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    I've had a soft spot for the Blue Angels since I was a little kid. When I was really little I was in the hospital a lot. The Blue Angels came in, gave out really nice faux leather binders to all the sick kids then each one signed them. I still have that binder somewhere. Seriously top shelf guys.

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    We stayed in the same hotel as they did in Traverse City. My grandson saw a BA pilot (#5) in the lobby after breakfast and said he wanted to talk to him and ask him why his number was up-side-down. We told him he was a regular person just like everyone else and to go ask him and see if if we could get a picture with them. While he was asking him, 3 more of the pilots (#1, #3 and #4 ) came out of the elevator and walked up. I have a great picture of the 5 of them together. They talked to him until one of the ground crew came up and told them it was time to go to the airport. My grandson was on cloud 9 all day! Great guys. BTW, the 5 is inverted because that plane and pilot spend most of the show inverted too!

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    after watching this footage (thank you), and knowing how many pilots have died in aerobatics, it's amazing the FAA even allows them to fly over populated areas.

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    CNN Mon September 19, 2016
    The crash of a Blue Angels flight while it was preparing for an air show in Tennessee in June was a result of pilot error, a Navy report says.
    Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was killed in the crash June 2 in Smyrna, Tennessee, after he could not complete a maneuver in his F/A-18 jet, according to the report.

    It said Kuss, flying Blue Angel Number 6, was going too fast and was not high enough when he tried what is called a “Split S” maneuver.
    He transitioned from the high performance climb to the Split S too low and too fast, and by not deselecting his afterburners during the maneuver, he continued to accelerate,” the Navy report said.

    “The net effect of these deviations was that the aircraft was simply too low and too fast to avoid impacting the ground.”

    The report said Kuss did not take any actions that could have possibly prevented the crash. He then tried to eject from the aircraft too late, it added.

    “Although Capt Kuss was a highly trained and respected naval aviator, his deviations from standard operating procedures in executing the Split S maneuver resulted in a fatal loss of situational awareness,” said the report dated August 25 and obtained by CNN on Thursday.

    The Split S maneuver will not be performed in Blue Angels shows until at least next year, the report said.

    Kuss, a native of Durango, Colorado, joined the Blue Angels in September 2014 and had accumulated more than 1,400 flight hours and 175 landings on aircraft carriers, according to the Blue Angels website. He was in his first year on Blue Angels squads flying at air shows and other public performances when the crash occurred.

    After the crash, Blue Angels flight leader and commanding officer, Cmdr. Ryan Bernacchi, called Kuss “truly one of the absolute finest Americans this country can produce.”

    We lost an aviator that believed so deeply in the Blue Angels’ mission of inspiring others and representing the Navy and Marine Corps, our citizens and our great country,” Bernacchi said.

    The Blue Angels stopped performances for a month after the crash, canceling three weekends of shows. The group returned to the air in Traverse City, Michigan, in early July.


    I was at the air show in Traverse City that year. They flew 5 planes which made it strange during some of the maneuvers. Most of them looked like missing man formations. I read about the memorials the EMTs, other rescue workers and military hold for him every year.



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