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1 posted on 06/02/2016 1:51:56 PM PDT by pnz1
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A Thunderbird and a Blue Angel in the same day?!


2 posted on 06/02/2016 1:52:58 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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Pilot parachutes to safety after Thunderbird crashes

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3436243/posts


4 posted on 06/02/2016 1:56:40 PM PDT by deport
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"SMYRNA — One person has been reported dead after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashed after takeoff during a practice flight around 3 p.m. Thursday, according to a county fire dispatcher.

A fireball and thick black plume of smoke from the crash could be seen just beyond the runway at Smyrna Airport and from Interstate 24."

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7 posted on 06/02/2016 2:00:57 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; E.G.C.; beachn4fun; Arrowhead1952; ConorMacNessa; MEG33; LUV W; PROCON

High Flight


9 posted on 06/02/2016 2:03:26 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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Very sad news.A couple of years ago they appeared at the Air Force Base that my sister lives within a mile of.For a couple of days before the show we got to watch them practice their routines.Watching them made this old Army guy wish he had gone Navy (or Air Force).


10 posted on 06/02/2016 2:05:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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Ugh, not a happy ending for the Blue Angel pilot, unlike the Thunderbird pilot.

Brings back bad memories.

I was at Hill AFB in Utah when a Thunderbird died at a performance in 1981.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/10/us/thunderbird-jet-pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-after-a-show-in-utah.html


12 posted on 06/02/2016 2:12:56 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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Local radio guy (@RadioWoody) tweets that the pilot apparently did not eject so as to avoid nearby homes.


13 posted on 06/02/2016 2:14:50 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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Prayers up!


14 posted on 06/02/2016 2:20:54 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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So sad.

This emphasizes Trump’s point about how our military sometimes has to scrounge up old parts from airplane junkyards.


15 posted on 06/02/2016 2:26:27 PM PDT by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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The dark cloud of evil that has been hanging over America since 2009.
Pray for restoration.


16 posted on 06/02/2016 2:40:39 PM PDT by two23 (Ignore the media. It isn't propaganda if we don't listen.)
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Prayers up.


25 posted on 06/02/2016 3:47:24 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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The pilot who died has been identified and Marin Capt. Jeff Kuss.


26 posted on 06/02/2016 4:01:59 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one more murder away from utopia.)
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Prayers up.


29 posted on 06/02/2016 4:24:14 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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RIP.


35 posted on 06/02/2016 10:09:53 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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What would cause a pilot to not eject?

Seems like everything is going to pot under this admin.

God bless his soul and give comfort to his family.


36 posted on 06/02/2016 10:11:27 PM PDT by HollyB
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Prayers for the family of the pilot.


40 posted on 06/03/2016 7:03:43 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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