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How close together do the Blue Angels really fly? About the distance of your favorite sub sandwich! Corwin Haeck
"Publicity materials for the Blue Angels say the precision Navy pilots fly their F/A-18 Hornets as close as 18 inches apart. Now a member of the elite team says that's nonsense. The margin is actually much smaller.
"We advertise 18 inches, but I've seen how close they get," says U.S. Marine Major Dusty Cook. Cook flies "Fat Albert," the C-130 cargo plane that supports the Hornets.
But he's ridden shotgun in the F/A 18s many times.
"Sometimes it's about six inches apart," he says. "And they're pretty good, they're pretty stable."..."
How close together do the Blue Angels really fly? About the distance of your favorite sub sandwich! | KOMO