Is this even legal??

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Gig601XLBuilder" wrote in message
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Look at the first photo. You can see a police boat. The one with the green
stripe on the bow. The second photo can be explained by the use of a
telephoto lens.


I see many boats in the photos. The area had not been cleared.



Yes it has.

buttman writes:

its the military, they do whatever they want

Hardly.

john smith wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...icle581574.ece

Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

Not very nice of this website to use those photos without attributing
them to the guy who took them. (Although I suppose they might have
bought them from him?) Of course, after they've zinged around the
worldwide web for a few weeks, proper attribution is sometimes quite
difficult.

I was on his website (which I sadly can't find right now) a few days
ago, and marveled at the zillion fantastic shots he took of this Blue
Angels performance. The guy is good.

His telephoto lens makes everything look much closer than it really
was. Great shots, though -- the best I've seen.


You mean this on:

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/

obviously steve is happier thinking that a rogue blue angels pilot
decided to scream through the bay at 25 ft AGL.... you know... the way
they always do...

You mean this on:

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/- Hide quoted text -

Dat be da won!

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Gig601XLBuilder" wrote in message
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I see many boats in the photos. The area had not been cleared.

Yes it has.

I have a difficult time believing that, with the entire city of San
Francisco looking on and the water teeming with USCG and other vessels, that
the Blue Angels simply said "Aw, who cares if it's illegal? Do it anyway."
....with absolutely zero documented repercussion.

An accident under those circumstances would end the Angels. They do not
have a recorded history of behaving in such a way.

-c

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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You mean this on:

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/- Hide quoted text -

Dat be da won!

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"\

I see what you mean - he is one helluva photog! Great pix!

Vic

"buttman" wrote in message news:d119487f-ed5e-4e07-85da-

Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

its the military, they do whatever they want

No they don't. They stick to the script or they die. There is no margin
for error, and they have their routine memorized and practice it as a team
before they get in the cockpit. It's that simple.

-c
(somebody correct me if I'm wrong.)

"gatt" wrote:
"buttman" wrote in message
news:d119487f-ed5e-4e07-85da-

Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

its the military, they do whatever they want

No they don't. They stick to the script or they die. There is no
margin for error, and they have their routine memorized and practice
it as a team before they get in the cockpit. It's that simple.

-c
(somebody correct me if I'm wrong.)

Well ... I believe that the FAA has the authority to grant waivers for any
of the regulations it writes. After all, it presumably wrote and/or
approved of them in the first place. So they may have granted waiver(s) for
those planes to perform those maneuvers.

Also, according to the information I found, military flights pretty much
have to follow the same FARs that civilian flights do - I once located and
posted what I believe is the relevant legislation that governs when and
where the military is and is not governed by the FARs. I could go hunt it
down and post it again if anyone is interested.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:17:57 -0800 (PST), Jay Honeck
wrote:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...icle581574.ece

Check out the second photo as well.

Would have been cool to see in person!

There is a video of this pass on U-Tube. I don't have the URL any more
though. In the video it's obvious he was flying down a cleared
corridor which is plainly visible in the second shot in the above
link.
The video appears to be from the same location of the second shot
above.

Roger (K8RI)



Not very nice of this website to use those photos without attributing
them to the guy who took them. (Although I suppose they might have
bought them from him?) Of course, after they've zinged around the
worldwide web for a few weeks, proper attribution is sometimes quite
difficult.

I was on his website (which I sadly can't find right now) a few days
ago, and marveled at the zillion fantastic shots he took of this Blue
Angels performance. The guy is good.

His telephoto lens makes everything look much closer than it really
was. Great shots, though -- the best I've seen.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

buttman writes:

its the military, they do whatever they want

Hardly.



Well, more than you, wannabe boi

Bertie