Amazing Cockpit View! US Navy Blue Angels Team Highlights! British Family Reacts!

[@abrown4green]

I’ve had the privilege of seeing them perform at an airshow. They are unbelievable to see in person

[@mneugent7658]

Most of that footage, definitely the last half, is done right over my house in Seattle every year. Amazing.

[@ex-navyspook]

When I was stationed in Pensacola, we used to watch them practicing off the beach. Our own little airshow...

[@abrown4green]

@@ex-navyspook that would be amazing!

[@abrown4green]

@@mneugent7658 😯 that’s crazy!

[@mneugent7658]

@@abrown4green It is so loud!!! And it doesn't bother me one bit because it's so awesome.

[@Trendkiller196]

I live in Seattle and once a year we have festival called Seafair. They do hydroplane races on lake Washington and the Blue Angels fly around Western Washington. Every year people that are new to the area report to police that we’re being attacked. Lol.they are LOUD!

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

I've seen the Blue Angels 4 times, and have not once failed to be in awe. Former U.S. Navy submariner here, gladly saying two words: Fly Navy!

[@lttlejordan23]

The first part they are most likely flying over Pensacola Florida. However, the rest of the video is of them flying over the Seattle area during Seafair Week. You got Lake Washington, Lake Union and Elliot Bay (Puget Sound) as the bodies of water in that part of the video. I've been to many Seafairs while I lived in Seattle and seeing them fly overhead while you are out on a boat on Lake Washington, is a pretty spectacular sight!

[@grasshopper62]

Are you old enough to have been out there when they used to let them fly really low over the bridge? What an adrenaline rush that was!

[@Hunnalouu]

@@grasshopper62you can actually do that again now. Since they moved the show further south the bridge is now open so you can now walk on the path & go to the middle or wherever you want on the bridge!

[@CaptainHightop]

The very first clip is from Pensacola, Florida most likely, but the majority of the footage is them flying over Lake Washington and Seattle as part of the SeaFair Festival. You guys should do a reaction to the hydroplane boat races that are also part of SeaFair.

[@mattwonder4657]

There’s a video of them flying past the space needle this weekend that was pretty cool

[@mrmaunne]

@@mattwonder4657 at the 4:33 minute mark they are flying by the Space Needle

[@mrmaunne]

5:27 That's not the FL Keys, that's Seattle... the bridge is the I-90 Freeway connecting Seattle to Mercer. They just finished performing this past weekend and did a number of practice runs last week. Fun fact, this year they have a female LT pilot.

[@thezachari]

My uncle did his residency in Pensacola, and I've seen them over Pensacola Beach as a kid multiple times. It's insane how low and close they fly in formation, man. A low sneak pass was the coolest of them all. The margin of error is so small that it makes you realize just how talented they really are when you see it and feel the force of them flying by.

[@sirfog7066]

I was just there yesterday, very beautiful.

[@ArmyGrunt1986]

That Pensacola Florida, the Blue Angels are stationed in Forrest Sherman Field, Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. And they are constantly practicing over the Pensacola beaches, a lot of people go to Pensacola just to watch them practice. The ex and I would drive the 40min almost every weekend to go there. it's amazing, beautiful beaches and watching/listening the Blue Angels.

[@dustinheese]

I got fired from a job in downtown KC one afternoon. There is an elevated on-ramp for the highway and while on it, I turned to my right and parallel to me was a Blue Angel. What a surprise. I forgot everything else. They were practicing for an air show the next day. When I got home I already had a job offer from a company that directly supports veterans. It was a great job.

[@mpdw3j]

I live in Tampa, Florida since 2011, but I’m originally from Pensacola, Florida until I was 18 which is the Blue Angels home base and where they were flying over at the start of the video. We used to go to Pensacola Beach to watch them almost every 4th of July. I like Tampa more than Pensacola, but that’s one thing I miss about home.

[@curtiswilson3569]

My neighbor in Jacksonville FL was a mechanic for the Blue Angels. He got my family seats in their support plane "fat albert", where we could see this from the sky. It was an amazing experience and these guys are just masters of what they do.

