[ScanIndiana] 2011 Indy Airshow

Sun May 15 20:51:37 EDT 2011

Thanks for the update Bob Erb N9PWM Fort Wayne
 
> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 15:46:17 -0700
> From: wb9omc at yahoo.com
> To: scanindiana at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ScanIndiana] 2011 Indy Airshow
> 
> Hi Rob, I appreciate your reply to my query, saw another one too in my inbox and will
> get back to him as soon as I can............and it's nice to see that the list still works.  
> Hadn't seen anything come through in a while.
>  
> Roger on the stuff that's been posted; mostly I think it was right on the mark.  One reason
> why I like to see if folks who go to the Friday practice can report anything is that (as 
> pointed out in the Monitoring Times article I found) in certain cases a team goes to a 
> location where (for whatever reason) one of their normal freqs is in use.  That's when ya
> find out, potentially, about secondary or backup freqs............and knowing if that crops
> up you can adjust accordingly and not miss anything.
>  
> I use my radio at the show(s) to pick up comms for the *show* as opposed to the public
> safety locals.  Reason for that is, when I shoot video I like to get some radio calls onto
> the video - it adds a whole additional layer of information and interest, at least to me.  :-)
>  
> Not sure how the weather was down there today (Sunday) but from home QTH up in 
> West Lafayette the radar pic sure looked wet.  And given how much it rained after the
> Saturday show, I'd bet the grounds were just a muddy nasty mess.  I think my wife's
> radar for these things was right on the mark again; she appears to have called the better
> day as Saturday.  It was mostly overcast but didn't rain until just after the show was over
> at least, not on-field.  Several obvious rain areas passed off the the east of Mount Comfort
> and it sounded like the show people were keeping an eye on them.
>  
> It was "low show" all day, but this isn't neccessarily a bad thing when you're shooting 
> pix or vids from the ground - brings the airplanes closer and that makes for an easier
> shoot in many respects.  BA's were great as always although I got the feeling that they
> may have cut short a bit.  Did NOT see the crossover break done and I was right at
> show center in a perfect place to catch that on video - that manuever is always great on
> either pix or vid.   A welcome surprise was the "Heavy Metal" jet team.  They flew a first
> rate show and added some punch to what was IMHO a somewhat lacking lineup of
> performers.  Viper Demo was up first while we were sitting in traffic and did a Heritage
> Flight with a P51...........got to see some of that from the vehicle but would have rather
> known about it in advance.  I'd have made sure to leave home about an hour earlier if
> I *had* known.  That was the only Mustang, and it did NOT fly during the warbirds segment
> which I think I heard on the radio may have been due to a fuel leak or something like that.
>  
> Warbirds were a little thin.  Biggest thing there was one B25 which looked good but no
> B17, B24 and unfortunately no B29 - I think FiFi may have been at Langely this weekend.
> Even so, it is good to hear that she is back in the air again.  I get the feeling that work on
> "Doc" (which would make a second flying B29 for CAF) has been slowed, although there
> is a great video out on YouTube of one of the engines being run up on test stand.  I look
> forward to having Doc be available.   
>  
> So with the singly P51 being down, also the Bearcat didn't make it.  No P40, a number
> of empty spots.  Had an Avenger, ONE Corsair, a Wildcat, the B25, and a handful of 
> others.  Choppers very slim, had a nice Huey.
>  
> Got a surprise flyby from a KC135R of the 434th ARW at Grissom came by with the boom
> down.  I think call was INDY81 which is a common radio call for them.
>  
> In spite of the thin lineup, I give a lot of credit to the Indy Airshow people for getting the 
> most out of what they had.  No real "dead" spots during the scheduled flying time.
>  
> There were a fair number of people in attendance; I have seen larger but I have also seen
> MUCH fewer.  Merch vendors were slim pickin's .......... I did not see ANY patch vendors,
> which I like to collect from.  Did get a nice Seal Team t-shirt with the backside having a
> comment about 5/1/2011  :-)   and I thought it was actually in good taste and not the sort
> of killed-BinLaden kind of over-the-top stuff that's been getting around the internet.
>  
> With the price for tickets having been low(er) than many previous years, which helped
> compensate for the price of gas to get there, it was a good day.
>  
> Duane
> WB9OMC
> 
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> --- On Sat, 5/14/11, Rob Dale <rdale at skywatch.org> wrote:
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> From: Rob Dale <rdale at skywatch.org>
> Subject: Re: [ScanIndiana] 2011 Indy Airshow
> To: "Indiana Scanning" <scanindiana at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 12:24 PM
> 
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> There's a thread on RR with a lot of at least public safety freqs. Plus
> the MT2011 airshow guide just came out this week, that should have most of
> the air freqs.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scanindiana-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:scanindiana-
> > bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duane Mantick
> > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 2:17
> > To: Indiana Scanning
> > Subject: [ScanIndiana] 2011 Indy Airshow
> >
> > Anybody pick up any frequencies from Friday practice for the 2011 show?
> >
> > Duane
> > WB9OMC
> >
> > --- On Wed, 6/9/10, Duane Mantick <wb9omc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
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> > From: Duane Mantick <wb9omc at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Airshow
> > To: "Indiana Scanning" <scanindiana at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 4:12 AM
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> > Anybody planning on heading to the airshow this weekend?
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> > Duane
> > WB9OMC
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