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Blue Angels 10.9.09

Thursday and Friday's practice runs
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Tail 4 and 7 making head on pass at 450mph
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Tail 4 and 7 making head on pass at 450mph

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  • Tail 4 and 7 making head on pass at 450mph
  • Fat Albert, C-130, in a head on pass over the "box" , preceding the arrival of the Blue Angles.
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  • Double Fravel<br /> Performing one of their most difficult maneuvers, the flight leader ant the slot pilot roll inverted and move into the Diamond formation for the Double Farvel.
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  • Fortus<br /> The two solo pilots demonstrate the difficult transition from the cruise to the landing configuration as the approach from the right. With gear and tailhook down, #5 rolls inverted and they establish a mirror image formation called the Fortus.
  • Opposing Knife Edge.<br /> As they approach centerpoint and roll their aircraft into a 90 degree angle of bank and push forward on the stick, the two pilots experience the sensation of weightlessness or ballistic flight, similar to that experienced by astronauts in space.
  • Double Farvel
  • Opposing Horizontal Rolls<br /> The solo pilots converge on the centerpoint to demonstrate the rapid roll rate of the Hornet's fly-by -wire flight control system. Crossing centerpoint they complete two consecutive rolls totaling 720 degrees with a closure rate of 800 MPH!.
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