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Ever since I was born, and I do not lie with those words, I attended a local Erie International Airport Air show. Mind you this was performed over top an airport that is known to be one of the hardest to fly in and out of because of the Crosswinds of the great lakes. In particular of course Lake Erie. I will never forget seeing the blue angels! That made me as a little girl determined that I was going to be a pilot! The fact that they were the Blue Angels I assumed they were Navy and later found out that's not necessarily true? I'm still not sure!? But I went to the Air Force at the age of 17 as a young girl already about halfway through college and graduating in less than a year. Needless to say the guy in the Air Force recruit was ecstatic! I told him I want to fly I want to fly a fighter jet and there's no question about it. He informed me that I could join, I could learn to fly, but I was A. Too short, B. a female which meant, C. I would never go into combat, even as a trained fighter pilot if I COULD bevin one. Nothing are pissed me off so much as that moment! I looked at him and said please tell me you are absolutely joking! He said, now I'm sorry it's all right here in black and white and the very first thing is that you simply are not tall enough at 5 ft but then we add that women will not go into combat, for reasons he explained to me later which sort of made sense but then again it still made me angry. Needless to say I was so heartbroken I never signed up for any military, probably for the best because I think my dad although he loved serving and was so proud of my son serving he was my dad. He never wanted to see his little girl become any type of a soldier! Add that I felt there was no need to be a soldier if you weren't going to actually be a soldier. A paper pusher I was not! But to this day I am so in love with the Blue Angels and watching them anytime I possibly can! This cockpit video was simply amazing! Thank you so much for getting me as close to the dream I had as a little girl as I ever will get! You made this old lady very happy! Peace and love to you all and stay safe!
Good to hear your voice Dom. Keeb here! Congrats on your Boss tour. Good to see that Dunleavy was on the team as well. I left VFA-106 in ‘92 and VFA-2074 (Reserve augment unit) in ‘93. We spent 26 years in Alaska while I worked for Alaska Airlines. Great company to work for. I retired in 2020 and now run a cattle/hay farm in Missouri (82 acres on the Osage river - central MO.) My family got to see Boss “Beef” Bartlet in Alaska when the team came through. Wonderful show!
Although it looks like you are having a blast flying, this video shows unbelievable precision, focus and incredible teamwork. Back in 1992, while living at the BOQ on Treasure Island, San Francisco, I was trying to sleep before getting up to work my second 12 hour shift. Well, with the roar of the FA-18s(I think 🤔?)suddenly flying over Treasure Island, I couldn't sleep. I got dressed, went to the roof and watched the Blue Angels practice. They flew so close that I could see one of pilot's helmets . So even though I didn't sleep before work, I look back and realize how lucky I was. Salute, with love, retired Navy Nurse. ❤❤❤
Boss Dom was awesome! I was Blue Angel Maintenance Team at this show. What a great time! United Airlines hosted us at their maintenance hangar in Oakland. The cool guys at UA inspired me to finally get my FAA A&P license so I could be an airline mechanic if I wanted to.
We were working dayshift on the Dock 3 747 overhaul crew where you guys staged all your support equipment back in 97’. Very much enjoyed having the Blue Angels there and watching how they were maintained. Hope you got a tour of the 747 while you were there.
I was barely out of boot when I joined the team. Boss Dom was the best CO I ever had in 14 years. I will never forget being apart of the Blue Angels team.
Thought I heard shadow for #2, but I could be wrong. I also think #5 is supposed to be Duck. Best audible during the landing phase, where it sounds like everyone is informing the next behind them. Pretty funny you mostly just hear "AH-"
I have a pic of me in the cockpit of a Blue F9 in CC Texas , I was about 5. My Dad paid $1 for the pic . About 20 years ago I located the then #1 who was in the pic with me and mailed him a copy of it. He was quite old and living in Pensacola. He wrote me back and I was proud of the pic and of the response I got. I am now 73. ( I was on the pier for this show in SF in 97 ).
