Tinker AFB Airshow on June 9-10 w/ Free Admission

[Gilligan]

The Tinker Air Show is on June 9th & 10th and the website says it is free admission. Should make for some great listening for milair listeners and a chance for those w/ digital scanners to search out some more base freqs.

http://www.tinker.af.mil/airshow/index.asp

 

[car2back]

I went back in 1999 or 2000 when the Thunderbirds were there, it was great!

 

[RadiationX]

Ive been every year since Ive moved to Oklahoma and last year it was the weekend before 4th of July why is it so Soon, this is where i found this years "Star Spangled Salute"

here
http://www.airshow.com/stateschedule.htm

and here
http://www.ok.gov/calendar.php?month=6&day=10&year=2007&calendar_id=

Last year there was an actual web site for the event and i have yet to find one

 

[woodyrr]

...last year it was the weekend before 4th of July why is it so Soon,..."

If I recall correctly, they had to choose a date that was open on the "Blue Angels" schedule.

 

[fireant]

Often when a location requests a jet demo team they get the dates the demo sets for that show site. Jet teams are still the biggest draw for airshows. With Aerospace America money issues looks like Tinker has stepped up to the plate and is giving Oklahoma a good airshow. Another good show in Oklahoma is the Muskogee show which is in October and will also have the Blue Angels this year.

If Tinker would have not got a jet team this year the show would more than likely been on July 4th. I am glad to see the Blue Angels they seem to come to Oklahoma far more than the Thunderbirds do.

fireant

 

[freqscout]

I wanna see the snow birds! Who are the ones on the cingular commercial?

 

[fireant]

The snowbirds have only been to Oklahoma once if I recall it was in 1994. The show was later that year believe it was in mid July. Also read the that Aerospace America is assisting Tinker with Aerospace handling the civilian performers and Tinker the military side of things. The best show I ever remember had to be when they brought the SR-71 out one year anyone remember what year that was?


freqscout: I think its the snowbirds pretty sure. They are alot different then the Blues and T-Birds they are more precision and fly with more planes they are real great to watch hopefully they will come to Oklahoma soon or somewhere close by.

 

[RadiationX]

Maybe we can all meet up there, and have the monthly meeting that day and after the show and go to a place to eat,

I plan on going

 

[fireant]

According to what I have been able to find out should be a good show with the Blues, Golden Knights, F-16 demo, AH-64 Apache demo, F-22 demo and a F-117 demo. Should be more as it gets closer looks like its going to be a good show. The airboss frequency should still be the same as last years which is 119.700

fireant

 

[car2back]

Wish I could be there, sounds like they have a heckuva show planned. Found these with google, not sure how accurate they are:

Blue Angels

118.100
118.200
118.350 - Show Boss Victor
121.700 - Ground Support
121.900 - Ground Support
122.950 - Air to PA
123.400 - Common Airshow
134.100
140.050
141.560 - Maintenance Charlie
142.000 - Maintenance Alfa
142.025 - Maintenance Delta
142.260 - Ground
142.265 - Ground
142.625 - Maintenance
143.600 - Maintenance Channel 10
143.000 - Maintenance Bravo
146.2625
163.600
164.900 - Ground
168.900 - Ground
170.000 - Ground
170.900 - Ground
408.400 - Ground Support
418.050 - Ground Support

Golden Knights

32.300 - Operations
45.350 - Primary
122.925 - Freedom 1 & 2 Minijets
123.000 - Air to ground support
123.400 - Air coordination
123.450 - Air to ground support
123.475 - Air to ground support
123.500 - Air to ground support
124.000

 

[freqscout]

The best show I ever remember had to be when they brought the SR-71 out one year anyone remember what year that was?

Yeah that was pretty neat. I remember all the MPs standing around with their M-16s and
such. They did the same for the 117

I think its the snowbirds pretty sure. They are alot different then the Blues and T-Birds they are more precision and fly with more planes they are real great to watch hopefully they will come to Oklahoma soon or somewhere close by.

Yeah they are a Canadian outfit and they do great precision stuff. They just lost a pilot in a show practice on May 18th. They might not be performing for a little while. The site says that they are on an operational pause as of May 19th. There is no information as to their return to service.
http://www.snowbirds.forces.gc.ca/site/index_e.asp

 

[woodyrr]

The best show I ever remember had to be when they brought the SR-71 out one year anyone remember what year that was?

I pulled out my slides from those years and relying entirely on the dates on which the slides were processed:

The SR71 was here in 1988. I also found a picture of Sky 5 taken at the same air show.

The Blue Angels were apparently here in 1989 as was the Soviet AN-225 outsized transport and SU-27 fighters.

I don’t know if they do it anymore, but at this show, the C-130 that accompanied the Blue Angels, for some reason I believe that it was nicknamed “Fat Albert”, demonstrated a rocket assisted take off, which was quite impressive.

One of the other demonstations, was after they finished setting off all of their gas "bombs", a C-130 aerial wildfire tanker made a pass and put out the smoldering remains.

 

[fireant]

Yes the C-130 is called Fat Albert also at select show sites they still do JATO take offs also know as Jet Assited Take Off.

Yes that seems about right now I remember making the trip out to that airshow to see the SR-71 a friend of mines dad was a air traffic controller at Will Rogers and had free tickets. That plane leaked fuel like crazy only awhile back was watching a story about the SR-71 and they take off with very little fuel and refuel once airbourne since the planes fuel tanks are designed to be able to swell once at high altitudes. Thanks for the info Woody and the flash back to 1988.

fireant

 

[mam1081]

Wish I could be there, sounds like they have a heckuva show planned. Found these with google, not sure how accurate they are:

Blue Angels


408.400 - Ground Support
418.050 - Ground Support

In other shows in past years, the UHF maintenance channels were P25 encrypted. Maybe they have gone back to analog or at least P25 clear.

 

[Patio_RF]

The Tinker Air Show is on June 9th & 10th.
http://www.tinker.af.mil/airshow/index.asp

Too many things to do that same weekend...Dallas Ham-Com also. At least the Air Show runs through Sunday.

Also, Aerospace America was always on Father's Day weekend for many years.

 

[fireant]

Yeah it was '88 here is a link to a article about the plane being at Will Rogers.

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we...page=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

fireant