GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team To Perform At The Atlantic City Air Show
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team, the leading vintage airshow performance squadron, will be performing at the Atlantic City Air Show 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 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 Navy, the Air Forces T-6 variant. Both trainer aircraft were used to prepare pilots of "The Greatest Generation" for WWII combat. The team performs a low-level, precision-flying demonstration featuring tactics and maneuvers designed by team members who served in the United States military. In addition to their air show performances, the team "skytype" giant messages in the sky. Five aircraft fly in a line-abreast formation to produce 1,000-foot tall messages that can be seen for 15 miles in any direction. For more information, please visit www.geicoskytypers.com.
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