My mom took me to see the Blue Angels for the first time when I was a kid in the 70's. Besides being impressed with their show I was impressed with how professional and friendly those guys were. In the early 80's I had a job with an airport van transportation company. I don't remember how the topic came up but I was telling a passenger of mine on the way to LAX, how my mom took me to see the Blue Angels back in the 70's and it was overcast so they had to fly what my mom and I labeled a low show. It was then that he told me he was one of the pilots on that day. When I got him to the airport I asked him if he would sign something for me which he gladly did. Years later it occurred to me that now that we have the internet I should check his name which I did and there he was and there was a picture too, yep definitely the same guy. Tim Dineen is his name and the show was at the now defunct El Toro Air Station in El Toro, California.
Finally i get to see cockpit videos of the Bay Area fleet week i used to go to fleet week every year until i moved to Texas thanks to whoever posted this My life is complete now ❤
Wow! What an exemplary and precise show. To say I am impressed is an understatement! Thank you for letting us be a part of the comms. Loved being in the cockpit with you “Boss” George Dom!
This is sick, that takeoff, it was almost like they werent even moving. I was looking for Bosses wing to seperate a little from the others, but it was literally at the same time/speed. They truly were synced up.
Awesome! This was the first Blue Angels team I met, back in August of this season. Which then lead to my first flight lesson, shortly after turning 13, a few days after this video was recorded.
I grew up in the panhandle of Florida. These guys and some of the other pilots from the base used to do sneak passes down the beach just randomly. Your chilling on the beach and an f-16 comes flying down the beach at 400 knots maybe 100 feet off the waves. Coolest part of growing up there. Also when the osprey was first being flown before most people had heard of them they would be flying around everywhere down there. Sometimes with a guy sitting on the tailgate thing with his feet hanging off. They were so close you could wave and they would wave back.
Living in Pensacola is a true blessing.I get to see these men and women do their job on almost a daily basis when they are home! Safe winter training in Cali! Can’t wait for next season!!
You guys are the epitome of professionalism. Thank you for your service and dedication. Your an inspiration and example of what makes America great. Beautiful and precise. Awe inspiring and amazing. There are not enough superlatives.
Thank you blue Angels knowing that my brother is there with you in spirit. The Air Force was his livelihood. He was also pilot thank you so much for performing. I’m sure he’s getting a big kick out of it up in heaven. All our families are very grateful for this. keep safe God be with you.❤
I like the way Boss Dom acknowledges everyone as he lines up for take off. Fun to hear the comms too! They're talking in weird cartoon cadences and we've got Moe, are Larry and Curly there too? Cross-sighting 2&3 with Boss Dom's airplane it's impressive how closely they hold their positions. It's scary because they're so low so much of the time.
At 19:37 My Favorite pic…while your inverted with the plane’s shadows on the water while “Smoke On The Water” is playing on the speakers! AWESOME FLIGHT!!! 🙌😎🎶
Got to me a group of these men in the late 80’s before our Air Force Training Base was closed. Went to eat lunch at a local restaurant and all we saw was a sea of blue. They were extremely handsome, slightly arrogant but they should be! A joy for everyone there. ❤
Blue Angel #5 comms crack me up because it just sounds like a high-pitched scream. And I mean that with all due respect, it's like even though this is extremely serious and precise they still have fun during the routine.
In 97 I stood at Battery Yates in Sausalito as these guys went over us, upside down and low enough to see the yellow helmets. I helped make rocket ships as a career and still get excited seeing them fly…😊
At 20:51 - 20:58 Boss changes stick hands for just a second to give that right wrist a rest. Those springs are heavy!!! Apparently it was common in the blues to offset your left rudder pedal to the rear so you right arm could rest/stabilize a bit against your right thigh. Not sure if the Hornets were able to do this.
Imagine the Boss a team leader on a bombing run..."Diamond formation...smoke on...rrrreeeeedy...and HIT IT!" This vid is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing :)
That is spectacular to see the whole show! Fleet week must be the most scenic location for the Blue Angels and thankfully I'm in the Bay Area to see it! Can anyone clarify what the purpose does the callout serve (340, 350...etc.)?