[@sylvesterpalermo937]

We live at Pensacola Beach and have the privilege of seeing the "Blues" very often in airshows here or when they are practicing.. When they return from an airshow usually on a Sunday evening they will make a pass down the beach in formation at low level just to say hello...we are back home. The Blues serve many functions, they promote and instill pride in our Military and in foster Patriotism. They also then encourage enlistment and growth in the Navy and in particular in Naval Aviation Pensacola is the Cradle of Naval Aviation and we take great pride in the Blue Angels and in all of our Naval Aviators.

[@webbtrekker534]

AT 8:09 the planes are flying over the I-90 floating bridges on Lake Washington in Seattle. The route is over what would be the Hydroplane race course run each first Sunday in August as the culmination of a two week festival called SeaFair. I use to live right above the north turn of the race course and could watch the races from my bedroom. At 8:25 as the planes are pulling up you can see the outline of Mercer Island on the right and south Seattle and Seward Park as the green mass directly below the plane and between the center and left smoke trails. This seems to be a collection of training flights from all over.

[@randieandjodistrom854]

I'm a 30-year veteran of the United States Air Force. I was not an aviator, but was afforded the opportunity to experience flight in a wide variety of aircraft, but not high performance, i.e., after-burning or supersonic aircraft. My son graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and graduated from Ranger School and Airborne (paratrooper) training. I have the highest respect for our servicemembers who compose our special forces (Navy SEALS, Marine Recon, Army Delta Force and Rangers, Air Force Combat Controllers and Pararescue) as there's no more demanding training or duty requirements than these elite individuals. That being said, and heartfully meant, there are no people I have more respect for than those who fly high-performance aircraft. These great Americans strap on thousands of pounds of steel and fuel designed to kill them on a daily basis, and even in my very limited experience with the pressures of high-G flight, I cannot comprehend how these great people are able to actually FLY their aircraft, but successfully perform their missions. The aerial performance teams, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds and the United States Navy's Blue Angels are the epitome of airmanship. Based on my experience, it's almost impossible for most of us normal humans to comprehend what these aviators experience--check that, I'm certain it's impossible for those who are not engaged in this activity to comprehend what they go through. I've never been a fan of superhero movies, and the reason why is because I've been blessed to know people who do superhuman things on a daily basis, i.e. the magnificent aviators who operate the most demanding aircraft in the world. They are amazing and have my ultimate respect.

[@marvinjohnson3413]

Love the Blue Angels, see them fly over the Gulf of Mexico in Pensacola, FL and the Alabama coast is just amazing!! Formations are so close which makes it even more amazing, those sneak passes though are what people come for as well!!

[@galaxyreaper2714]

I've had the privilege of seeing them up close. My daughter n law was in Navy stationed in Pensacola Florida. It was so awsome to watch them do their practice drills in the mornings there on the Navel base. They also have totally awsome aviation museum there as well.

[@janfitzgerald3615]

Another person correctly identified the first part of the film was over Pensacola and the bulk of it is over Seattle. SeaFair was last weekend here in Seattle. I picked up my granddaughter Friday and we were headed back to my house when the Blue Angels were practicing for the air show Saturday. We were on the I-90 floating bridge crossing Lake Washington and they flew right over our heads. They were at a fairly low altitude so it was exciting for my granddaughter because she could see them through the sunroof in my car. There were a lot of boats in Lake Washington near the bridge to watch and the pedestrian walkway along the side of the bridge was packed.

[@michaelsander6039]

These air shows with the Navy Blue Angels, Air Force Thunderbirds, and Army Golden Knights parachute team, are recruiting mechanisms. A kid sees that and dreams.

[@joeg5414]

worked on me. I was obsessed with airplanes and airshows. Joined the Air Force at 18 right out of high school

[@fotog1970]

I’ve flown with the Blue Angels before, my pilot was Capt. Len “Loni” Anderson and they are practicing for air shows! And you just hop in the plane and hold on to everything including your lunch! It was best two hours of my life!

