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A little time to kill, I thought I would post the 2024 practice schedule. The practices are held at NAS Pensacola. Gates on scheduled days open at 0930 and T.O. time is 1030 CST. A gov ID was required in prior years to get in. It may have been dropped by now. Check the Facebook page. The 2024...

I was sitting on my patio today, sipping my vodka and Tang and heard a little different sound. Looked up and saw a solo F-18 in Blue Angel colors loafing along west bound headed for NAS Pensacola about 1,500'. He was coming from the direction of Eglin Aux field Six (Biancur Field). I used to...

A US Navy T-6 based at Whiting field crashed in Alabama this afternoon. Both pilots ejected safely and walked out of the woods OK.

I've received telephone reports of a Rotor Craft Leasing (RLC) helo down in the marsh near Venice, LA. Date, Jan 14. Two reported doa. Venice is near the where the Mississippi splits into several outlets. Its where LA 23 ends.

Drove through the heart of P'cola yesterday to visit the VA and Navy Exchange. Looked up at every stop light and saw smoke trails and blue airplanes leaving "skid marks" in the unusually blue sky. And right over the metroplex. Blue Angels practicing for their Home Coming air show at the Beach...

If you are in Pensacola and in the mood for a free airshow, check out the Blue's practice sessions at the NAS. I was driving down Davis Hwy in P'cola yesterday about 10:30. Looked up and saw four aircraft at the top of a loop with smoke on. Didn't realize that they resumed public practice...

Yesterday, 10/23/2020, a USN T-6 went down in a residential area in Foley, AL. Both crew were fatalities. The house they hit went up in flames, but all occupants got out. Plane was based at NAS, Whiting field near Milton FL.