Sunday, July 23, 2017

Extreme Blue Tunder!

Pete came up from Provo, and we (some of us) went to Idaho Falls to catch the Blue Angels. They had some nice  moves, and some other interesting planes.

Sam, Pete, and Jack with an old A4 Skyhawk, with the dorsal tank. When I first saw the Blue Angels, at Glenview NAS, in the 70s, they were in Skyhawks.


Posing for Uncle Jeff, with his favorite F4U Corsair.

Flag ceremony, with the Black Daggers.

Mig Fury, out of Driggs ID.

FJ4 Fury (Naval version of the F-86), with Mig 17 and Mig 15, in formation. Very cool to see these in the air.

Mig 17 with fire coming out the back.

Airplane going backwards.

USAF heritage flight, with a P-51D and F-35 Lightning II. It was interesting to compare the F-35 on full afterburner with the Mig 17 before. Things have changed a bit in the last 60 years.

Bagley's Ol' Yeller.

Fat Albert, cruising low.

For some reason, Blue Angel 2 was not flying today. So their diamond formation was only a triangle.

Looks like one landed in the water.

Signature 18 in from wingtip to canopy. Looks more like a couple of feet. Psha, anyone could do that.

Three baked boys, with smoke coming out of their heads.

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