Navy Airshow Live on internet

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WASHINGTON, DC--(MARKET WIRE)--Sep 16, 2005 -- TV Worldwide, a fast-growing web-based global TV network, in cooperation with the Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will produce a live webcast of the 2005 Oceana Air Show for the benefit of American military personnel and their families stationed overseas and highlight the Operation Interdependence civilian-to-military care package delivery system. The free event will also be available to the general public.

The live webcast begins at 7:00 PM (ET) on Friday, September 16, with the Twilight Air Show, followed by a grand finale fireworks show and will continue with coverage of air show activities through Sunday, September 18. The webcast is being produced in cooperation with NAS Oceana and sponsored by Intel, (www.Intel.com ), Alvarion, (www.alvarion.com) the WiMAX Forum, (www.wimaxforum.org) Operation Interdependence (www.oidelivers.com), Salute America's Heroes, (www.saluteheroes.org) and TV Worldwide. Intel, Alvarion and the WiMAX forum have teamed together to provide the broadband wireless solution that will make it feasible for TV Worldwide to webcast live during the air show, right from the flight line.

In addition to the peerless, precision formation flying of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration team, on-line air show fans will thrill to the awesome aerial acrobatics of the Red Barons Pizza Squadron, the X-Team Masters of Disaster, Showcopters and Dale "Snort" Snodgrass as well as the smoke and thunder of the Shockwave Jet Truck. There will also be performances by elite parachute teams including the British Red Devils, Canadian Skyhawks and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Black Daggers! Participants will also see the tremendously popular Tactical Demonstrations by U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force aircraft, including the F/A-18C Hornet, the F/A-18F Super Hornet, the E-2C Hawkeye, the F-16 Fighting Falcon and more.

People around the world can tune to TV Worldwide's Internet TV channel for U.S. veterans, www.USVets.TV and www.tvworldwide.com to view the Oceana Air Show webcast events first hand. The webcast will highlight the efforts of Operation Interdependence, a civilian-to-military care package delivery system, and Operation Interdependence representatives will be on hand at the webcast booth to process troop packages from event attendees. Recently, Operation Interdependence has been deploying its civilian-to-military care package delivery system to aid Hurricane Katrina survivors and assigned forces. The webcast will also feature the work of Salute America's Heroes, helping severely wounded and disabled War on Terror victims rebuild their lives.

for the airshow junky who can't get there.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Cool.

I just went to the Cleveland air show a couple weeks ago, The headline act has been the Thunderbirds for a couple years now, and the turnout was pretty big.

They did a simultaneous demonstration of a B-17, B25, a C-47 and a Wildcat, that was really neat. They had explosives on the ground and set them off every time the bombers buzzed the field with bomb bays open. One time they screwed up and set off the "bombs" as the C-47 passed!

It's great to get to see modern jets like the F-18, B1B and A10 up close. The F-18 did a formation with a P-51, and it was interesting to see how small the Mustang looks compared to a "lightweight" fighter of today; although the wingspans are close, the Mustangs is a lot shorter and has a lot less fuselage.

The only thing cooler to me than the airshow is a visit to the Air Force museum in Dayton at Wright Patterson AFB.

 

[wdlove]

Cool.

The only thing cooler to me than the airshow is a visit to the Air Force museum in Dayton at Wright Patterson AFB.

I have visited many Air Force Air Shows during my career in the Air Force. Always a lot of fun. I worked the medical tent. They allowed us time off to take a look at the planes. Usually the tent was located in a good area to view the show.

I was able to visit the Wright Patterson AFB Museum. It was while I was still living just 20 miles South and prior to the Air Force. So it was probably over 30 years ago. I'm sure that is even better now.

 

[Johnny Rico]

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