GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team Announces 2020 Season Performance Schedule
"Airshow spectators and aviation enthusiasts will witness our 'warbirds' perform a dynamic demonstration designed by team members who served in the
The 2020 GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team schedule includes the following:
Mar 28-29 Tampa Bay AirFest – MacDill AFB,Tampa, FL May 2-3 Fort Lauderdale Air Show – Fort Lauderdale Beach, FLMay 16-17 Power in the Pines Open House & Air Show – Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ May 23-24 Bethpage Air Show -Jones Beach , NYJune 13-14 Ocean City Air Show –Ocean City, MD June 20-21 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show – Quonset Point Air National Guard Base,North Kingstown, RI July 20-26 AirVenture Oshkosh –Oshkosh, WI Aug 15-16 Chicago Air and Water Show –Chicago, IL Aug 22-23 Wilkes-Barre /Scranton Armed Forces Air Show –Wilkes-Barre /Scranton International AirportAvoca, PA Aug 26 Atlantic City Air Show - Thunder OverThe Boardwalk –Atlantic City, NJ Sept 9-14 Maryland Fleet Week & Air Show -Baltimore, MD Sept 19-20 NAS Oceana Air Show –Norfolk, VA Oct 31-Nov 1 Lockheed Martin Space and Air Show –Orlando, FL Nov 6-8 Stuart Air Show –Stuart, FL
ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT (SNJ)
- The GEICO Skytypers fly six WWII SNJs, the
Navy's equivalent of the Texas T-6. Both trainer aircraft were used to prepare pilots of "'The Greatest Generation" for combat. - In 1940-41, the SNJ was built as an advanced WWII military training aircraft designed to perform all the maneuvers of a fighter plane at slower speeds.
- The aircraft is powered by a 600-horsepower
Pratt and Whitney engine. - The GEICO Skytypers' low-level precision-flying demonstration was designed by team members who served in
the United States military.
ABOUT SKYTYPING
- The GEICO Skytypers "skytype" by creating giant messages in the sky with five aircraft flying in a tight, line-abreast formation.
- The planes skytype by coordinating dot matrix-style messages with environmentally friendly puffs of white smoke.
- A computer located in the lead aircraft sends radio signals to the other planes and their white puffs of smoke create the "skytyped" messages that are often as tall as the
Empire State Building and seen from a 15-mile radius.
ABOUT THE GEICO SKYTYPERS
The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team, the leading vintage airshow performance squadron, fly six WWII SNJ aircraft, the North American SNJ built for the
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