Blue Angel’s were some bad hombres! They would take off all together in formation. Never understood how their slot pilot could see through all of that exhaust!! Saw them a few years back in their F-18 Super Hornets in San Francisco. They opened with a low level pass at speed from behind us and scared the bejesus out of everyone.
I wonder how he dealt with the turbulence? That broken up air stream has got to be like being hit in your car by a bucket of rocks.