Blue Angel crash at airshow

[Occam's Razor]

THRESHOLD, Blue Angels Experience (F-4) is my favorite flick. Saw this team as a 15 year old and went on to fly the Phantom. Great footage. 4 guys in the film were later lost in accidents or combat.

Agreed! Great flick!

Two classic scenes: Fencing with the KC-130 basket over the Pacific (been there...done that), and the Slot pilot telling the Boss how low they were on a pullout.

 

[fugghedabowdit]

Agreed, very cool. It would be even cooler if they could re-release the video with all F-18 footage as a tribute to him. Or better yet, all archived footage of every plane flown by the Blue Angels, including Fat Albert. It would be a a great way to honor the guys that lost their lives being on the demo team.

Here you go....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVcsr8RxZI

 

[AA717driver]

I was really struck by the credits on Threshold. So many of the team members later were killed in "normal" ops.

That really points out the risks encountered by military pilots (particularly carrier types) every day. TC

 

[dojetdriver]

Here you go....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVcsr8RxZI

Wow, thanks. Didn't know one existed.

 

[PC12Cowboy]

anybody know where we can see this threshold, get a copy etc???

 

[Rolling-Thunder]

Hope your sitting down when you look at the price.....lol

Makes me wonder where my VHS copy of that is..............

http://www.videolearning.com/vllx.php?opt=browsrch&chapsect=0302

 

[Fedora]

That article in Aviation Week was way back in the November 13th copy. Still a great view of what goes on in a show.

 

[Toecutter]

The A-4s landing in formation. Was that a one time thing? I don't remember seeing that at airshows. Looked great though.

 

[iflyabeech]

Check this one out guys! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMzGXRUlaM

 

[erj-145mech]

The A-4s landing in formation. Was that a one time thing? I don't remember seeing that at airshows. Looked great though.

I saw them land in formation in KCWF in the early 80's, of course it was a SAC runway so they had acres of concrete (10,700 X 200) to play with.

 

[Say Again Over]

The A-4s landing in formation

SOP for the Blue Angels, IFR and VFR.