Blue Angels!

hotreds · 05-03-2010, 08:12 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=W6tB8Lf7YoU

CigarDisciple · 05-03-2010, 09:12 AM

I am a huge Blue Angels fan and go to see them whenever they come to town. This is an AF town but the Blue Angels draw a bigger crowd than the Thunderbirds. GO NAVY !!!!

elderboy02 · 05-03-2010, 09:26 AM

Awesome stuff!

jmsremax · 05-03-2010, 09:30 AM

I've only seen them once at our local air force base......they couldn't get the t-birds to come. All these pilots are insane. I def do not have a set big enough to do what they do. One day I would love to be able to sit in the co-pilot seat though.

rizzle · 05-03-2010, 02:58 PM

That's a different camera angle than I've ever seen! Thanks Hugh.

1badhog07 · 05-03-2010, 05:38 PM

ive been lucky to see both of them(blue angels and thunderbirds)both are pretty awesome...

WildBlueSooner · 05-03-2010, 08:56 PM

Hugh you missed the Barksdale Air Show again...put it on your calendar for next year. That is an order!

hotreds · 05-03-2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by WildBlueSooner

Hugh you missed the Barksdale Air Show again...put it on your calendar for next year. That is an order!

I need to do that. All them BUFFs!

thebayratt · 05-03-2010, 09:13 PM

I live about an hour and a half from Pensacola FL where they are based. My parents would take me out to the beach and they would do airshows over the beach on some hilodays. What great fun that was to see. I haven't seen them in probly 10+ years or so now. But at the Pensacola Naval Air Museum you can actually sit in a few of the retired plane's cockpits. I've done that several times; I'm 6'2" and I had trouble getting in and out of them but was still fun.

WyGuy · 05-04-2010, 09:06 AM

Very cool video, thanks for sharing!

billybarue · 05-04-2010, 07:48 PM

Rockin - They put on a heck of a show!

Look at the beginning of the video as the canopy is closing - note the pilot only has a boom mike and no full oxygen mask. I've never understood that about the Blues. Seems to me they would rather have a full oxygen mask in case you get some kind of smoke or fumes in the cockpit. Without O2, with heavy smoke in the cockpit there ain't much of a choice but to get the heck out.

Also, as I understand it, the Blues don't wear g-suits due to center stick (vice the F-16 sidestick with T-birds). Argument is with center stick they can't tolerate the g-suit inflating and bumping their arms/hands when in close wingtip formation. Makes sense, but than think about pulling high G maneuvers without a g-suit!

hotreds · 05-04-2010, 08:39 PM

You are correct- the Blues do not use g suits, the Thunderbirds do- for the reasons you state. Head of the class, my friend!

05-03-2010, 08:12 AM	#1
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,662 Trading: (63)	Blue Angels! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=W6tB8Lf7YoU __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

05-03-2010, 09:12 AM	#2
CigarDisciple Livin Life as it comes Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Sam Location: NC Posts: 81 Trading: (0)	Re: Blue Angels! I am a huge Blue Angels fan and go to see them whenever they come to town. This is an AF town but the Blue Angels draw a bigger crowd than the Thunderbirds. GO NAVY !!!!

05-03-2010, 09:26 AM	#3
elderboy02 Lets Go Buckeyes! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 12,508 Trading: (133)	Re: Blue Angels! Awesome stuff!

05-03-2010, 09:30 AM	#4
jmsremax Yet another Masshole Join Date: Nov 2009 First Name: Jon Location: MA Posts: 1,245 Trading: (19)	Re: Blue Angels! I've only seen them once at our local air force base......they couldn't get the t-birds to come. All these pilots are insane. I def do not have a set big enough to do what they do. One day I would love to be able to sit in the co-pilot seat though. __________________ Stock/Finance banter

05-03-2010, 02:58 PM	#5
rizzle Order Restored Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: st pete, fl Posts: 2,679 Trading: (23)	Re: Blue Angels! That's a different camera angle than I've ever seen! Thanks Hugh.

05-03-2010, 05:38 PM	#6
1badhog07 Still Watching My Back Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: gustavo Location: laredo,tx Posts: 215 Trading: (2)	Re: Blue Angels! ive been lucky to see both of them(blue angels and thunderbirds)both are pretty awesome... __________________ I WILL SMOKE NO CIGAR BEFORE ITS TIME

05-03-2010, 08:56 PM	#7
WildBlueSooner I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: James Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,322 Trading: (19)	Re: Blue Angels! Hugh you missed the Barksdale Air Show again...put it on your calendar for next year. That is an order! __________________ "To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory"-- Douglas MacArthur

05-03-2010, 09:13 PM	#9
thebayratt Still Watching My Ash Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Shawn Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,326 Trading: (11)	Re: Blue Angels! I live about an hour and a half from Pensacola FL where they are based. My parents would take me out to the beach and they would do airshows over the beach on some hilodays. What great fun that was to see. I haven't seen them in probly 10+ years or so now. But at the Pensacola Naval Air Museum you can actually sit in a few of the retired plane's cockpits. I've done that several times; I'm 6'2" and I had trouble getting in and out of them but was still fun.

05-04-2010, 09:06 AM	#10
WyGuy Boiler Up! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: MN Posts: 1,359 Trading: (16)	Re: Blue Angels! Very cool video, thanks for sharing!

05-04-2010, 07:48 PM	#11
billybarue Still Watching My Back Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 226 Trading: (5)	Re: Blue Angels! Rockin - They put on a heck of a show! Look at the beginning of the video as the canopy is closing - note the pilot only has a boom mike and no full oxygen mask. I've never understood that about the Blues. Seems to me they would rather have a full oxygen mask in case you get some kind of smoke or fumes in the cockpit. Without O2, with heavy smoke in the cockpit there ain't much of a choice but to get the heck out. Also, as I understand it, the Blues don't wear g-suits due to center stick (vice the F-16 sidestick with T-birds). Argument is with center stick they can't tolerate the g-suit inflating and bumping their arms/hands when in close wingtip formation. Makes sense, but than think about pulling high G maneuvers without a g-suit!

05-04-2010, 08:39 PM	#12
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,662 Trading: (63)	Re: Blue Angels! You are correct- the Blues do not use g suits, the Thunderbirds do- for the reasons you state. Head of the class, my friend! __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.