[@Kat-lk9lb]

They perform every year around this time. It's a can't miss. We see them in San Francisco but they perform a lot of places. Grew up in Seattle watching them. It's fun. They do all kinds of tricks.

[@stevechilders2624]

Love all your office blokes videos blue angels flew over here yesterday beautiful show…

[@marionmassinger1212]

Their precision is absolutely incredible! Love seeing them and the. U S. Air Force' s Thunderbirds air shows. As part of the air force family, we've had the privilege of seeing one of them every year . Both squadrons are exceptional!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@BillColeExperience]

You can really feel every bit of air disturbance in a small plane. You really know you are flying.

[@Brian_Combs]

I grew up in Pensacola. As a kid in the 80s I'd see them pass over me weekly practicing and also doing the shows at the beach. I also loved the air museum there back then.

[@TripleDinLV]

When I was in HS, so many decades ago, I was a cadet in my school's Navy JROTC unit. One of the perks of being a part of our Honor Guard and Armed Drill Unit, we got to perform at many military events, and provide misc. duties. all four years of my involvement, we were part of the annual Military Aviaqtion Show held at Nellis AFB, and we were allowed to provide guard/escort details for the Blue Angels. The biggest thrill for me was being assigned to Fat Albert - first as a member of the guard detail for that glorious C-130, and later as the OIC for the detail - as the aircrew for the Angels' Support Team are all Marines, not Navy, and have the sharpest appearance and attention to detail. That detail my junior year resulted in my first challenge coin, given to me by the crew's chief, Master Gunny Hardesty.

[@garymaiano1008]

Daz and family, that was Seattle. It's all one shot, it's not the "Keys" that was Lake Washington with all the people on boats coming out to celebrate 4th of July.

[@johnmcnulty2705]

Close, most of the video was over Lake Washington for Sea-Fair, but that first shot along the beach was most likely Pensacola, Florida

[@garymaiano1008]

Yes you are 100% right. @@johnmcnulty2705

[@jrbaytown]

Damn, I've never seen the Blue Angels from this perspective! AMAZING!! I've seen them fly over Houston from my office building once, and that was impressive enough...but this is insane! Thank y'all for the amazing content, it's one of the first things I watch when I get home from work.

[@Slipknot5301]

😮

[@officeblokedaz]

Thanks 👍🏻🍻

[@limeygaynor]

Thank you 🙏

[@erich930]

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the Blue Angles in-person a few times. Each time was totally magical! The first time was a fly-by of the Space Needle in Seattle, the second time was at an airshow in Baltimore, and the third and final time was right over my house for the one of the COVID fly-overs, along with the US Air Force Thunderbirds.

[@parkeydavid]

They flew over my apartment during COVID when they were honoring the health care workers in DFW. They were only about five hundred feet up and so close that I could see their faces. It's a memory I'm glad I got to experience with my grandson.

[@bobsit1945]

Was stationed at the Medical Clinic on Naval Air Station Pensacola in the early 80's, and had frequent contact with many of the enlisted personnal and some Officers. During an airshow in my hometown of Niagara Falls, they lost one of their pilots, LCDR Gershon in a crash, and the mood around the base was somewhat somber. Later that year they held a Change Of Command Ceremony at the Aviation Museum on Base and I was one of the Corpsmen on Medical Standby. Also in attendance were the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team and Canada's Snowbirds Flight Demonstration Team ( can't remember if the Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" were there or not) During the Ceremony they held a moving Memorial for LCDR Gershon. Event is something that I will always remember.

[@jameslytle8527]

My first Navy duty station was Pensacola, Fla., so I got to watch the Blues practice their whole routine at lunch-time every Wednesday!! EPIC!! Also Daz, look on a map to see how close Pensacola is to Alabama!! Just saying!!

[@ThisIsDavesGarage]

I live in the states and saw them, along with the thunderbirds around a half a dozen times. Absolutely mind blowing, and when they do fly bys above your head the massive jet engines shake your entire body to your bones and knock the wind out of you. Incredible power and precision these machines and pilots.

