[MilCom] SNOWBIRD 1 FLIGHT - May 16, 2010

[Greg Brazil]

Rob Berezowski wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Sorry about that. I'm having more troubles with my email program here. 
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> Could you do me a favour? The body of my original posting text is below. 
> Could you please post this to MILCOM for me? I don't know when I'll be 
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> Greetings everyone,
> 
> Sorry for the delayed posting. Monitored SNOWBIRD 1 FLIGHT (Flight of 
> 11), returning to Moose Jaw from a performance in Manitoba. I did not 
> note the time, but it was around 2100 UTC, Sunday May 16th. SNOWBIRD 1 
> Flight was cleared for a low smoke pass over Regina. Coming from the 
> east, they passed straight east to west over the city, right over the 
> airport, a single pass, 1000 AGL, with smoke on. They then continued on 
> to Moose Jaw.
> 
> Air to air was 272.1, their usual primary air to air frequency, with ATC 
> comms between SNOWBIRD 1 and Winnipeg Centre on 123.8, and Regina Tower 
> 118.6. They were then handed off to Moose Jaw Terminal upon leaving the 
> Regina control zone.
> 
> I was still monitoring them as they headed into Moose Jaw. A couple of 
> SNOWBIRDS got permission to break off and do some work on their own. 
> Those planes pushed "Button 14" for their air to air. Although getting 
> out of range, I did pick up something on 333.3, but I could not confirm 
> if it was a SNOWBIRD air to air.
> 
> Unfortunately, the SNOWBIRDS passed a bit too far south of my house. 
> Although visible with the naked eye, it wasn't a lot to see from that 
> distance. I was hoping they would circle around a little closer to the 
> house. Oh well.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rob
> Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
> 
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> Rob
> 
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> Inactive hide details for Greg ---05/20/2010 05:37:55 PM---SO what about 
> it On May 20, 2010, at 13:25, Rob BerezowskiGreg ---05/20/2010 05:37:55 
> PM---SO what about it On May 20, 2010, at 13:25, Rob Berezowski
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> From: Greg <baycomm at earthlink.net>
> To: Rob Berezowski <rob.berezowski at sasktel.sk.ca>
> Date: 05/20/2010 05:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [MilCom] SNOWBIRD 1 FLIGHT - May 16, 2010
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> SO what about it
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> On May 20, 2010, at 13:25, Rob Berezowski  
> <rob.berezowski at sasktel.sk.ca> wrote:
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