Lcdr Amanda "Stalin" Lee Sets Off Car Alarms With A Full Afterburner Pass Over Parking Lot!

Some highlights from Blue Angels practices on June 4th and 5th 2024 at NAS Pensacola!
Watch Lcdr Amanda Lee COOK the parking lot in full afterburner setting off a bunch of car alarms!

[@JKAdams]

For anyone curious about her number, there are clips from both practice days this week. She was in 7 on Tuesday and 5 on Wednesday. At practices they will fly whichever jets are available, and the numbers often dont match up with the pilot/position. The ground crew applies new decals for the pilots before they depart for the next airshow.

[@josephsmithphotography4028]

Absolutely insane people trying to get into arguments over that lolol

[@smallville2448]

Awesome! Great camera work. Quite possibly the best Blues video I've seen on KZbin.

[@JKAdams]

Oh wow thank you!! Just started messing around more with video so hopefully they get better!

[@ericchild8845]

What a great example of training and determination can achieve. Beautiful flying by all the pilots who are fortunate enough to be selected to represent the USN as a member of this demonstration team around the country. Bless their hearts for wanting to be the best.

[@DragonQueen401]

Really fine work. I love the slow motion. Makes the team look so good. Thank you!!

[@JKAdams]

Thank you too!

[@ATCDave1]

Wow, that's one of the finest Blue Angels vids I have ever seen Tasteful use of editing, slo mo, and music. Well done man. Subbed.

[@JKAdams]

Thank you!

[@Thepetephilly0466]

Right? 💯

[@andycollins5983]

Very, very cool video, especially the slow motion segments. Excellent work!

[@dronemonkey2038]

Absolutely Top Class video. Thank you for sharing.

[@Radiotexas]

Very nice photography and editing! Thank you!

[@JKAdams]

Thank you!

[@philipgranger6918]

That was an incredible video, thanks for sharing.

[@Sidetrackification]

Excellent, thanks for posting this!

[@dave.lawrence.3894]

GREAT JOB by all, THANKS 🙏👍

[@jacplanespotting314]

Excellent camera work and mixture of normal and "slo-mo" speed editing - Bravo!

[@JKAdams]

Thank you!

[@LaurenS.Keator-nk3ks]

That was beyond awesome!!! Thank you Kyle!!!! you're TOP Notch!!!

[@JKAdams]

Thank you!

[@rebeccaromero7765]

Breathtaking!

[@MarioBuc]

Thank you!

[@DianeEllis-xk1jj]

I LOVE IT! Way to go Amanda! I know a static charge from lightening can set off a car alarm but Amanda?! WOW! Thank you for your service!

[@mad9039]

Stalin Lee can set off my alarm anytime she'd like... LOL

[@joso5554]

👌👌👌 Wonderful video with great sound and superb slow motion.

[@jdaigneau3599]

Great video!

[@2ksnakenoodles]

Those slow motions don't show the minor inconsistencies as you'd expect but rather amplify just how precise they do their stuff! Rudder flutter @4:30 was awesome!

[@texxasal]

Very nice video and edit thanks.

[@Supersonic_av]

they do an amazing job respect to the pilots

[@rmk1283]

Nice slo mo! Always love seeing the 4 on takeoff using the full rudder to move under Boss not far off the runway. Looks cool from straight ahead

[@earlyprimate]

Wife and I were up last year to catch one of their training shows and signings at the Museum. They do some fantastic post show theatrics right over the museum. We were close to where you were when one of them came ripping over just like that.

[@JKAdams]

Its awesome! The 4 jet will do that every single time after the delta breakout, zoom right over the parking lot.

[@Thepetephilly0466]

This is some of the best videography of the Blues or T-Birds, then the video maker knocked it out of the park! Great job!

[@JKAdams]

Thank you!

[@deathhawk81]

WOW this video is freaking sick! Awesome work wow!

[@michaelbartow1546]

Ha ha ha. That reminds me of years ago being at Watkins Glen for the race weekend and going back to the car in the parking lot and the fly over was a fighter aircraft and damn it flew over the parking area and next thing you hear are all the car alarms going off.