[@SilvanaDil]

It's not just for events/occasions; it's a good recruitment tool.

[@kerrijohnson2303]

Blue Angels base is in Pensacola Florida. Every morning, weather permitting, at 8 am, these guys take to the air and fly all up and down the beach and out over the ocean. I’ve seen them many times at air shows where I live but in 2014 we took our four year old son down there for his first beach vacation. There’s a big museum you can go through as well as catching the free Angels show.

[@scwyd6769]

theyve been flying right above my house all week this week. its been cool to see

[@tbd-5160]

I grew up near Willow Run Airport in Michigan, where they built most of the aircraft used during WW2 in Europe. Every year they have an air show & the Blue Angels are always the highlight. What this video doesn't show is how loud they are. The most impressive part is that they're so fast, so loud, so close, and so synchronous. You never get to meet the pilots, but I assume they're the best of the best of the best.

[@ANNEAVES]

I just saw them in June. Amazing. I worked for the Navy in the 70s.

[@josephheitzmann7745]

Love watching these guy’s perform, and yes the keys

[@lisahumphries3898]

I saw them in San Francisco many years ago. The flew over the bay while everyone watched from the SF docks. Incredible maneuvers. I thought I was dead when one plane came right at us and turned up at the last second. I was seriously prepared for instant death from it crashing into us.

[@evangalinsky2499]

yeah, no. They never have, and never will, done any maneuver where they fly towards the ground for an extended period of time. They may for a second or two, but to the point where you think they're going to crash into you? Yeah, I call BS. Either that or you're just extremely uninformed, and have an altered memory bias.

[@lindaslater7782]

I love the Navy's Blue Angels as well as the Air Force's Thunderbirds! The sound as they fly over can cause a "rumble" in the stomach. Such an exciting thrill. I have seen both of these flying teams, and I must applaud the talent the pilots have to move so fast and so close. Just this year, my youngest daughter and I went to see the Blue Angels for an air show. We had sunny, hot weather, but about 10 min before it was time for the Blue Angels to perform, dark clouds started forming and everyone had to take shelter in one of the hangers as there was a tornado watch. Eventually, we were able to leave, but, sadly, for safety, the Blue Angels did not perform. It's been several years since I've seen either team, so I was a little disappointed, but I also understood why they had to cancel.

[@Stepperg1]

They're out of Pensacola, Fl. It's pretty common to see them going through their paces. Stunning.

[@shadowscarnage]

I got the chance to see The Blue Angles perform once and it was packed out,

[@LancerX916]

Fighter pilots wear a special suit that compresses their bodies during flights. It's to keep them from blacking out at high G maneuvers during combat. The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds are all active serving fighter pilots. They rotate out after a year back to their squadrons.

[@ghstdnsr]

Two years is how long they fly as a Thunderbird.

[@fubar1217]

The Blue Angels don't wear those compression suits but the Thunderbirds do. I forgot which youtube channel it was but there was a former Thunderbird pilot on that had ridden with the Blue Angels and said they don't wear the suits and they fly a lot closer to each other than the Thunderbirds do.

[@LancerX916]

@@ghstdnsr According to an actually Thunderbird they said one year but oh well.

[@ghstdnsr]

@@LancerX916 Every year they rotate half of everyone. Was stationed there so I know for sure.

[@starwraithe]

A good friend of my husbands son is one of the pilots for the Blue Angels, we were able to go see him(them)perform several years ago(2019)at our local aviation expo in Duluth MN it was frickin awesome! Definitely something we'll never forget

[@waltermaples3998]

I'm lucky I live on Pensacola Beach Florida the home of the Blue Angels I get to see them practice all the time. They are Amazing 😉❤️❤️❤️👍

[@scottn.4865]

Pensacola is the home of the Blue Angels, but I live in Jacksonville which is the birth place of the Blue Angels.

[@alexanderdiaz6396]

Been able to watch them live quite a few times

[@ck_idgaf1680]

Yeah, it's an airshow. I live near a navy base. They do it in my area once a year, usually around mid July. Just driving my dogs crazy.

