Jay Honeck wrote:
It was disappointing that only 5 of the Blue Angels showed up on
Saturday -
we had to use our immagination on the opposing pass. Nevertheless, a
gorgeous day on the bay.

Wow -- doesn't that mean they had TWO planes down for maintenance? (Or,
maybe it was a pilot issue?)

I guess. I didn't know they even did the airshow without the full
complement of 6.


They had a problem with one of their birds right before the airshow in
LaCrosse (or was it Quad Cities? They're all blending together now...)
this
year, and simply drove the pilot across the airport to a waiting spare
F/A-18.

I saw them use a replacement at the Salinas Airshow once (changed during the
'runup').

Hilton