When I was growing up I lived either on Navy bases or near them. Mainly because my Dad was in the Navy, so there was always a Navy base near us. Having the bases near us meant that just about every year we went to the Air Show. There always was an Air Show and an Air Show mean the Blue Angels. The Blue Angels were the elite of the Navy pilots. The Navy always claimed that the Blue Angels were just normal pilots for the Navy and that any of their pilots could do what these guys did. They would fly within inches of each other and do things that were to put it simply amazing. As a kid I loved going to the Air Show, even though I saw it every year it was a lot of fun.Today one of these amazing pilots crashed during an Air Show in Baufort South Carolina. The plane was flying in formation with the others when it veered away and came crashing to the earth. It plunged to the ground among a neighborhood of houses and trailers.
The pilot was the only one killed.
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That rips, I have seen more shows than I can count on my two hands. My son had signed poster hanging in his room for years. And I recently worked with a former angel in my ER, he was an amazing man and doctor, truly great people fly those planes. I am sure his family will miss him.
I remember seeing the Blue Angels and also the AF Thunderbirds at air shows when I was a kid.
I read that this was the pilot's first mission in the cockpit after spending 2 years on the team. Such a shame.
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