Is this even legal??

"gatt" wrote:
"buttman" wrote in message
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Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

its the military, they do whatever they want

No they don't. They stick to the script or they die. There is no
margin for error, and they have their routine memorized and practice
it as a team before they get in the cockpit. It's that simple.

-c
(somebody correct me if I'm wrong.)

Well ... I believe that the FAA has the authority to grant waivers for any
of the regulations it writes. After all, it presumably wrote and/or
approved of them in the first place. So they may have granted waiver(s) for
those planes to perform those maneuvers.

Also, according to the information I found, military flights pretty much
have to follow the same FARs that civilian flights do - I once located and
posted what I believe is the relevant legislation that governs when and
where the military is and is not governed by the FARs. I could go hunt it
down and post it again if anyone is interested.

It's a telephoto shot that kills the perspective of depth perception.. the
flight path is obviously in a cleared lane with at least "air show crowd
control" set backs on both sides of the lane. The police boats mentioned in
previous threads is marking the lane. This is a very controlled event. I've
flown similar events in my military career, no I am not Blue Angle Navy..

BT

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...icle581574.ece

Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

On Dec 18, 9:32 pm, "BT" wrote:
It's a telephoto shot that kills the perspective of depth perception.. the
flight path is obviously in a cleared lane with at least "air show crowd
control" set backs on both sides of the lane. The police boats mentioned in
previous threads is marking the lane. This is a very controlled event. I've
flown similar events in my military career, no I am not Blue Angle Navy..

My father was asked to apply to the Blue Angels in the early 80's. At
the time he thought he could make CO faster if he stayed in a tactical
squadron. He was right, he made XO then CO soon afterwards. Not sure
what would have happened had he taken time out to fly with the Blue
Angels.

-robert

On Dec 18, 9:04 am, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...icle581574.ece

Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

BTW: Its worth point out that the UK Sun is not a real newspaper its a
tablod. There is a reason no real news station picked this up. Also, I
believe the Hornet is actually behind the passenger ship in the first
slide, not in front of it. The Hornet (especially the Super Hornet) is
a big bird and therefor appears close than it is.

-robert