Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Comment From Dave Key (MilitaryAirshows.co.uk)

'There is not much in the way of foreign display aircraft again at Waddington but then again we will get to see the Indian AF Su-30s & IL-78 even if its only a flypast as well as on the ground. Also the Sentinel, E-3D Sentry, and Nimrod recon. aircraft in formation, also the first display of the new Sentinel with a flypast with the Red Arrows and of course the new RAF Role Demo. What frequencies do you expect to be used at Waddington Airshow?'

Thanks Dave -btw I like the glider pic on your site, http://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/ I was an active PPL with the Leicester Aero Club for many years.

Getting back on subject, I'm not certain about show frequencies for this year, but here's a list of Waddington published frequencies and also the 'general' frequencies that are allocated for airshows only:

Waddington:
Approach: 250.85
DATIS: 291.675
Ground: 342.125
Radar (standby) 125.35
Radar (zone) 127.35 / 259.525
Departures: 308.625
Director: 378.5
Tower: 256.675

Airshow Allocations:
130.5
130.625
130.675
132.9
134.55
135.475

It's also worth including the NATO common frequencies on your scanner at an airshow too:

Tower: 122.1 / 257.8
Radar: 123.3 / 344.0 / 362.3 / 385.4

Hope this is useful!

Mark.

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