[MilCom] TBird Media Flight Video

[Ken]

The Thunderbirds are at KBAF (Barnes MAP/ANGB, Westfield MA) this weekend 
for a show.  The local NBC affiliate, WWLP-TV, Springfield/Chicopee, had one 
of it's reporters Jackie Brousseau, take a ride, which included pulling 
9G's.  There was a camera on board that recorded the entire flight.

See:  http://www.wwlp.com/video/index.html
Look in the "More Headlines" portion for the story "Flight of The 
Thunderbirds"...

>From a monitoring aspect, this flight took place on 8/24/05 & was monitored 
by me & at least one other New England monitor.  The newcast actually 
carried the takeoff live from the ground -- so I could monitor as well as 
see it from home!!!

Here's the Specifics:
THUNDERBIRD 7 (F16):  Take off & climb out to FL 150, requesting direct to 
Yankee MOA (1816 hrs local)
Frequencies:
251.1  KBAF Tower
325.8 KBDL Approach/Departure Control
338.2 KZBW ARTCC
381.4 KZBW ARTCC
Also reported was 303.0 104 FW Command Post was used by the F16 to pass 
comms back to Barnes (rather than any of the comm cart freqs).

Excellent story!!!

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area