[@LHZX14]

IF you ever get a chance, see these guys or the Thunderbirds in person. They both put on a fantastic show. You guys might also enjoy the L.A. Speed run story by a retired SR-71 pilot.

[@TheAmericanDreamChaser]

They're flying over Pensacola Beach more than likely

[@WalterHowell-uh2dn]

True I have saw are show in Pensacola.

[@billbrasky1288]

Yeah probably Pensacola beach. But I have seen them from the beach in perdido key.

[@jamesleyda365]

And Seattle seafair hydroplane races on lake Washington

[@stevechilders2624]

They fly every year here in Seattle for our Seafair celebration

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

Watching these guys makes your stomach spin (in a good way)

[@kirkbymr]

The middle part of the video, flying over the floating bridges was in Seattle. Lake Washington to be exact .

[@momclg]

I’ve seen the the blue angles for 15 yrs and the army thunderbirds for the other 15 years, we have an air show down the street from my house and they fly over all the time during the air show. If you ever get the chance to see them there fantastic

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Army thunderbirds?

[@ghstdnsr]

@@kevincinnamontoast3669 He must not have seen them lol

[@LancerX916]

Air force Thunderbirds. I have lived near an airshow for 13 years. It sucked.

[@alfrede.neuman1257]

The footage over water is in Seattle at the Seafair hydroplane boat races in summer. The show is an annual thing and is done sort of like a half time show in American football. The bridge is a floating bridge.

[@chrispavlich9656]

I’ve seen them several times having grown up a Navy brat in Virginia Beach, Virginia. We love Jet noise❣️ 🛩

[@phoenixsui]

people get super impressed with piloits flying so close at high speeds, but have you ever thought how easy it is to drive close to a other car on a highway? Sure its harder in a plane but the planes cant just suddenly go left or right and hit eachother unless you control it like that. I love watching those military jet formations. The most important thing is that the lead flys absolutely smooth for the others to follow.

[@valerieburris607]

I have seen the Blue Angeles and The Thunder Bird which is the Air Force flying together in Air show.

[@PiterDeVries668]

Love the way ya'll talk w you're excited, "I was proper shi'in meself..." just as matter of factly as possible... lmao! (and we think the first part over the beach is actually Pensacola Naval Air Station, they fly there a lot)

[@andrewcisalowicz1326]

I first saw the blue angels in 1974 at Rolls Royce Hucknall near Nottingham.Then they were flying the F4 Phantom,boy they were amazing!

[@nothanks3236]

Blue Angels are a US Navy aerial performance team, they do shows to demonstrate precision flying. You lot have one in the Royal Air Force, they're called the Red Arrows.

[@curtiss22]

Yes @thezachari, green waters and then at 5:27 looks like the Blue Angels home of Pensacola. At 5:27 looks like the "7 mile bridge" (?) or whatever it is called, between Gulf Shores and P'cola. Obviously not over Miami. Intercoastal, or P'cola bay.

[@ex-navyspook]

3:36 Why is a close formation like that useful? If an enemy DOES get you on radar, they're only likely to get one return, meaning they're only "seeing" one enemy aircraft on their instruments. Imagine their pilots' surprise when there's not ONE aircraft, but FOUR, or perhaps SIX. Whoopsie.

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

They were/are here in Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA. Amazingly crazy performance. They are brilliant flyers who has a rich history in their flying expertise.

[@robertofernandez7773]

Some of the flying is over Seattle. At some point you could see the space needle. The bridge mentioned the is also in the Seattle area

[@justinhebert7580]

Saw them in Traverse City, Michigan over the 4th of July weekend this year

[@mannys4036]

It's interesting you show this video as they just finished up here at the SeaFair over Lake Washington in Seattle WA last week. My town Renton sits to the south and all last week I heard them fly over to and from. It's one thing to see them but the sound of just one of them is amazing but all of them and the ground vibrates and the thounderous sounds they make streaking through the air is something to hear. Even here they flew at high altitiudes to diminish the sound but it reverberated. The dogs in the neighborhood feel silent and the cats simple scattered. I have seen them a few times in my lifetime and their formations are just crazy to witness in person.

