As the Air Show industry has grown Continental Air Show Productions (CASP) owner and ICAS Charter Member Bill Bordeleau has studied the trends and looked for opportunities to improve his company’s offerings. Air show sound requirements have changed over the years and CASP has provided new solutions to meet the industry’s needs time and again.

After forty plus years, and many industry firsts, CASP has once again set a new standard in all weather concert quality sound. Bordeleau tasked CASP Ops. Director Dave Olmstead to work with the engineers at Community Professional Loudspeaker to develop a new front line all weather sound system. The new system was unveiled at the Windsor International Air Show in August and has received rave reviews ever since.

The heart of the system is comprised of 36 Community R.5HPT speakers. The three-way R.5HPT is a full range system that delivers the audio quality and voice intelligibility of a true concert system. These same speakers are in use at the legendary Talladega Superspeedway, the former California Speedway (which became Auto Club Speedway in 2008), Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore, and countless other venues. “The R.5HP is the distillation of over forty years of thoroughly dedicated Community Professional Loudspeakers research into perfecting the most rugged, compact, easy-to-mount,  music and speech responsive, weather resistant loudspeaker on the planet,” said John Wiggins, Vice President, Community Professional Loudspeakers.

“We utilized a pair of these speakers at Barksdale Air Force Base earlier in the season to cover a section of the War Bird hot ramp and just two speakers provided an amazing level of sound. I knew then that these were the right choice for CASP,” said Olmstead. “The R.5 HP’s 3 way design and horn loading of all components yields excellent musicality and speech intelligibility in high ambient sound level environments, which is why they are ideal for Continental Air Show Production’s requirements.” Noted Dave Howden, Director of Technical Services at Community Professional Loudspeakers.

The new system will hang pairs of speakers 13’ off the ground in front of the crowd. “The amazing thing is that each speaker’s box is only 16” x 16” so site lines are not disrupted by stacks of big speakers,” said Bordeleau

“The air show audience wants to hear that concert quality sound, but the challenge has been balancing weatherization, size/weight, and sound quality. These new speakers are going to set the bar for providing professional air show sound, rain or shine.” Bordeleau stated.

In addition to the one mile of show line sound system coverage, CASP was the first in the industry to utilize dual microwave transmission systems to connect additional speakers to extend the sound elsewhere on the air show grounds.

CASP is continuing its sponsorship agreement with Honda Power Equipment as they have provided CASP with all new super quiet EU200iA and EU6500iSA generators to power the entire sound system at your air show.

CASP is continuing its sponsorship agreement with Community Professional Loudspeakers as they have provided CASP with two RSH 462 speakers as both organizations celebrate 40 years of business. See our Community Loudspeakers in use in the video below.

CASP is continuing its sponsorship agreement with Belden Inc. as they have provided CASP with 6,000 feet of wire to "send all the right signals" to your audience.

CASP is continuing its sponsorship agreement with the David Clark Company as they continue to provide headsets and intercom support for our Air Boss Communications Rig.