Blue Angels star in air show

"Kevin Brooks" wrote:
"Krztalizer" wrote:

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. Tell me when the BA flew over an airshow at 700 MPH.

Granted the majority of the show has to be done at lower speeds, but I don't
know if they *never* get close to that speed... I remember as a kid watching
the Thunderbirds every summer at Langley AFB, and one of the features of
their show was the "everybody has their attention on the four aircraft to
their front, and along comes the solo from behind the crowd screaming
overhead like the hammers-from-hell at *very* high speed" bit. Wouldn't be
surprised if the solo was not doing every bit of M0.9 (plus) during that
event.

Those were the days. As an AF brat I recall the T-birds routines in
their F-100's and F-4's at various bases around the country and like
you said they were not only faster but much, MUCH louder
performances back then.

But I always thought the fly-byes back in the rockin' 60's at Kingsley
Field, Oregon were even more spectacular than the T-birds solo
routines.

Like clockwork every Friday afternoon at 6:00 pm an F-101B
(sometimes with my ol' man in the front office) would streak in low
at .9+++++ mach then pull vertical directly over the base command
post flagpole and smash straight up until it all but disappeared
from sight.

Given the One-O-Wonder's notorious pitch-up problem, to this day
I wonder just how close the pilots came to experiencing the deadly
phenomena while performing those incredible Friday PM fly-byes.

Ahh, fond memories indeed!