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air show - javajoe's picture of the day for 8/21/08
by javajoePublished Aug. 21, 2008
Have you ever been to an air show? Over the summer, I attended a Blue Angels practice session one morning in Pensacola, Florida. At the end of the practice, all of the kids were invited onto the runway to wave flags for the pilots.
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August 21, 2008 10:08 p.m.
Here's the address: http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/index_content.htm
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August 21, 2008 9:16 p.m.
My Uncle Randy was a big-wig at NARF. Every Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday, they would re-build the Blues' aircraft and repaint them. He once told me that two shows plus practice was equal to the same air-frame stress as 168 combat missions. I got the opportunity to meet many of them over that time.
The Blue Angels are by far the best at what they do. Just look at pictures from the Diamond and see how tight they are; 3 feet wing-tip to canopy.
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August 21, 2008 9:10 p.m.
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I've been to many air shows. I grew up in an Airforce neighborhood (my dad was Navy but we lived near McCoy Airforce Base in Orlando). Love them.
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