[MilCom] Re: Blue Angels Pilot Died in Crash

[Mac McCormick III]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blaine Brooks" <blaine.brooks at verizon.net>
> So...was anyone at the airshow and monitoring
> the communications???. I'm amazed NO ONE
> hasn't posted anything yet in regards to that.
> 
> Mack?

    Sorry, nothing to add from me unfortunately.  From home, I am
    too far away to hear aircraft low in the pattern at Beaufort or
    recieve any of the base's ground nets on most days.  I would
    guess that most of the traffic regarding the incident probably
    occurred on the Beaufort County TRS and the South Carolina
    Palmetto 800 systems.  MCAS Beaufort's Crash/Fire department
    uses the system and it would have been the best way for them
    to coordinate with the civilian departments off base.

    A member of the ScanSavannah group mentioned going to the
    show, perhaps he will be posting a report of what he heard in
    the next day or so.

    I did not attend the airshow as I no longer attend any, particularly
    those held at military installations.  I grew tired of being treated
    like a terrorist or threat just because I carry both a camera and 
    scanner.  Furthermore, it just isn't fun to carry a lens around in my
    pants pocket just so I can use two lenses, have a handful
    of film canisters in the other, extra radio batteries tucked in
    a back pocket and God knows what else banging into my knee
    in a cargo pocket because the base authorities won't let you
    carry a camera bag.  The constant stops to check my radio the
    last time I went to a Beaufort show was one of the reasons I quit.

Mac McCormick                      "Green Comms Suck"
Savannah, GA
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