Coca-Cola 600 flyover - May 25, 2025

[spacellamaman]

Catch-all thread for any confirmed info on the flyover craft/timing/discussion/wild speculation etc.

I'll go first.


NOTAM: KJQF Concord


05/010 - AIRSPACE LOW FLYING HEL OPS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 2.5NM RADIUS OF 352107N0804101W
(2.5NM SE JQF) SFC-1500FT AGL. 25 MAY 13:30 2025 UNTIL 25 MAY 22:30 2025. CREATED:
19 MAY 17:23 2025

 

[Baddad]

That NOTAM may be as much for the heavy helo traffic between Charlotte & the race track as it is for a fly over.

 

[Baddad]

Goodyear blimp headed to Charlotte Motor Speedway going past Bojangles Coliseum

 

[Baddad]

Goodyear Blimp N2A and Army 048 flight of 2. Race 1, Robinson R44, the official photographer helocopter is just out of the frame.

 

[Baddad]

Watching & listening to all on Concord Tower 134.65 & Speedway Control 123.025 from 12 miles away in Uptown.

 

[spacellamaman]

So I wasn't able to make it down this year, what kind of flyover was it?

 

[Baddad]

4 A10's. Took off from Concord & loitered 6-10 mi NE of the race track for over 30 mins. After the fly over they went back to Concord. Heard them talking to CLT A/D Low NE on 128.325. I forget the call sign.

Interesting thing was they weren't showing on ADS-B. I would have figured that they would have had to run their transponders for safety reasons since they were in a congested airspace for so long. Guess the military can do what they want.

 

[spacellamaman]

4 A10's. Took off from Concord & loitered 6-10 mi NE of the race track for over 30 mins. After the fly over they went back to Concord. Heard them talking to CLT A/D Low NE on 128.325. I forget the call sign.

Interesting thing was they weren't showing on ADS-B. I would have figured that they would have had to run their transponders for safety reasons since they were in a congested airspace for so long. Guess the military can do what they want.

*Insert long string of foul language here*


Thanks for the info, all info helps with future years events.


Do you recall any times? Especially the flyover time?

 

[Baddad]

The salute to the military was scheduled to start at 4:30pm. Army 048 flight of 2 (Blackhawk helos) took off from Concord around 4:30ish, flew to the racetrack, dropped off their load & came back to Concord. Did the same thing 45 mins to an hour later but picked up what they dropped off. Never said what they were carrying.

A10's flew over the track at 6:06pm. I was going to be searching for a ground coordinating freq, but they told the Concord tower when they took off what time their flyover would be & they hit it.