[MilCom] Monitoring Times Annual Air Show Guide & Airshow Comments

[Ken]

The "Monitoring Times" magazine March 2007 edition provides some extensive 
information on the upcoming airshow season:

First there's Larry Van Horn's annual guide 4 pages packed with lots of 
potential frequencies for just about every military & civilian aerobatic 
team on the airshow circuit.

Next there's an article on "Andrews Air Show, 'Best of the Best", which has 
some interviews short stories with "The Photographer" (always seen but not 
heard!!! :) ), "The Expert", & "The First Timer"...    Many of you may not 
know this but the "First Timer" and "Scanner Dan" are both the wagon guys 
who for many years had wagon fulls of mobile/portable radio gear, large 
battery pack, antennas & speakers.   Read Dan's comments regarding the 
chilling affect after "9/11" and how he adapted to the restrictions.  Very 
interesting reading.

Finally there's Larry's monthly "Milcom" column which covers equipment & the 
major show schedules.  The radio equipment lists all new equipment and 
doesn't cover the potential used equipment that is less expensive and will 
still allow you to monitor both the VHF/UHF aero comms.  Perhaps we can 
start a separate list again of all the milcom capable scanners.

BTW for those of you that are interested in ALL airshows (including the 
smaller ones that don't have the prime performers) being held around the 
world (including US & Canada), check out the  "International Council of 
Airshows" http://www.airshows.org/  click on the "Events" tab.   This is 
always a good site to check back into at least once a month.

Finally, I would hope that ALL of the airshow organizers & PAO's will make a 
better effort this year to have static displays open cockpit or at least 
have elevated stairs so one can look into the fighter type aircraft & have 
larger aircraft also open to the public.  The trend has been that more 
aircraft are closed and only visible from ground level.

Comments to the appropriate list(s)

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area