Blue Angel Lead Solo had to make arrested landing today

Why?

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:15:45 -0600, "Tom Callahan"
wrote:

They have not told us. I imagine the guy got a warning light when he put
his landing gear down. He circled with the other solo and then made a very,
very slow and gentle landing. Better safe than sorry.


"geronimo" wrote in message
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Why?

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:15:45 -0600, "Tom Callahan"
wrote:

I notice the birds have no position numbers (1, 2, ... 7) on their tails. Is
this common during the off-season?

Tom

Funny you should ask. They still fly numbers 1 through 4 for the diamond, 5
(Lead Solo) and 6 (Opposing Solo).
This morning it was hazy and we didn't expect to get good photos. The
diamond taxied out. Everyone was happy. A solo taxied out. Everyone was
sad. There was no number 5. That meant no crossover maneuvers and no sneak
pass. The diamond went to the runway and waited. Number 6 sent to his
place at the west end of the field. Then nothing happened. A few minutes
went by. Then, over the sound of the jet engines, we heard....loud and
clear.....the William Tell Overture. Yup, Number 5 was in a spare plane and
on his way to the runway!! Their numbers are stick-ons and I'm sure they
could have given him a nice big Number 5 but there wasn't a need to do it.
We knew who was coming.

Last week we had two number two aircraft flying in the same practice
session. One was in the number two slot and one was the lead solo. Right
now there is a number 7 flying around the neighborhood. We figure they are
taking VIPs for rides or maybe getting in some instruction for the new
members of the team.

Here is another shot from this morning, Tom


"Tom Hayden" geezer1two3atcomcast.net wrote in message
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I notice the birds have no position numbers (1, 2, ... 7) on their tails.
Is
this common during the off-season?

Tom

Tom

Maybe the Blues should adopt this as part of their numbering scheme, for
those times when they're just not sure?

Tom

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:23:13 -0500, "Tom Hayden"
geezer1two3atcomcast.net wrote:

Tom

Maybe the Blues should adopt this as part of their numbering scheme, for
those times when they're just not sure?

Tom

Good old E-28 SBAG they were just coming into service when I was in
the Nany in the late 60's early 70's. We installed two sets at NAS
Oceana. Replaced our E-15's.