, the kids got to pick their enrichment class, and apparently my aviation section filled up pretty quickly. not bad for a lady that most of the kids don't even know! i'm hoping that we can go to the air & space museum annex at dulles airport. that would be the crowning event for the year. freakin awesome.
my favorite aircraft:
rotor wing--the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter
fixed wing--the SR-71 Blackbird
i don't know other girls who have a favorite aircraft. would i be considered that much hotter then?
that would be cool....
:)
8 comments:
Congrats to Chris. Well done.
As for whether having a favorite aircraft make you hotter, I think you'd have to ask Nick.
The answer is YES.
In a purely platonic way.
Also, for aviation, perhaps it might be a better idea to build kites like the wright brothers did. Learn about steering by wing warping. Or go on a field trip to Martin State Airport and see the 175th Fighter Squadron MDANG. Nothing says fun more than A-10s on the flight line.
Rocketry really isn't "aviation" per se, it's something unto itself.
Favorite Rotary Wing Aircraft:
Bell UH-1 Huey (Hog variants especially.)
Favorite Fixed Wing Aircraft:
North American P-51 Mustang. The fighter that won WW2. (with props to the Spitfire and Hurricane for holding the line against the 109's and FW's.)
response to fav rotor wing:
HOOAH!
also, i know rocketry isn't really aviation but more, well, rocket science, but i just needed an excuse to build things that could accidentally turn into pyrotechnics.
:)
Hmmm, then I suggest the F-94 Starfire. Main armament:
Rockets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-94
I consider myself just one of the guys, but I must admit that I don't have a favorite aircraft...
Oooh!
RATO Bottles!
Do something with RATO!
I don't have a favorite airplane, but I do agree that the SR-71 is really cool!!!
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