Navy Blue Angels to highlight Selfridge Air Show

Macomb Daily ^ | 02/06/14 | Norb Franz

[equaviator]

[onedoug]

Always liked the Blue Angels...till I saw the Thunderbirds. Wow!

[Mears]

I’ve only seen The Thunderbirds and I agree——wow!!!!

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[yarddog]

Is Pussy Galore’s flying circus going to perform?

[cripplecreek]

I've never gotten out to the air show but I'd sure like to check it out sometime.



Michigan legislative action thread

[Rodamala]

You know what just bugs me... well not that it’s a huge deal... but often these websites for local newspapers don’t tell you what STATE they are published in.

Macomb, Illinois?

I once flew out of Moline the weekend before the Blue Angels were scheduled to perform there at Quad Cities. The F-111 were all lined up over by the Fire Safety building. We taxied right past them... it was pretty need seeing these aircraft up close like that.

[DJ Taylor]

In Memory of Al Taddeo, WWII Naval Aviator and member of the 1st United States Navy Blue Angels team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMZQATbenM

[cripplecreek]

Michigan. Keeping us safe from the Canukistani horde just across the border.

[Conspiracy Guy]

In 1973 or 74 while in the USAF I saw the Blue Angels and the Thunder Birds at separate events perform in F4s. Of all the planes I’ve seen them perform in, the F4 stands out as most awesome. Especially the high speed low altitude passes with those big screamers blowing your ear drums out. When fuel became an issue and they went to A4s and T38s it just wasn’t the same. The F18s and F16s are cool but just lack that swagger of the F4s.

[madison10]

Michigan. Keeping us safe from the Canukistani horde just across the border.

There is at least ONE we should have kept out: Granholm.

[cripplecreek]

The A-10s used to fly right over my house on the way to Michigan Speedway for the flyover.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Great video. Thanks for sharing it.

[Conspiracy Guy]

The F4 is still one of my favorite military aircraft.

[RedWing9]

Sweet! Will be in the St. Clair Flats for the weekend and will potentially boat over to Metro Beach area to watch. Have to figure out what the security will be before I decide to get in the car and drive over to be at the field.

Used to live right along Metro Pkwy late 80's through early 90's and always got to see fighters come in for a landing. Out on the flats they used to patrol, say lots of F-4 Phantoms flying at about 500'.

[equaviator]

I'm not sure this is one of them but Phantoms like this one out of SANGB were known to have intercepted a Soviet bomber or two back in the Cold War.

[elpadre]

pleased they are flying - I had read they were grounded because of sequester cuts.

[central_va]

My primary flight instructor, who was an ex Navy F-4 jockey, said the F-4 was the first aircraft in the world that could accelerate going straight up vertical.