[MSCW list] MSCW 2024 Destination Drive #7 - Ocean City Airshow - August 24th or 25th
Timothy Metzinger
tim.metzinger at outlook.com
Fri Jul 19 22:12:58 CEST 2024
Another event that gets us up at oh-dark-thirty (or "squirrely early") for an aviation destination, this time the Airshow in Ocean City, MD. We'll start at the Davidsonville Park and Ride (off US50/US301), cross the Bay Bridge, and then follow US50 East until we get to Ocean City.
The Airshow this year has lots of attractions in the sky - The Italian FRECCE TRICOLORI team will be flying, as will the F-22 Raptor Demo, and we'll be able to see the A-10 Warthog Demo for the last time as the services are retiring the airplane (and the demo team). There's information (from the commercial sponsor) at https://ocairshow.com. We will plan on getting there early enough to get parking (hopefully free) and stake our claim on the free sections of the beach near the boardwalk. With enough people we can manage to have a few folks watch our stuff while others go swimming or visit the Boardwalk.
Sunscreen is a MUST, but in addition, any kind of sunshade, be it an umbrella or some sort of beach canopy is strongly recommended since we will be out on the beach all day. The sun can be your best friend and your worst enemy. Ian has three Sport-Brellas and would be happy to bring the extras for people to use. Two people can fit comfortably under each umbrella, which are designed to be erected upright or positioned on their side (SPF 50).
I'm not assigning a specific date to this event - they'll have the airshow on Saturday AND Sunday (24th and 25th) and we'll let the weather drive which day we go. Probably we'll make the weather call on Wednesday or Thursday (21st or 22nd).
Logistics:
Assembly - On our departure day (Sat or Sun), we'll start assembling at the Davidsonville Park and Ride at 4:00 AM.
Departure - We'll leave the lot at 4:30 AM. which should get us to OC by 7 AM, where we can hopefully find free parking on Baltimore Ave between 15th and 25th sreets. The "reserved" beach spots open at 9 or 10 AM, but we should be able to stake our claim on besch space when we arrive - a good reason to get up early.
Time/Distance - The drive is about 130 miles and should take 150 minutes. Please have plenty of gas and an empty bladder as our priority is to get there and claim our beach space early.
Food - Plenty of food at the Boardwalk on the Beach. Please bring your owh chair/towels/coolers.
Fees - No cost for the airshow or beach access, and if we're lucky we can find free parking on the street. Municipal parking is $3 per hour, and the airshow generally runs from noon-3PM, so I'd recommend budgeting #30 for parking which will let you stay until 4 PM.
Car limits - The limit will be set at 20 (20) cars. Since the point is to get to the beach, rather than scenery, I won't split us up into subgroups, but we'll have radios and phones if anyone gets lost.
Rain Date - We'll pick our date (Saturday or Sunday) based on the weather forecast, probably on the Wednesday or Thursday before. Please keep your schedule open for both days if you can.
Technology - I will bring nine extra Midland GMRS radios. If you want to bring your own GMRS radio, we will be using Channel 30 on Midland Radios, or 462.7000 MHz frequency and CTCSS 17 for the privacy code. In Glympse, we'll use the !mscw_cruise tag to keep track of each other.
RSVP via signup genius at https://bit.ly/mscw2024-dd-7
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