Blue Angels switching to bigger planes in 2021

WFAA ^ | 04/22/2019 | Travis Pittman

[DoodleDawg]

I seem to recall a F4 pilot shot down during Vietnam said that with the engines out it had the flying characteristics of a brick.

What modern warplane doesn't?

[alfa6]

For grins look up “The Four Horsemen” :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Yep - many remember the F-4 as ‘the best and baddest” because of the engine sound and smoke but it wasn’t a prime machine.

The McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom...proof that with a big enough engine, even a brick will fly.

[sparklite2]

Friends at Lockheed told me that due to its performance envelope, the F-16 wants to climb constantly such that flying by wire was pretty much “de rigueur” because only a computer assist could keep it stable.

[Robert A Cook PE]

No.

Even the formations, the flyovers on a stadium at the precise end of the National Anthem are run using the time-on-target programs and combat maneuvers for bombing.

Yeah. They’re “bombing” the stadium when they fly over.

[faucetman]

A dangerous, unnecessary waste of fuel, manpower, and assets.

[wita]

Long camera lens.

[bert]

Your misunderstanding is total.

The Blue Angels are a tremendous deployed asset.

If dry cods ruled, America would be a terrible place

[Alas Babylon!]

I believe they call themselves Aviators, not pilots.

[HangnJudge]

...Photoshop

Definitely, didn’t cut out blue sky margin under stacked images

[mabarker1]

In San Antonio?

[Lazamataz]

Camera perspective has a lot to do with how crazy that looks.

[conservaDave]

The Blue Angels take pride that they do not wear pressure suits during their shows. Unbelievable! They are the BEST!

[sparklite2]

Yeah, a side shot shows a little more distance.

[Da Coyote]

Sully was an F-4 jock.
Which is why his landing in the Hudson was done so very well.
When one can fly and land a brick, they can fly anything.

[Steely Tom]

Shadows on second and fourth plane (from top) port wingtip trailing edge different from corresponding location on third plane’s wingtip.

[dljordan]

“I believe they call themselves Aviators, not pilots.”

You are correct.

[Magnatron]

For a second there I wondered if perhaps they were switching to MAX 8s...

[aumrl]

Dear Reno,
You forgot to add /sarc after your comment!

[Bonemaker]

I would rather see Hellcats, Corsairs, Bearcats etc myself.