Airshow Common Frequencies

I have posted these frequencies in the past but it is worth mentioning them again as we are in airshow season.
The following are all listed as frequencies allocated for airshow use:

121.175
130.5
130.625
130.675
132.9
134.55

It is always worth including these in your 'scan' when attending airshows.

I am hoping to put the 'close call' feature to the test on my Uniden Bearcat BR330T when I attend Waddington airshow next week, basically the scanner can be set to 'hunt down' strong local transmissions and will then immediately tune to them and store the frequency in memory if required. It will be interesting to see how effective this really is, I'm hoping to sniff out some unknown frequencies that might be in use at the base!

cheers for now, Mark.

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RAF Waddington Airshow

I must firstly apologise for not posting in recent weeks, I have been very busy with work.

Well airshow season is upon us! I do not get the opportunity to attend many shows but I am attending Waddington this year. I will be camping during the airshow weekend of 1-2nd July very close to RAF Coningsby and making the fairly short commute to the show on Saturday only.

Waddington has been a great show in years gone past and it is billed as the biggest show the RAF themselves organise however, looking at the list of aircraft taking part in the flying display it seems very short on foreign airforce participation particularly concerning fast jets. No F16's no mig29 or SU27 etc? and what with the RAF not displaying a Tornado F3 or Jaguar it is not looking particularly good value for money. Maybe there are other display participants that won't be confirmed till very late in which case I apologise for being to critical, I would be interested to hear what any other Waddington veterans think?