I had no idea they flew this close to one another. These wings are inches from each other.
UPDATE: Click on video, hold and move the cursor.
ht/ all too much
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Blue privilege. I’m triggered.
The farthest they are supposed to be apart is 18″.
The usual air speed in controlled airspace is 250 knots, which is stepping right along.
Sorry. I would love to see a video of them flying, but all I got was a bunch of still photos and a yellow helmet? And a guy ‘splainin’ what they do.WTF?
My uncle was a “Flying Tiger” 77 years ago; later AAF for a few months. Airline Cptn many years. 60 years ago he told me that ALL combat pilots knew the best were from Pensa Cola . (So I of course wanted to got their -big egos run in the clan.) He said Ike and Werner were right to chose Naval Aviators (Glenn was a Fla man). Another kid from West (has been an neighbor for decades) was an AF ace and broke the sound barrier more than any man almost more than #2+#3 combined. A book was written abut his (name in Saxon means “warrior” were fitting fr an ace.) not being chosen. THE RIGHT STUFF
He may have been slighted by Ike – but Ike’s men all lived! EEOC was a very bad idea fatal for some!
I have/had many friends from Fla – Cmdr Bill Carmichial from many decades ago to Col Shaun —– still wearing the EG+A! they are the best – bar none!
Val’s move from about 30 years ago portrayed ’em as cocky – well IMHO they should be cocky! The’rn not just good – they are the best!
an ol ex jarhead. Cocky yes, but not punks ,like wetstart, songbird McCain. Loveem! Semper Fi.
I saw the Blue Angels in 1971. I thought that this video might be 4K, 60 fps, but I was sorely disappointed. Is the Navy really this far behind the times?
I crashed and burned four times….. and I was only watching!
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
@Quinn ~ maybe it’s time to trade in your CompuServe 286 w/ DOS 6.0 😝
I grew up in Pensacola (hence the Bayou part of my screen name) and throughout my childhood, watched the Blues fly practice shows from our back yard. If anyone has a chance to visit Pensacola, I encourage you to go to the National Museum of Naval Aviation. When the Navy retired the A-4 Skyhawks used by the Blues and upgraded to the FA-18 Hornet, four of the Skyhawks were place inside the museum in the “Blue Angel Atrium,” suspended from cables in a diamond formation. At the Atrium dedication, it was pointed out that the Skyhawks could NOT be positioned as close as they typically flew together.
The Van Halen video from the mid 80’s was ten times better.