Blue Angels and Thunderbirds resumed demonstrations

[alexhara]

Yesterday The Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined the Pentagon's new strategic, which includes a resuming the demonstrations of both US military display teams Blue Angels and Thunderbirds from 2014.

Source: Aviation News 2013 - Aerobatic Display Teams and Demonstration Squadrons (http://aerobaticteams.net/news.html)

[joee]

Good news down here in Pensacola. The lack of the Blues has hurt the local economy and not helped the Museum of Naval Aviation either.

[Pontius]

It will be good to see the Angels back in the sky but the Thunderbirds might as well just stay on the ground; they've got to take the Worldwide Diamond Award for prima donna bull**** versus actual display. Huge posers, crap performance and an ideal way of saving the US military some $$s by keeping them on the tarmac. Not so the Blue Angels (yes, posers, but a good display and great formation flying).

[stilton]

Agree, the Thunderbirds are stunningly boring but with even more boring flash.


Otoh the Blue Angels are just stunning.

[N.HEALD]

After all the hype of the Thunderbirds appearing at RIAT a few years ago I have never been so disappointed than I was then, the Red's who displayed the same day were absolutely stonking despite having to do their flat display due low cloudbase, more like Blunderbirds than Thunderbirds