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David Richard, an aviation planning specialist with the Federal Aviation Administration, said the jets must fly into the wind to get the "lift" they need for take-off.
The jet airplanes must be directed over Cambridge so they can take-off directly into the wind. David Nsabimana, a noise monitor and technician with Massport, said yesterday. They will continue on their present pattern until the frigid, 48-knot wind shifts or subsides, he said.
"If a pilot does not get the required lift he'll have to abort the take-off and if he's short on pavement he could run into some real problems," Richard said.
Nsabimana said he has seen jets turn over attempting to take-off heading in a direction other than directly into the wind.
James Weinrich, a tutor at Mather House and one of the many Cambridge residents bothered by the noise of the jet engines, said yesterday the jets are "really irritating" and put him off his sleeping schedule.