[@jon-helgramite2478]

Big Blue Jets captured by AMAZING photography !! Bravo Zulu !

[@JKAdams]

Thank you!

[@richkuban2027]

Beautiful slow motion editing!

[@JKAdams]

Thanks!

[@thedoobie1]

I was there on the 5th. Weird practice. "Sneak pass" wasn't so sneaky and even the announcer was a little confused with the order of passes. But I guess that is why it is a "Practice". Still incredible to see!

[@HellcatProductions]

Nice work, Kyle! I think the documentary has raised the bar for all of us. Now, if we can figure out how to get 1000 fps for the slo mo shots!

[@JKAdams]

Need to sell a kidney and get a freefly ember 🤣🤣🤣

[@AndrewHorsleyDrummer]

#5 that came over was the lead solo Griffen Stangel

[@davidmckimmon7616]

The numbers do not always match the pilot in practice.

[@JKAdams]

Amanda Lee was flying in a 5 jet at this practice. They are mismatched pretty often in practices at NAS Pensacola.

[@thatguy7085]

I love the rudder move to the diamond

[@cybeliometalbest25]

More precise than a watch !

[@osman_malak]

Awesome video. Love the slow mo..

[@JKAdams]

Thank ya!

[@bcbc2605]

This is a great video! Well done. What camera, resolution, and fps? What editing software? This is as good as the blue angels Amazon imax documentary in many ways.

[@JKAdams]

Some of it is shot with my iPhone 14 pro, the more zoomed in slow motion parts are filmed on my canon r7. I use davinci resolve

[@user-xr5sf1zo8h]

The slo-mo shots are cool.

[@patricklawler4138]

From the video it looks like it was lead solo LCDR Griffin Stangel that set off the car alarms and not LCDR Lee who would have been flying #7 which is used as a substitute jet if their regular jet is out. Nice video though.

[@JKAdams]

This video has clips from both practice days this week. She was in 5 on Wednesday when I caught her cooking the parking lot.

[@moryan6447]

That has to be such a rush!

[@chrisc2683]

‘f you ain’t first you’re last” -RB

[@JKAdams]

"I was high when I said that" -RB 🤣🤣🤣

[@EJL88]

I lived aboard NASP. Alarms would go off in housing all the time on practice days. 👍🏼😂

[@hdjoe88]

Great camera work!

[@JKAdams]

Thanks! Im used to stills, still learning the whole video thing 🤣

[@BlueLeader1]

What camera do you use? Amazing video!

[@JKAdams]

iPhone mounted on top of my camera for the wider stuff. The slowmo parts are with my R7

[@EmelinaGilbert]

And she didn't feel guilty at all! LOL

[@Nick-xe2hu]

Ok am I confused? I thought they only maintained a single F model (2 seater) (#7) for VIP stuff. But I plane as day saw in several clips a single seat (F18E) and a 2 seater (F18F) with the #5 on the tail. How many planes do they have in the inventory?

[@ScottHirons]

When they practice during the week it’s whatever jets are available. The jets with appropriate number and variant maybe down for maintenance. They also don’t always have 6 jets available and fly practices a jet or two less than all 6.

[@jestertoo]

I'm guessing 2 and 4 jets were down? So 2 got 6 and 4 got 7. Interesting that #5 was also an F two seater in one of the clips.

[@tommynikon2283]

FINALLY….someone has discovered a PAN HEAD on a tripod.

[@JKAdams]

This is all handheld lol. I do have a fluid head tripod, Ive only brought it out to practice one time tho.

[@PensacolaHouseHunter]

Nice

[@JKAdams]

🙌🙌

[@TLHRookiePilot]

That was not LCdr Lee at 7:00. She flies the #4 jet normally, but on this day she is flying the #7 jet (#4 most likely down for maintenance). This was the #5 jet, the lead solo. LCdr Lee is part of the diamond.

[@JKAdams]

She flew in 7 on Tuesday (beginning takeoff clip) and 5 on Wednesday, when she set off the alarms. There are clips from both practice days in this video.

