Posted on 08/14/2007 12:51:09 PM PDT by SmithL
San Francisco's skies are safe for the Blue Angels. A Board of Supervisors committee Monday rejected a measure that would have called for a permanent end to the high-flying, aerobatic show that happens yearly during Fleet Week.
The committee voted 2-1 to table the measure, authored by Supervisor Chris Daly, effectively killing it. But Daly, who cited public safety and noise concerns as his reasons for proposing the ban, promised to continue pushing it.
"We've been lucky here in San Francisco," Daly said, noting that 26 crew members have died in incidents since 1946 when the Navy formed the flight demonstration team.
In April, a Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed during a performance in Beaufort, S.C., killing the pilot, injuring eight people and damaging several homes.
"Think about what would happen if there was a crash in San Francisco. Obviously, there would be significant loss of life beyond losing a pilot," said Daly, who added that the crash in South Carolina prompted him to seek the ban.
But the other members of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee - supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Michela Alioto-Pier - were not convinced, saying that the measure failed to account for the economic impact of visitors who come specifically for the show and noted that no one with expertise about the risks of the event testified at the hearing.
"(The measure) is a little fly-by-night, 'let's do this because we think it might not be safe,' " said Alioto-Pier, who said she was contacted by hundreds of city residents on the issue and most wanted the Blue Angels to stay.
A spokesman for the Navy said the Federal Aviation Administration consults with the Blue Angels on every show about the potential risks of performing certain maneuvers. ...
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I saw the Blue Angels on a July 4 a few years ago. I just left a message for Daly. My son lives there, and I’ve probably vacationed there 15 times. I stop there whenever I’m in the area. If the Blue Angels are banned, my son is going to have to visit me because I will never set foot in the city again. I left my name and phone to discuss it with him.
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Fools do not realize the sound of FREEDOM whenever they hear it!
THE SOUND OF FREEDOM! I LOVE JET NOISE!
I love that movie! The criterion collection is pretty cool. I even borrowed a little from Hummel’s speech when I had a showdown with a commie lib supervisor one time. It was fun seeing him sweat for once. I doubt he will screw over any veterans anytime soon. Good riddance.
Even the soundtrack gets some play from time to time.
To fly in Ciscan Franso, they need to be the, "Pink Angels."
Well, we must have walked past each other back then. (grin)
I spent a LOT of time in the Financial District - actually ducked into a doorway across Market Street from the Palace. I remember seeing pieces of plaster falling of the exterior. If it weren’t for the World Series, I would have been on Muni instead of walking to Fifth Street, watching my little Watchman TV. I still remember seeing the Ferry Terminal’s crooked flag pole.
It was such a beautiful and fantastic event, I will always remember it.
That would be a money maker.
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Great thread (again!) BUMP!
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