Simviation Forum - Blue Angels...from a different perspective.

Oct 16^th, 2004 at 7:02pm

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I'm in San Diego right now and the Blue Angels just got done performing at the Miramar Airshow. Interesting setting wouldn't you say?

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Reply #1 - Oct 16^th, 2004 at 10:28pm

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Wow thats crazy! Nice pic. Grin

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Reply #2 - Oct 16^th, 2004 at 10:56pm

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damb....Is that your place..if so I'm visiting...o yeh nice pic

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Reply #3 - Oct 17^th, 2004 at 6:04am

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Haha no, that's my where my friend lives. I decided to take advantage of a few days off and some nice new job benefits and visited San Diego. Grin

I just happened to be in town the same time the airshow was going on. We never actually went to the airshow. We could see the Blue Angels practicing on Thursday and Friday, and then yesterday we watched their performance from my friends place. It was really cool. We were on the outter boundries of their routine. Basically, after they would pass the airshow, they'd fly right over my friends place and rejoin into formation before heading back to the airshow. This pic really does not capture how close to us they really were. It was really cool. They were so close...how often do you see Navy jets buzzin a neighborhood. HAHA.

Actually thats also one of my favorite parts of Fleet Week in San Francisco. It's quite a trip being in downtown SF and seeing jets flying around all the skyscrapers and over the water from the piers. Unique settings make it all the more enjoyable in my opinion.

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Reply #4 - Oct 17^th, 2004 at 7:56am

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Here, this one gives a better idea of how close they were to my friend's place.

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Reply #5 - Oct 17^th, 2004 at 8:10am

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how often do you see Navy jets buzzin a neighborhood. HAHA.

Every blinkin day. Along with the Navy helicopters stationed not ten miles from my house.

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Reply #6 - Oct 17^th, 2004 at 9:30am

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Nice one Silver. Shame you didn't get to the show.

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Reply #7 - Oct 17^th, 2004 at 1:58pm

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nice shots, cool perspective in my opinion

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Reply #8 - Oct 17^th, 2004 at 2:10pm

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Every blinkin day. Along with the Navy helicopters stationed not ten miles from my house.

Haha, yeah...DUH, huh... Embarrassed

Even near Miramar you see and hear them everyday. But yeah...most people don't see that everyday. Especially that low over houses. Most locals bitch about airshows and the noise of jets practicing for days. Especially in San Francisco. Psh, man I'd love it!

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Reply #9 - Oct 18^th, 2004 at 2:29pm

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I get them all the time too, theres a Submarine base a few miles from here so we get Sea Kings every day Se Harriers very ocassionally and the RAF comes by every few days 8)

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Reply #10 - Oct 18^th, 2004 at 5:03pm