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(Click Orlando)   Blue Angels kerfuffle for lead lap? No worries. That'll buff right out   (clickorlando.com) divider line
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    More: Florida, Florida, U.S. Navy, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Michelle Tucker, United States Navy, Blue Angels jets, underside of a second jet, Naval air station  
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vudukungfu [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-08-16 3:17:39 PM  
A rainforest just cried out.
 
NotThatGuyAgain  
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2019-08-16 6:23:19 PM  
Surprising it doesn't happen more often, as close as those crazy farkers fly.
 
Dangerous_sociopath  
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2019-08-16 6:23:47 PM  
Blue Angels....

He needed the money.

Oh!

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Keeve  
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2019-08-16 6:26:35 PM  
FTA: But the two jets involved in the incident have been swapped out and won't fly in Chicago.

Were they swapped out because of potential damage to the aircraft or because they had to steam-clean the cockpit seats?
 
Chemlight Battery  
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2019-08-16 6:27:10 PM  
You know your pilots are good if on the rare occasion they make a mistake and collide in midair, it barely makes a scratch.

/Seriously, if you haven't seen them, you should. They're amazing.
 
burninbeaver  
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2019-08-16 6:34:54 PM  
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omg bbq [OhFark]  
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2019-08-16 6:37:07 PM  
Usually having two aircraft touch in flight does not end well. I love how this is treated like just another day in the office.
 
mikaloyd [OhFark]  
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2019-08-16 6:40:26 PM  
That'd scare me so bad they'd never find the seat due to puckering of my butt
 
ShowStop  
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2019-08-16 6:54:57 PM  
So how many spare aircraft do they have?
 
MiamiChef  
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2019-08-16 6:59:01 PM  
I am surprised they would allow the pilots to fly in the show after the collision and in different jets.

They do fly very close and you need to be an amazing pilot.  But you would think that you would also need to know YOUR jet inside and out and every feather touch and limitation.

I would think it would be dangerous to fly in a different jet than you are used to 12 inches from a different jet whose pilot also isn't used to.
 
fortheloveof  
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2019-08-16 6:59:51 PM  

omg bbq: Usually having two aircraft touch in flight does not end well. I love how this is treated like just another day in the office.


For them it kinda is. They practice constantly. Kind of sad for Pensacola, because it is loud all the time.

CSB: got a house off base after a long time of onbase housing. Jerked awake the first morning because it was too quiet; no jets, no artillery, nothing. Freaked me out for a minute.
 
whidbey  
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2019-08-16 7:10:28 PM  
Sick of the goddamn Navy jets ffs. I DO NOT HEART JET NOISE.
 
iToad [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-08-16 7:12:56 PM  
Whatever they pay these guys isn't enough. This is definitely one of those jobs where your first bad mistake is your last one.
 
mainsail  
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2019-08-16 7:15:40 PM  
Navy sure bumps into things a lot, these days.
 
Chemlight Battery  
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2019-08-16 7:17:01 PM  

mainsail: Navy sure bumps into things a lot, these days.


... no, too easy.
 
buzzcut73  
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2019-08-16 7:19:47 PM  

whidbey: Sick of the goddamn Navy jets ffs. I DO NOT HEART JET NOISE.


Uh, Whidbey island NAS has been around since before you were born most likely, assuming that's where your username comes from
 
ChrisDe  
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2019-08-16 7:30:49 PM  
Touched by a Blue Angel.
 
daffy  
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2019-08-16 7:43:17 PM  
Wow. That must have been scary. I guess it's bound to happen, considering how many times they fly. They so cool to watch. I love when they fly over Disney.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-08-16 8:07:28 PM  
Flying along side by side it's sorta hard to really hurt the plane. But screw up a converging pass...
 
UNC_Samurai  
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2019-08-16 8:18:57 PM  
It's amazing they can still get enough parts for non-Super Hornets
 
sortarican  
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2019-08-16 9:11:13 PM  

MiamiChef: I am surprised they would allow the pilots to fly in the show after the collision and in different jets.

They do fly very close and you need to be an amazing pilot.  But you would think that you would also need to know YOUR jet inside and out and every feather touch and limitation.

I would think it would be dangerous to fly in a different jet than you are used to 12 inches from a different jet whose pilot also isn't used to.


They have eight jets at any show, but only use six. Two are there in case of mechanical failure. That said, I wonder who's getting taxi service on Fat Albert?
 
jmr61  
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2019-08-16 9:21:44 PM  

Keeve: FTA: But the two jets involved in the incident have been swapped out and won't fly in Chicago.

Were they swapped out because of potential damage to the aircraft or because they had to steam-clean the cockpit seats?



If you think a little paint scraping sent Blue Angels pilots into a pants shiatting episode you clearly don't know a thing about Blue Angels pilots.

Or fighter jocks in general.
 
punkwrestler  
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2019-08-17 4:37:12 AM  

UNC_Samurai: It's amazing they can still get enough parts for non-Super Hornets


They only have to get parts for another 2 years before they switch to super hornets. Wouldn't they have some hornets in the desert plane graveyard? They seem to have multiples of every other type of plane that was retired.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/04/21/blue-angels-begin-the-shift-to-super-hornets/
 
Fr._Peter_Fitznuggly  
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2019-08-17 8:12:10 AM  
FTA: "But the two jets involved in the incident have been swapped out and won't fly in Chicago. However Tucker says the pilots of those jets will fly in the air show."

Hmmm... They failed to swap out the defective parts
 
Sneelock  
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2019-08-17 3:46:58 PM  
I wonder if they radioed the Midair! Midair! call or otherwise declared an emergency.  I'd want to just quietly park, hang the keys on the hook then walk away whistling and hoping that nobody sees the scratch.
 
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