Renowned WWII Air Show Team Reveals Dynamic Demonstration on Tues. and Wed., August 20-21
The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team, the leading vintage airshow performance squadron, will be performing at the Atlantic City Air Show – Thunder over the Boardwalk on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20-21. The team’s six WWII-era aircraft will perform a dynamic 18-minute, low-level precision-flying demonstration.
“We are excited to reveal this season’s 20-maneuver demonstration,” said Larry Arken, squadron commander and team flight lead. “Airshow attendees will see first-hand what these ‘warbirds’ are made of.”
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 Skytypers’ low-level precision-flying demonstration was designed by team members who served in the United States military.
ABOUT SKYTYPING
The 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.
VETERANS RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AT ATLANTIC CITY AIRSHOW
August 20 and 21 on The Boardwalk Area veterans are encouraged to attend the Veterans Resource Row at the Atlantic City Airshow. More than a dozen community organizations will be in place to connect area veterans and their families with resources and assistance with VA benefits, employment services, education assistance, and more. The organizations in attendance are as follows:
Wilmington VA Medical Center
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
VA Benefits Administration Outreach and Services
VET Center
The American Legion
NJ Vet2Vet
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden
Disabled American Veterans Department of New Jersey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Education and Health Centers of America
GI Go Fund
NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
New Jersey Transition Assistance Center
The veteran resource row will be located on the Boardwalk at Missouri Avenue in Atlantic City. The booths will be manned during the hours of the Airshow, from 11 am to 4 pm on Tuesday, August 20 and Wednesday August 21.
Media outlets are encouraged to attend and help share this information with area Veterans.
WHO: Greater Atlantic City Chamber, in conjunction with Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Caesars Atlantic City and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Veterans Service Organizations, Department of Veterans Affairs, and local veterans
WHAT: Veterans Resource Row
WHERE: Missouri Avenue and the Boardwalk, Atlantic City
WHEN: Tuesday, August 20 and Wednesday, August 21 from 11am to 4pm
