Blue Angel crash at airshow

[Rick James]

#6 LCDR Kevin Davis was my college roomate and good friend. We were planning a get together at the air show in Millville, NJ. Kevin was a great person, always putting the needs of other's above his own. He was the epitome of the moral character required to be a Blue Angel. He was single, and is survived by his parents and an older brother. He died doing what he loved. May he rest in peace.

I'm sure he was a great man, I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[JungleJett]

Nothing like the AP story strongly and irresponsibly suggesting a cause:

"The Blue Angels fly F/A-18 Hornets at high speeds in close formations, and their pilots are considered the Navy's elite. They don't wear the traditional G-suits that most jet pilots use to avoid blacking out during maneuvers. The suits inflate around the lower body to keep blood in the brain, but which could cause a pilot to bump the control stick — a potentially deadly move when flying inches from other planes.
Instead, Blue Angels manage G-forces by tensing their abdominal muscles."

I have yet to see any names released other than the same knucklehead saying the #6 jet went down. Could these obits for Davis be a bit premature?

They were not implying a cause just stating facts. Read what was written again and I think you will see they are just mentioning that they do not wear G-suits and the reason why, not saying that is what caused the accident.

We were descending into Jacksonville on Thursday morning when Blue Angle Six checked in with Jax center. His call on victor was "Jax center, Blue Angle Six, an F-18 Hornet, checking in climbing to FL250." He sounded very proud of it and I remarked to the FO the same. Then I said, "How cool is that!"

Tough news.....prayers are with his family, both of them.

 

[PhatAJ2008]

Just wondering....
Why was the one team leader circling the crash site while the other landed? I would think they would all land immediately...?
I just saw them perform at Tyndall last month. This is very sad.

 

[satpak77]

Just wondering....
Why was the one team leader circling the crash site while the other landed? I would think they would all land immediately...?
I just saw them perform at Tyndall last month. This is very sad.

I am sure he was confirming that fire/rescue was enroute and correctly going to the site.

I am not military, but it is my understanding when a "wingman" goes down, his partner (safety allowing) remains on scene till SAR responds and reacts. He was probably doing as trained.

 

[Jafar]

A tragic loss. I'm sorry about your friend, tailspin.

 

[PhatAJ2008]

I am sure he was confirming that fire/rescue was enroute and correctly going to the site.

I am not military, but it is my understanding when a "wingman" goes down, his partner (safety allowing) remains on scene till SAR responds and reacts. He was probably doing as trained.

That makes sense... Thanks for the response...

 

[Say Again Over]

tailspin

My sincere condolences, a great loss to our country.

 

[oiltycoon]

A friend of friend (him being a Marine Hornet driver) said the Blue clipped a powerline.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

They were not implying a cause just stating facts. Read what was written again and I think you will see they are just mentioning that they do not wear G-suits and the reason why, not saying that is what caused the accident.

I read it again. And again. That paragraph is completely non-germane to the early facts and quite misleading to the layperson. John Q. Public reads that article and tells his buddy that the guy blacked out because he wasn't wearing a G-suit. Ever play the game "grapevine"?

Anyway, it's a bummer when any plane goes down, and it's especially a bummer when airshow planes go down.

 

[Andy]

I have yet to see any names released other bthan the same knucklehead saying the #6 jet went down. Could these obits for Davis be a bit premature?

I posted it on two websites; here and on airlinepilotcentral. That's it. Information based off of the Beaufort Gazette. http://www.beaufortgazette.com/breaking_news/story/6477991p-5769084c.html

Rather than spew hatred toward everything written on this matter, including the AP article (which most, including myself, think that you're reading WAY too much into the article), how about you honor the memory of a fallen comrade? If you can't honor his memory, at least remove your bitter fingers from the keyboard.

Tailwinds to the fallen Angel.

 

[Timebuilder]

On wings of eagles.

 

[clickclickboom]

Guys I was there facing the site when they were rejoining saw the plane descend below the tree line but It was 2-3 miles from the end of the runway..

My friends and four of our children were 200 yards from the site on the road going home we had been stopped by police to allow other traffic to go ahead. and was at the main gate of of MCAS The emergency response was impressive.. #1 circled until a helicopter was on site.

Sad Sad day the media can say what they want but the emergency response, the timeline from incident to emer/sar on site was literally 1-2 mins .

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Rather than spew hatred toward everything written on this matter,

Not everything, just the unnecessary, misleading info. Not hatred either, just displeasure. The memory of this man doesn't need to be tainted by irresponsible reporting. Also, the Knucklehead I was referring to was the original AP writer, not the original poster of this thread, but I can the understand his confusion.

 

[twepilot]

take your displeasure and cram it. This is not the time.

RV

 

[dojetdriver]

My dad taking me to see a Blue Angels show when I was kid is what made me want to fly.

Godspeed, RIP.