[ScanIndiana] Military flyovers on Race Day

[Duane Mantick]

BTW, the guys from 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne will
typically ID with a SNAKE callsign and the 181st in
Terre Haute with RACER (at least, when I hear them out
in the MOA, they do).

Duane
Lafayette, IN


> -----Original Message-----
> From: scanindiana-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scanindiana-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of David L Norris
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:38 PM
> To: Indiana Scanning
> Subject: Re: [ScanIndiana] Military flyovers on Race Day
>
>
> On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 08:18, Bob Burns K4RXR wrote:
> > I'm assuming there will be some sort of flyover of military jets during
> > opening ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500 tomorrow. Anyone
> care to guess
> > what radio frequencies they will be on?
>
> Might scan Indy Tower on 120.9 and (and I think 250.3).  IMS is
> restricted air space, of course.  Within its airspace you should find
> fixed wing aircraft on 126.07 and airships on 118.67.  You'll have some
> warning of when the flyover occurs because they'll empty the skies on
> those freqs.
>
> You'd think after all these years I'd have heard something from the
> aircraft themselves.  They surely must be talking amongst themselves
> somewhere between 250-380 MHz.  If they do any practice runs today I'll
> try to listen for them.
>
>
> On Armed Forces day I noticed my house was shaking so I walked outside
> and quickly punched up 120.9 on my HT.  After a few moments
> Hurricane-15, a MH-53 (I think MH-53E "Sea Dragon") took off, made a
> couple laps around the track, did a vertical climb, fell back into the
> track, and screamed off toward Raytheon's lot.  I snapped a few shots
> with my digital camera but it's field of view is just too wide to be
> useful beyond a few feet.
>
> --
>  David Norris
>   http://www.webaugur.com/dave/
>   ICQ - 412039
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