[MilCom] 2008 Atlantic City air show

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2008 Atlantic City air show

Congratulations to the crew of David Schultz Air Shows LLC for putting
on another great flying air show at “Thunder over the Boardwalk” in
Atlantic City.  I think 2008 was the second best show they have put on
at this venue.  Along with the Thunderbirds there were high performance
demonstrations by the F-16, F-15 and F/A-18F.  Schultz also had (for the
first time) the 106th RQS “Perfect Storm” guys down from Long
Island, NY doing a SAR demo.  We see these guys every year at the Jones
Beach, NY show.  They put on a good demonstration.  I hope he has them
back ever year. However, the biggest SURPRISE of the day was having a
four ship of F-22s come up from Langley AFB for fly-bys.  There was also
the usually compliment of “Jersey Birds”.  Along with a two ship
USCG helo SAR, there were four F-16s from KACY and the heavy’s from
McGuire refueling the fighters.  Afterwards the tankers, F-22s and F-16s
went out to Giant Killer to play for about two hours.

I have two criticisms of the show:
1) The NJSP helo demo was VERY disappointing!  In years past these guys
have put on an exciting two ship demo with their Bell helicopters.  This
year they did a simple flyby with two Bells and a Sikorsky.  By what we
heard on the radio, it was obviously unrehearsed.  They sounded more
like the Keystone Cops then the State Police!  Shame, we were really
looking forward to their demo.
2) For whatever reason, Schultz insists on having an extremely large
area left open for the Golden Knights jump.  The Golden Knights (and
Navy Leap Frogs) only require a jump area of 100 x100 feet.  There must
be at least 10 times that area cordoned off at this show.  That was
compounded by the Chamber of Commerce having the entire beach area in
front of show center closed off to the public.  They had sold seats near
the dunes and I guess they wanted those folks to have an unobstructed
view of the show?!  It left us regular air show slobs packed in like
sardines on what beach remained.

If you have the opportunity, I would highly recommend this show.  It’s
one of my favorite.  The area also offers some great monitoring!

Published
120.300 KACY Tower
124.600 KACY Approach / Departure
239.000 KACY Tower
327.125 KACY Approach / Departure

Published (centers)
256.800 ZDC Ship Bottom
257.700 ZDC Salisbury
281.450 ZDC Sea Isle
285.400 ZDC Sea Isle

Air Show Control
135.650 David Schultz Air Shows - AIR BOSS and OPS 
238.150 David Schultz Air Shows - AIR BOSS

Tactical Discretes
  34.75 FLYER PA ANG A-10 a/a
122.925 Heritage flight a/a
123.150 Discrete and announcer live feed
123.475 Army Golden Knights a/g
130.075 NJSP helo demo a/a
138.450 USAF-ANG 106th RQS HC-130P A/R w/ HH-60G a/a and a/r
138.425 DEVIL NJ ANG F-16 a/a (v-17)
138.875 DEVIL NJ ANG F-16 a/a (v-18)
157.150 Coast Guard SAR demo a/a (Wednesday)
251.900 USAF-ANG 106th RQS HC-130P & HH-60G Para-Rescue Demonstration
345.000 Coast Guard SAR demo a/a (Tuesday)
376.025 F-15E and F-16 East Demo

US Coast Guard
21A- 157.050 (show control / show center boats)
22A- 157.100 (warning broadcasts)
23A- 157.150 (show control / show center boats)
81A- 157.075 (police) (CG SAR Demo)
82A- 157.125
83A- 157.175 (boats to show center)
     345.000 Ops (primary) (CG SAR Demo)

Other Actives
130.300 Banner Towing planes
249.800 GIANT KILLER
255.000 GIANT KILLER
273.500 VFA-106 (F/A-18E/F) and F-15E a/a (arrival) [a new listing for
me]
288.000 Aerial Refueling F-16s and F-22s
288.700 F-16s w/w F-22s
296.900 “BUGSEY” F-22s (192nd FW) a/a