[@hiloc19]

Saw them twice in air shows...Montreal and then in Reno

[@JustARosko]

Noticed some landmarks along the coast and I'm pretty positive that's down here in Fort Lauderdale. There's a big airshow they do once a year here. Terribly loud all weekend with jets above you, my dogs hate it, but it's fun to watch

[@asmodeus5326]

Most pilots wear what's called a G-suit which inflats with air to keep the blood in the upper body when pulling high G maneuvers, but the blue angels are doing things so close they can't wear a suit so they use a breathing technique called the hook technique if I'm not mistaken to keep the blood in the upper body

[@fotog1970]

Those green straps you are going over their thighs are tied into the ejection seat, there also ones around your ankles so if you have to eject the cables attached to those straps pull your legs into the seat so your legs don’t get ripped off! Those took the longest for me and the crew chief to get done before flying…the in cockpit video they provided of the flight is really good! I blacked out after pulling 7.5 g’s in a constant turn….I made it about 3/4 the way around before landing….painful but oh SO MUCH FUN!!

[@ronbaggett572]

I live in the Pensacola area in Florida,and that is where the Blue Angles are stationed!They practice here alot,and when they do they are so lose you can wavy to the pilots,and clearly see them wavying back,so col

[@ronbaggett572]

Close

[@stevechilders2624]

Most of the shops are in Seattle

[@lindajohnson6514]

I am from Pensacola Florida........ Born & Raised. They have this every year at they're end of Season tour.......... We are home of the BLUE ANGELS 😇

[@aaronlewis2501]

Founded In Jacksonville though

[@mneugent7658]

They fly right over my house in Seattle every year During SeaFair and the training time leading up to it.

[@masamune2984]

This reminds me of a “Tiger Cruise” I once went on. That’s a “family event” on aircraft carriers. They had us 10 ft from the jets launching/landing on deck. Because, as they told us, “that’s how damned accurate we are all trained to be. PERIOD.”

[@masamune2984]

Also, just an example of how absolutely trained and therefore lax they are, I leaned up against a door and asked why it was so hot, and they said “because there are twin nuclear reactors in there.” When I asked what would happen if someone tried to get into there, they simply said “We’d stop you.”

[@michaeltipton5500]

They were just here last week for Seafair in Seattle. This look like it was filmed there.

[@markmiller9963]

Ive seen them acouple of times during fleet week flying in the afternoon for an airshow and once during the red bull air races in san fran at half-time.

[@goonbelly5841]

I saw the Blue Angels twice at the Chicago lakefront.

[@1980bcman]

I've seen them perform three times at various air shows across Michigan and I've seen the Air Force Thunderbirds perform once also. It's truly spectacular. Just the sound of these things flying a couple 100ft above you is insane, the way the ground rumbles. And you would be amazed how large these planes are in real life. I've also met the pilots on one occasion. They are truly impressive people

[@loricproject6878]

Some of this is from Seattle seafair. It's always a great weekend of races and air shows. You should react to the hydroplane races

[@josephheitzmann7745]

The people flying these are the best of the best

[@tiegra9336]

Pensacola Beach, which is where Pensacola NAS is located, the home of the Blue Angels.

[@bernarddavis5665]

Had the privilege of seeing them at the Fort Lauderdale beach air show. Freaking awesome.

[@KNETTWERX]

Units like the Blue Angels are used as a public relations and recruiting tool for the US Navy. All US military branches have various high profile units for the same purpose.

[@d2ndborn]

They do wear pressure suits that keep the blood up in the head in heart, So they do not pass out.

[@fotog1970]

Nope they do not!! I’ve flown with them and they don’t! If they did you would see the huge air bladder over the legs and around their ribs….you have to learn the “hook” breathing technique to help combat the short periods of G-s

[@Timmycoo]

The trailing pilots are actually hyper-aware of any awkward movement and I've seen them break out of formation (albeit super stylishly) so even if something goes slightly wrong, they are highly trained in what to do. Nothing beats seeing them in person, though.

