Coronado 4th of July Parade Fly-

Coronado 4th of July Parade Fly-By

July 4th, 2006

Aircraft involved in the parade are: two flights of two Navy helicopters and one flight of four (4) T-34s from Gillespie Field (San Diego Salute).

* All aircraft will be on NASNI VHF Tower frequency: 135.1

* Helos will remain below 600’ and above 500" at all times.

* T-34’s will remain at or above 1000' MSL at all times.

Timeline:

0930: HSL-43, call sign "BattleCat", two helicopters depart NASNI, proceed south of PT Loma to practice formation flight.

1000: HSC-21, call sign "Side Flare", two helicopters depart NASNI, proceed west of PT Loma to practice formation flight.

1025: SideFlare arrives at Carrier Pier to standby for first run. SideFlare altitude will be 300' and below until approaching the Carrier Pier in which we will climb to an altitude of 500'.

1035: SideFlare commence run down Orange Ave, once past the Grand Stand, continue to the beach, break the formation flight, tower transition at NAS North Island to Pad 3 for shutdown.

1040: T-34's, call sign "Salute Flight", commence 1st run down Orange Ave, altitude 1000', to arrive over Grand Stand at 1041. Salute Flight will continue with a total of 6 passes.

1055: Salute Flight finishes passes over parade and heads for Ft. Rosecrans.

1100: Salute Flight passes over bridge south bound.

1100: BattleCat arrives at Carrier Pier to standby for first run. BattleCat altitude will be 300' and below until approaching the Carrier Pier in which they will climb to an altitude of 500'.

1110: BattleCat commence run down Orange Ave, once past the Grand Stand, continue to the beach. At this point, helicopter participation is complete.

Here is the T-34s approximate ground track. Turn radii are for 30 degrees and 60 degrees of bank.

T-34 “routine” consists of several passes in different formations:

1. diamond
2. fingertip
3. trail
4. echelon

On the 4th pass the T-34s will “break” to downwind (the small race track in the picture), make a 5th pass in trail, and then do a turning rejoin that will take another 360 degrees (6th pass) and depart to the southwest.

After the last pass the T-34s will fly up the channel, turn left and do a fly-by over Ft. Rosecrans, continue left turn around the tip of Pt Loma and fly up channel again, around North Island, abeam Midway, cross the bridge, on to Point Charlie, and then left turn to go back to Gillespie Field.

Don Ramm

(619) 980-8011