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Blue Angels' first female pilot takes flight
CBS ^
| April 10, 2015
Posted on 04/11/2015 3:59:18 AM PDT by don-o
When military aviation buffs pack into the Marine Corps Beaufort Air Show in South Carolina, they'll be wowed by the Navy's Blue Angels. But a new kind of history will also take flight in the team: a woman in the cockpit. U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Higgins is the first female pilot in the team's 69-year history. Michelle Miller took to the sky to see how Higgins got her wings.
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blueangels
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To: don-o
Congratulations - he must be one heck of a young man. Wonderful news and great job parenting!
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posted on
04/11/2015 6:29:35 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Lazamataz
"..???..well I see Laz is going for the gusto this AM"
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posted on
04/11/2015 6:34:01 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: don-o
She is flying Fat Albert C-130.The title of the article is very misleading. You have to watch the entire video at the source, right up until the end, to learn she is not flying one of the jets. What a let down.
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posted on
04/11/2015 6:35:01 AM PDT
by
Dartman
(Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
To: Sherman Logan; wintertime
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:02:56 AM PDT
by
spankalib
("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
To: Born to Conserve
Were talking Blue Angels here. If she is a PC pick then she will get herself and perhaps others killed. I can’t imagine that this is a PC pick. I would imagine that she must have the same qualifications and know how as the guys in this particular field. Yes there is PC all day long but Blue Angels? I don’t see it.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:07:16 AM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
To: don-o
I hope the team does great! It is a long and grueling season of shows and practices criss-crossing the country. It is too bad the Navy and MSM have to trash a fine man, commander, and pilot every time they mention the Blue Angels and women.
To: don-o
This used to be the way girls flew planes.
To: don-o
How does flying a C-130 make her a Blue Angel? Isn’t she “just” a regular pilot?
No offense to pilots....I can’t fly anything myself and i appreciate those who can.
To: ThePatriotsFlag
Our original family plan was for my 2 boys to meet me here in Raleigh and drive down to Beaufort.
However both of them have gotten new jobs in TX and CO respectively, so we decided to do the Ft. Worth show in Sept.
Are the F8F Bearcats flying at this show?
I remember seeing them waaaay back when I was a kid. Fantastic plane.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:17:36 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: Wage Slave
I cant fly anything myself and i appreciate those who can. I've flown once...I flew my car into a ditch when I was 16.
To: wintertime
Hm?...Let me guess. You didn't get into medical school because a **girl** had better grades and MCAT scores than you. No girl has ever had better grades and higher MCAT scores than me.
Unless they give bonus points for making sammiches.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:22:43 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
To: Wage Slave
No offense to pilots....I cant fly anything myself and i appreciate those who can.Women can't be pilots.
They're just girls.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:23:25 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
To: Doogle
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:25:18 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
To: ThePatriotsFlag
I have tickets for the grandstand at Beaufort tomorrow. Would love to see a report back here on the thread.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:32:02 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
Would love to see a woman make me a sammich.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:33:45 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
To: Caipirabob
Congratulations - Thank you
he must be one heck of a young man. Wonderful news and great job parenting!
I dunno about all that. When he told me he wanted to be a Marine, I said, "Do you know what they are going to DO to you at Parris Island? Have you looked at the Navy?" He shut my mouth with, "Dad, I just want to be the best."
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:40:31 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: TalBlack
All in all, it was the men who didn’t have the will to keep up the standards.
To: Lazamataz
Would love to see a woman make me a sammich. Are you ironing your own shirts?
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:43:05 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: Paid_Russian_Troll
but why cant you let them fly airplanes? Because they deploy. Accommodations made for women on deployments exceed their value to the unit.
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:45:37 AM PDT
by
xone
To: All
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posted on
04/11/2015 7:46:48 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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