Damn! Blue Angels!

[ntrprnr 0]

Sittin on my balcony, typing away, and this rumble starts... Next thing I see is the Blue Angels, flying in formation up the Hudson River, RIGHT over my balcony. Was THAT close.

HOW COOL!

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[bdbrown 0]

Thats totally cool....Lucky man

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[shropshire 0]

I saw them some years ago when I was on a detachment to Pax River.... They're O.K... Not quite the Red Arrows tho'

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[JohnMitchell 16]

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I saw them some years ago when I was on a detachment to Pax River.... They're O.K... Not quite the Red Arrows tho'

Never seen the Red Arrows. Don't they fly trainer jets, like the Canadian Snowbirds? How many of them are in formation at a time? I've seen the Blue Angels and the Snowbirds. Kind of 2 different types of shows. All of them display pilot skill by the bucketful.

[shropshire 0]

Just joshing with you... in a patriotic way.... Anyone who flies with such precision is a star in my book.


Yes the 'Arrows clicky fly 9 Hawks (originally flew Gnats, when I were a lad).

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[JohnMitchell 16]

Thanks for the link. Damn, that's some good lookin' flying.

[shropshire 0]

On an even lighter note.... A bunch of cadets formed a display team called the Red Barrows, they used wheelbarrows to perform a display routine at fetes and the like....clicky

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[jakee 1,602]

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Never seen the Red Arrows. Don't they fly trainer jets, like the Canadian Snowbirds?

Yep, but fitted out with cannons and missile hardpoints quite a few countries use the Hawk as a fighter.

Of course the differences in aircraft type and formation size make it impossible to say who's best..... but the Red Arrows are best

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[ACMESkydiver 0]

I hate the fuckers. They wouldn't do a fly-by for a fallen sailor during SeaFair that would have taken them 10 miles out.



The fly-by our pilots did and missing man formation was FAR better than any of those egotistical assholes could have come up with, anyway.



Ok, ok...maybe none of the pilots were made privy to the request, so I won't hold them accountable...but their PR dude is a fucking prick.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[piisfish 140]

would love to see the Blue Angels.. All these display teams are GREEEEAT
My favorites :
Red Arrows (UK)
Frecce Tricolori (Italy)
Patrouille de France
Patrouille suisse

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