Maintain the tight diamond formation and do a selfie? That's both talent and ballz
I don't see the other three planes?? Many of their formations include 1 or 2 single ships separating or crossing.
The shot in the movie, however, is real.No its not, its from a movie.
The shot in the movie, however, is real.
Nauga,
who says, "The fox was not faux"
Maintain the tight diamond formation and do a selfie? That's both talent and ballz
This selfie is better
I'd say it wasn't even taken during the show. Most likely during arrival maneuvers.
Good eye. There's no one in the stands.
That and the fact he had time to take his glove off for a selfie leads me to believe it's a familiarization flight just before the flyover.
Probably half the dudes I know don't fly with gloves.
In the Blue Angels? During the shows they wear blue gloves with no fingertips.
I'd say it wasn't even taken during the show. Most likely during arrival maneuvers.
For those who admired the pretty picture but chose not to read even the caption, here it is [emphasis added]:
Blue Angel Three Selfie
Blue Angel Three pilot Nate Barton tweeted this self-portrait after he rocketed above Annapolis with the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in the background during Tuesday's performance rehearsal.
So no, it was not during the show . . .
No, in the Navy / Marine Corps. Personally, I cut the tips off my gloves. Didn't know they had custom gloves.
They also remove the centering springs from the sticks in their airplanes. One of the only mod from stock that they do. Don't want to be fighting springs when trying to hold that close of a formation.
They also remove the centering springs from the sticks in their airplanes. One of the only mod from stock that they do. Don't want to be fighting springs when trying to hold that close of a formation.
The Blues actually have a spring installed to the stick with about 35-40 lbs of force. So in reality they are fighting that spring tension throughout the entire demo. Even have to pass a special weightlifting test to ensure they have the stamina to hold back the tension while flying.
The test pilot who was testing the original spring mechanism for the Blues crashed and died at PAX River I believe in 86.
http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/aircraft/I saw a documentary that claimed otherwise, you have a link or reference?
The story is that the Blues don't wear G-suits because inflation/deflation interferes with precise control if you're resting your arm on your thigh but we all know it's so they don't wrinkle their tailored flight suits. The springs are to preload the longitudinal control system to get rid of any breakout and freeplay and also so that they are modulating aft stick force rather than having to reverse force (push/pull) in precise maneuvering. In A-4's (and I presume earlier) they ran in a lot of nose-down trim to get the same preload effect but that didn't work well with the F/A-18 control system. There's a fairly well-known HUD video of a low altitude roll-coupled departure that resulted from this trim issue and ultimately led to the spring system for the Blues.Nate you might be thinking if the G-suit getting in the way of flying acurrate close formation. The spring, while I imagine is tiring for them, is actually installed to provide for finer control movements. Loops being a primary one.
The story is that the Blues don't wear G-suits because inflation/deflation interferes with precise control if you're resting your arm on your thigh but we all know it's so they don't wrinkle their tailored flight suits. The springs are to preload the longitudinal control system to get rid of any breakout and freeplay and also so that they are modulating aft stick force rather than having to reverse force (push/pull) in precise maneuvering. In A-4's (and I presume earlier) they ran in a lot of nose-down trim to get the same preload effect but that didn't work well with the F/A-18 control system. There's a fairly well-known HUD video of a low altitude roll-coupled departure that resulted from this trim issue and ultimately led to the spring system for the Blues.
Nauga,
who says, "Welcome to flight test!"