[@TLHRookiePilot]

@@JKAdams Still do not think that is correct. Any jets that are filling in, because other jets are in use or down, will be outside of 1-6. If jets 1-6 are in use, they are being flown by the pilot assigned to that jet. All spare jets used will be higher than 6.

[@JKAdams]

@@TLHRookiePilot Yeah thats not correct at all. More often than not they are not in their normal number in practices here in Pensacola. Pretty obvious in both days from this video.

[@imbored3629]

Nah they had to use a solo jet and a media jet for practice 😭

[@KenKellySWFL]

5:40 & 6:56 👍🏽

[@mattr6344]

I’ve never been to a practice. It’s nice to not hear the announcer the whole time. I appreciate what he does but this is better

[@kawai99100]

And the ANNOYING music.

[@thatguy7085]

Blue Angle number 8😊

[@JKAdams]

The narrator is actually #7 lol.

[@thatguy7085]

@@JKAdams not according to their roster… unless #7 was doing it that day for training. #8 is the announcer.

[@gtswann]

Just awesome JK!

[@JKAdams]

Thank you! Still learning the video side of things 🤣

[@brianpmessier4977]

Facts seem a little off, as Amanda Lee is the slot pilot in the 7 jet and the low pass that you showed was the 5 jet.

[@JKAdams]

She was in 7 on Tuesday and 5 on Wednesday. The pass over the parking lot was on Wednesday. This video has clips from both practice days.

[@brianpmessier4977]

@@JKAdams The 5 jet was used in the slot position? Thats unusual.

[@viperdriver82]

How come the 5 and 6 Jets are in the diamond

[@JKAdams]

In practices sometimes the numbers are all mixed up, they get in whichever jets are ready. They get fresh decals before heading back out for an airshow.

[@viperdriver82]

@@JKAdams oh ok cool

[@MikeYapel]

I agree that they don't always fly the correctly numbered jet, but what was she doing performing a solo maneuver instead of flying in the slot position? That doesn't seem right.

[@JKAdams]

Its not a solo maneuver. Its how she rejoins after the delta breakout at the end of the show.

[@howardcroft3748]

Please tell me about your experience as a pilot with the Blue Angels!!!

[@mike_js2936]

So it’s “Stalin” not “Stallin”? Gotta hear the explanation behind this one.

[@Riverplacedad1]

How on Earth do the Blues come up with these call signs?

[@JKAdams]

They get their callsigns in the fleet.

[@Riverplacedad1]

@@JKAdams just seem odd. Heard a lot of call signs over the years and it’s just seems a bit strange

[@loveasmr686]

They all look the same except the 4th looks like a two-seater .

[@isaiahjones3427]

I think that was the black guy who moved from #6 to #5 (according to the documentary).

[@JKAdams]

It was Lee, they dont always fly in the correct numbered jets at practices.

[@hellrider304]

I think you're referring to Lcdr Julius Bratton. He was #5 last year. He's not on the team this year.

[@oubrioko]

There is no _black guy_ lol

[@tonsjet09]

❤👍👍

[@veemann3158]

Doesn't 7, as a two-seater perform differently from the other single seat version?

[@JKAdams]

From what I've heard they fly identical.

[@oubrioko]

The (dual seat) F models hold 850 fewer pounds of internal fuel, so the (single seat) E models have a higher fuel capacity. The E and F canopies have different sizes and shapes, resulting in very subtle aerodynamic differences which are almost entirely compensated for by the digital flight control software, so that the two models effectively fly identically from a pilot's perspective. When one or more single seat E model jet(s) is/are down, the Lead Solo pilot (#5) and/or the Slot pilot (#4) will normally fly one of the squadron's (dual seat) F models, given that they are the most experienced Solo and Diamond team members, respectively.

[@jimrascal9415]

The way i like to see my tax dollars at work........

[@samsignorelli]

Kinda want to know what she did to earn "STALIN" as a call sign...doesn't read like a play on her name.

[@Paul1958R]

No taxpayer dollar left unwasted

[@texxasal]

Very nice video and edit thanks.

[@texxasal]

Very nice video and edit thanks.