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The Blue Angels 2018 show season officially begun on Saturday with the team's
kickoff display at their winter training ground in El Centro, California. The
air show at the relatively remote naval aviation training facility is one of the
best in the country and it's a staple rite of passage event for the Navy's
Flight Demonstration team. And every so often we get some footage of the team in
action that reminds us just how seemingly super natural their flying abilities
flying are.

After the tragic loss of one of their own in 2016, the team quickly rebounded,
putting on demonstrations that looked tighter than ever before to the familiar
eye. The Blues will be packing up shortly and departing NAF El Centro and
heading over to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona for their open house, and from
there they will head over to the Lone Star State for the NAS Kingsville air show
the following weekend. Check out the team's full 2018 schedule here to see if
they are headed to your neck of the woods this season.



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Miloch wrote in
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Holy sheeeat! Seen the Blues many times over the
years. Ain't NEVER seen dis befo'!

Balls of steel.

In article , Jess Lurkin says...

Miloch wrote in
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Holy sheeeat! Seen the Blues many times over the
years. Ain't NEVER seen dis befo'!

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".



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In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.




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Miloch wrote in
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In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.

The Blues will never "out do" the blunder birds. What was it?
10 or 15 years ago a whole flight of 'em flew right into the
ground? Their main job is playing "follow the leader" but I'd
need to keep a little of that attention on my own hide.
As Shepherd said... Navy doesn't have pilots. We're aviators.

In article , Jess Lurkin says...

Miloch wrote in
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In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.

The Blues will never "out do" the blunder birds. What was it?
10 or 15 years ago a whole flight of 'em flew right into the
ground? Their main job is playing "follow the leader" but I'd
need to keep a little of that attention on my own hide.
As Shepherd said... Navy doesn't have pilots. We're aviators.


I remember when I was in Army flight school and students in my class were
learning to hover for the first time...it was comical and dangerous
simultaneously! You're struggling with the instructor next to you rocking left
and right at huge angles...then you look around you seeing 25 or 30 other TH-55s
doing the same thing!...all of us struggling to get control and get the damn
helicopter to just hover in one spot and hoping the instructor with grab the
controls lest we crash into each other!!




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On 15 Mar 2018 16:34:12 -0700, Miloch
wrote:

In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.

Wondering if this was a "special" for the camera - I've never seen
them this close in decades of air shows.