340, 350, etc are speed readouts for the formation to join up calls such as "a little pull" or "a little more pull" are to tell the formation that boss is pulling further back on their stick, hence "pulling" any call with "drive" or "push" are normally boss reducing the pull on the stick. they don't often have to actually push on the stick because they have springs attached to the pitch axis of it which pull the stick forward you can probably match "coming left," "coming further left," "coming right," and "coming further right" with what's going on pretty easily. basically indicating that boss will be turning in a certain direction "adding power" and "easing power" are power calls for when boss wants to increase or decrease their throttle position, respectively "burners ready now" indicate when boss is going into or leaving the 1st stage afterburner "take it in" is one of the couple of formation change calls you can hear in the video, one other call being #4's call to "let's ease it out to aft set" whenever you hear boss say a maneuver and then a series of radio calls after, that is normally the rest of the formation checking in with their callsign to make it known that they received and are aware of the coming maneuver and there's probably more im forgetting but that's the basics of some calls
@@pocketwingman I forgot about the springs they add to the Blue Angels stick. This helps enable these precise maneuvers as a 'stock' stick is to loose and does not allow for this kind of flying within (relatively) safe margins. Former AT
Their flyover the Forty Niners/Rams game is on video as well. It shook up John Madden. Look for Madden,,Blue Angels. There is also a video of a more recent interview with Boss George Dom about his career.
It's almost like the meatball grind it out meatball grind it out kind of with navy teaches you when you're getting qualified for Carrier operations amazing to see such good commanders and pilots man
Watched the entire video. What action is going on when the Boss calls, "A Little Drive" and "A Little More Pull"? Thanks, Ryan for posting this clip from the past! I was down there by Ghirardelli Square recording the Air to Air Comms that day.
When he says a little pull, that just means he's pulling on the stick. Everyone in the formation needs to know how much pull he's giving, so they can stay in tight formation. A little more drive, is adding a little throttle.
Excellent post - brings back great memories of listening to the comms for 30 years. I was thinking A Little Drive was just steady level flight. Some people sing in the shower or even in the car....not me. But, when I'm driving I often use some of these callouts :) It's in my DNA now.
It refers to the boards that they can deploy in front of the tail. Kind of a brake to slow them down in the air. Not sure exactly what they are called. They come up from the dorsal side and stick straight up into the wind just like a big old board.
@@zechuelSpeed brake. On commercial airliners they are on the wing and come up after touch down together with the thrust reversers. On the approach they are also used to loose speed and altitude.
Perfect example that if you’re going to do anything, make it look sharp. Walk and talk like you know what you’re doing! It’s not good enough to be good. Look good and sound good or no good!
6:42 video The ilot report altitude uncorrected ---- : this means that radio system relod information usicronized from tower to pylot this means low matkhing frequency ....
Think about this: For most of the demo, the three other aircraft in the diamond formation spend almost all their time staring at the leader and holding tight formation on him the whole time. Imagine what that's like. You're so focused on the leader that he could crash and you'd crash right after him. You're not looking at the sky, the ground or anything at all but that leader's aircraft, and specific reference points on it to be precise.
We totally love these blue and yellow folks! Guardians of freedom in the skies .We salute ,US Navy blues,and as well our allied friends ,the Ukraine Aviation! Go well,blue yellow team!👍💪
Yep, that's it. It's called a "challenge and respond". He give the "challenge" they "respond" with their call sign..."Nado , Gucci, Scooter...Doc, Yogi".
@@thermalnoise2976 You are welcome. "Challenge and response" is actually common through out aviation. It's how many checklists are done in two pilot crews like airlines and charters.
@@dirtyketchup Just making it personal. It helps to not only have a different call-sign, but different inflection and tone makes it even easier to know who is who. You do it the same every time and everyone instantly knows who it is even if they don't understand the actual word.
He wants to climb a bit quicker than normal, so it's a heads-up for the guys in formation to keep it joined. Normally the attitude adjustments are small, smooth, and easy to follow.
I’d like to hear from the pilots to find out how much they miss this part of their life. Think back to your favorite part of life. Wouldn’t you like to go back just for a day?
You can watch my interview with the pilot featured in the video. Visit my RU-vid page or search “pushing the limits, Blue Angels Flight Leader George Dom”
