[MilAir] "Golden Knights 607" on 129.950

[John Meszaros]

I think the Milwaukee Air Expo is this weekend.


>From: DennyRB at aol.com
>Reply-To: Military Aircraft Communications <milair at mailman.qth.net>
>To: milair at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [MilAir] "Golden Knights 607" on 129.950
>Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:15:16 EDT
>
>Yeah, I know it seems I was drinking something strange in my ice tea but 
>this
>afternoon in was searching thru the "ARINC" portion of the civil aviation
>band and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. An aircraft, "Golden 
>Knights
>607," was working a station I couldn't hear ("Ring Leader") coordinating 
>entering
>airspace "coming in hot" and "ready to deploy jumper to coordinate with the
>Star Spangled Banner.." The exchange between the two lasted about 15 
>minutes and
>involved exchanges regarding windage, streamer drops, and several passes
>dropping jumpers. All this on 129.950.
>
>I monitored the frequency for several hours afterward and heard nothing 
>else
>similar to this, so it must have been one-time coordinating an airshow 
>opening
>ceremony or other special event. I haven't check the Golden Knights master
>schedule to see where they might be performing close enough to be heard in 
>the
>west Chicago suburbs using an outside antenna about 25 feet above the 
>ground.
>
>Anybody else catch this or know the location of "Golden Knights 607" today?
>
>Another reason we should never say never.....?????
>
>Denny Biagioli
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