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This is really good. Did you know that the pilot on the right of the formation is always a Marine? This is one of the best Blue Angel videos you'll see!! Great perspective with much of it filmed from the cockpit. You see the formation then see it from the pilot or camera view. It is in HD; Hope your computer can handle it. This was recorded in FL. And El Centro, CA. Navy Aviation kicks A$$!!
[High Quality] Blue Angels - censored, no Van Halen Dreams - YouTube
I've seen these guy several times UNBELIEVEABLE one of my stepsons is a Navy ATC for special opps. he sees them all the time
Yeah, them swabbie jet jocks do ok, and it's sure nice of them to let a Marine play with them all the time!!!!!;);)But there was another video there of the US Air Force Thunderbirds so I really enjoyed watching some real fighter jocks do their thing.....
BTW--did them Navy dudes ever find their boat or are they still landlocked?????:D
I'm pretty sure that they know exactly where the boat's sitting, and I think that they invited the Thunderguys to drop in for a visit anytime they were in the area, but they were a bit intimidated by the short runway, and that it was rising and falling about ten feet on a regular pattern :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
I have flowen a lot over the years and you can tell a Navy pilot every time by the landing..
Is that why the Navy jet jocks live on boats??? Heck I was always told that it was because the land bases didn't want them hangin' around!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
I was also told that Marines travel around on Navy boats so that the sailors have somebody to dance with on Saturday Night!!!! Now I suppose you'll tell me that that's not true either???????:D
Yeah, and if you don't happen to see them slam it down on the deck you can tell the Navy planes easy enough cuz they're the one's with the blown tires and busted landing gear!!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by cffisher
The Navy pilots rock and those fliers are good at what they do.
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The Peacemakers
I was no more than 2' tall, standing beside my Dad when he took this video, (or super 8 film). Mason City, IA Airport. Unlike most videos I post, I'd recommend turning the volume "down" for this particular clip. :whacked:
Blue Angels - YouTube
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Originally Posted by cffisher
:LOL: There is truth that they learn to "catch the wire" and be sure the hook is down!! :LOL: I've been known to accuse an airline pilot of having Navy training in my more intense travel days, too:) As for the Marines on the boats, I talked to a guy at a car show the other day who did 28years in the USMC, and he said that the swabbies were the best travel coordinators in the world. Nearly every trip involved being dropped off on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and there were usually no crowds, either!!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Did I ever tell you guys about flying thru the Gatewayarch in St Louis??????
If you did, it sounds like a story that needs re-tellin'!!:eek::LOL::LOL::LOL:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
Just do not tell it on a PUBLIC FORUM!Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Although, I'd love to hear it! :LOL:
Surely the statute of limitations has expired!! :LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Or maybe, "I heard about a guy one time.....";)
In the same vein, a friend sent me this picture this morning. Thought it was appropriate, to put things into perspective....
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Jerry, I had a signed, plane to plane picture of "General Jim" Renschen in a F4, doing a fly by, lined up with the legs of the Arch hanging in the shop. One morning several years ago, a new customer asked me where I got that picture after explaining that I knew General Jim,he told me only gaurd members are supposed to have that picture. He then told me thats my bird, turns out he was the crew chief. He then started pointing out the meaning of all the decals and said see these ? He said these are confirmed Mig kills over Vietnam (I think there 5 or 6 of em ) I keep it at home now because the sun comming through the shops office windows was destroying it. General Jim later told me that Revell sells model kits of that plane and it now sits on a pole @ The Mo.Air Gaurd.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
I just had a vision of some off the cuff remark bringing all hell down... In today's world, planes and stunts probably have no statute of limitations. Just sayin' 8-)Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Back in 68 or 69 I was taking flying lessons from a friend that was a pilot. One night we left Midway in Chicago flew around for a while did some touch and goes then he said it was time for fun.......He flew under one of the Chicago river bridges. He got in a bunch of trouble for that one.
Yeah, I don't disagree. Ya' never know what can come from a seemingly benign post in a public arena...Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Not nearly as daring, but at NAS Corpus Christi we had pilots going through multi-engine school, headed for fleet patrol and support roles - old WWII S2's, built for submarine hunting, shipboard duty with wings that folded for storage. One morning as they prepared to send a plane out they found tree leaves caught in an aileron, and the wingtip cap missing. Turned out that the day before one of the students had solo'd, and on the way back to base he decided to buzz his granny's house but mis-judged his descent rate a bit and drug a wing through the top of a big elm tree in her front yard :eek::eek: Once he got the plane parked and secured he figured he was home free. I think they washed him out of the flight program that day....
Dave,
A friend (Army Guy) posted this earlier today, and I could not resist posting it here :LOL:;) This is supposed to promote inter-branch communications, to ensure minimal mis-understandings :rolleyes:
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F-35B Ship Suitability Testing - YouTube
Takes some of the fun out of ops on the flight deck .
