This Cockpit Video Of The Blue Angels Flying Just Inches Apart In Formation Is Nuts - Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.




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Miloch wrote in
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In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.

The Blues will never "out do" the blunder birds. What was it?
10 or 15 years ago a whole flight of 'em flew right into the
ground? Their main job is playing "follow the leader" but I'd
need to keep a little of that attention on my own hide.
As Shepherd said... Navy doesn't have pilots. We're aviators.

In article , Jess Lurkin says...

Miloch wrote in
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In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.

The Blues will never "out do" the blunder birds. What was it?
10 or 15 years ago a whole flight of 'em flew right into the
ground? Their main job is playing "follow the leader" but I'd
need to keep a little of that attention on my own hide.
As Shepherd said... Navy doesn't have pilots. We're aviators.


I remember when I was in Army flight school and students in my class were
learning to hover for the first time...it was comical and dangerous
simultaneously! You're struggling with the instructor next to you rocking left
and right at huge angles...then you look around you seeing 25 or 30 other TH-55s
doing the same thing!...all of us struggling to get control and get the damn
helicopter to just hover in one spot and hoping the instructor with grab the
controls lest we crash into each other!!




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On 15 Mar 2018 16:34:12 -0700, Miloch
wrote:

In article nqqlad16uj0tefjqkb20mqgtc8s1nat6mo@astraweb, John says...

Miloch wrote:

Jess Lurkin says...
Miloch wrote:

Blue Angels inches apart.jpg

Balls of steel.

I think the phrase is "accident waiting to happen".

Yes, it's supremely skilful and impressive to see, but I always
wonder why they do this; there's no need for aeroplanes to be
that close to each each other even in a formation aerobatic team.
The slightest misjudgement is likely to have a very bad outcome.

Makes ya wonder how close the Air Force Thunderbirds get with their
F-16s...maybe one team is trying to "out do" the other team.

Wondering if this was a "special" for the camera - I've never seen
them this close in decades of air shows.