[@RockyNikolashin]

I saw them many times at Fleet Week in San Francisco as well as got to go see the interior of "Fat Albert," one of their cargo planes with insane boosters on the engines (I don't know the technical term, but they looked like boosters to me). They have some great videos of how they practice on the ground with auto creepers. I live near the Thunderbirds now, but my heart will always favor the Blue Angels.

[@donaldstewart8342]

Just saw them in July at the Milwaukee Air Show,they were assume !

[@cgirl111]

This is a practice run prepping for an airshow. They are based in Pensacola Beach Florida.

[@XxusmcsamurixX]

The blue angels are a military air group that only performs at air shows. Their main base is Pensacola, FL. Also the pilots who are qualified for this cool job are the best of the top pilots from Navy and sometimes Marines.

[@JMHTruck32005]

3:16 "What are they doing this for?" To show the world just how " Badass Navy and Marine Corps pilots are."

[@johnwatrous8982]

You should go to the Paris air show that’s held every year. Planes and Helicopters from all over the world.

[@NaturallyGreasy]

They come to my city every few years and I tell my friends the same thing everytime, These guys lways seem to be one upping their previous appearance I saw them at and its like at what point can you quit one upping your routine haha. Its mental how close they are at those speeds in such fragile vehicles.

[@mikemclaughlin1268]

the blues do this nearly all year (they pilots rotate out every few years) but its for airshows they do a 10 ish minute set at each one and they are doing like 400-600 mph during a lot of these. and what sets the blue angels and thunderbirds apart is they do it in combat jets (the jets can be refitted for combat in 40-72 hrs if need be) and no other airshow demo team does it with combat aircraft. also the blues don't use g suits as it would affect their ability to control the jets as precise as they do during shows they just have very tight blue khaki suits. also also they do some maneuvers less than 100 ft above the ground or less

[@TBerryhillOK]

Check out Aero Legends in the UK. You can pay to go up in a fighter jet. It’s kinda pricey though! Going to an air show and seeing the Blue Angels is Amazing!! Sometimes it is scary to watch. The Blue Angels do take two people up each show. One is from a pool of Civilian personnel and the other is for someone from the media.

[@ablatham]

If they are just practicing, they are most likely flying around the Pensicola, Florida area. When I was stationed there, they flew by many, many times.

[@MGower4465]

The aircraft used by the Blue Angels are not specially built - they are normal fighters that have a special paint job and certain equipment removed. The attachment points under the wings where missiles, bombs, or fuel tanks would usually be are removed fir streamlining, and the tailhook needed for carrier landings is removed to reduce weight. The planes still have the onboard cannon mounted, though it is if course never loaded or plugged up - removal changed the weight balsnce too much and affected handling. There are 7 Angels - number 7 is a two seater and is used to take local celebrities up for PR flights. The ground crew and supplies travel with the fighters, using a C-17 cargo plane called Fat Albert. Which mesbs unlike the officers flying the fighters and stuck in their planes, the enlisted can walk around, read, even nap at will. On occasion, Fat Albert has a number of spall, special-purpose rockets (RATO packs) attachec to show how even the big, lumbering cargo plane can get up on it real quick if the situation demands it. Oh, and when in formation, like the 4 ship diamond, the only aviator (US Navy does not have "pilots") who actually is looking firward is Angel Lead in the #1 ship. 2, 3, and 4 are each only looking at the leader and concentrating solely on holding the right relative position. The Angels are *extremely* dangerous duty. 1 in 10 is killed while on the team. So far 26 officers (all aviators are officers) and 1 enlisted crewman have died in service.

[@stevechilders2624]

Just below the speed of sound here over the city

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I live in virginia beach and we have a navy air base located in the city every year they host an air show and i can see them flying from my house

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Like that try, "Jet Sneak passes" or "fly by scares".