[Scan-DC] Wright Brothers Memorial

[RICHARD ROWLAND]

Each year on December 17th tribute is paid to the Wright Brothers at the 
Memorial in
Kill Devil Hills North Carolina. Friday and Saturday was sunny and nice. On 
Friday there
was some speech making from decendents of the Wright Brothers and a couple 
of new
sculptures were unveiled. Saturday was more speech making  and festivities. 
Didn't
have a lot of planes come over on Saturday compared to past years. Both the 
Navy and
USAF Dare County Bomb Ranges were quiet Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 
Probably
closed so the flyovers at the Memorial had holding space. The  USCG had a 
C-130 and
heli fly over together, then a Candy Bomber from the Berlin Airlift. Several 
single ship fly
overs but I don't recall the types.  Had a formation flight of 4 Bonanzas 
and then 4 Fighter jets
depending which announcer was referring to them as they were called F-15's
F-16's and F-18's. I think the pilots in the planes were amused and wondered 
just what kind
of a plane they were really in. Varied parachute and skydiving demos 
including the Golden
Knights. Not near the scanning entertainment as in years past.

Saturday at the Memorial
  42.920 [173.8] North Carolina Highway Patrol (Traffic Control)
  42.220 [173.8] North Carolina Highway Patrol (Traffic Control)
155.280 [107.2] EMS dispatch, coordination, support
118.075 1st Flight AWOS
120.150 Air Boss
122.725 Air-Air Bonanza flight of 4
122.800 Dare County Regional Advisory
122.900 1st Flight Advisory
123.475 Golden Knights
124.725 Jumper Advisory
132.025 Washington Center Jumper advisory
163.075 [103.5] National Park Service (simplex)
345.000 USCG C-130 and Heli RTB Elizabeth City


Richard Rowland
RichRowl at worldnet.att.net