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Feb 9th, 2011 at 4:05pm

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Over at Witham Field, in Stuart. My brother sent me a link to a very cool video about a Blue Angels' flight where new school and old school were flying together, F18s with F8Fs. Here's the link: http://rightnetwork.com/episodes/860061618
After watching the video, here are my shots. Enjoy!


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Comments and critics welcomed!
 
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Reply #1 - Feb 9th, 2011 at 4:23pm

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Great shots and absolutley WONDERFUL video! I am going to the airshow at KROC in July and the Blues are going to be there, so I'm really excited!  Wink Smiley
 
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Reply #2 - Feb 9th, 2011 at 4:43pm

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Great shots, awesome aircraft Cool
 
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #3 - Feb 9th, 2011 at 4:52pm

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Saw the vid the other day, wonderful. Also, great shots, but #2 is awesome. Smiley
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 9th, 2011 at 5:08pm

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I have to agree with monsieur patchz, number 2 is "Belle image"  Shocked Happy flying  Cool
 
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Reply #5 - Feb 9th, 2011 at 5:21pm

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Thank you all for the comments!
#1 and 2 are my favorites, with #1 being a little ahead, I just love its colors and those BIG props! #2 has some cool elements with the runway and taxiways and all the lights... My 2 cents  Grin
 
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Reply #6 - Feb 9th, 2011 at 5:23pm

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Thank you linking this must see video!!!  Shocked  Shocked  Shocked  Cool
 
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Reply #7 - Nov 15th, 2011 at 5:53pm

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Which Bearcat is this?? This is GREAT
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Reply #8 - Nov 15th, 2011 at 6:13pm

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I love the "Blue Angels" they are so awsome there the thing that started me interested into flying.
 
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Reply #9 - Nov 15th, 2011 at 8:12pm

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By the way, I saw the F8F Blue Angel #1 at Oshkosh. Stunning bird. I could not help but stand there beside the tail with a deer-in-headlights look. Found out too it was THEE F8F Bearcat that I watched get restored at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo here in Michigan when I was little. Saw it in the museum after it was restored too and on display. So great to see it fly, especially in the colors of the Blue Angels!
 
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Reply #10 - Nov 15th, 2011 at 11:02pm
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Cool shots!  I be luv'n me some vintage Blues, Phantoms being my all time fave.
 
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Reply #11 - Nov 16th, 2011 at 11:05am

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wahubna wrote on Nov 15th, 2011 at 8:12pm:
By the way, I saw the F8F Blue Angel #1 at Oshkosh. Stunning bird. I could not help but stand there beside the tail with a deer-in-headlights look. Found out too it was THEE F8F Bearcat that I watched get restored at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo here in Michigan when I was little. Saw it in the museum after it was restored too and on display. So great to see it fly, especially in the colors of the Blue Angels!


I actually helped restore that F8F, it use to belong to Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. Its a great looking Bearcat here in the Sim...But Im wondering who's model is it? Where do I get it? Cool
 
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Reply #12 - Nov 16th, 2011 at 4:03pm

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Saw that aircraft at the Jacksonville NAS airshow about 2 weeks ago. Shame the weather was crap though.

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Reply #13 - Nov 16th, 2011 at 5:06pm

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Thats her!! Lots of blood, sweat & tears into that airplane.
 
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Reply #14 - Nov 18th, 2011 at 8:38am

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Well done Pierre...very nice... Wink
 
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Reply #15 - Nov 18th, 2011 at 8:47am

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Elroy13 wrote on Nov 16th, 2011 at 11:05am:
wahubna wrote on Nov 15th, 2011 at 8:12pm:
By the way, I saw the F8F Blue Angel #1 at Oshkosh. Stunning bird. I could not help but stand there beside the tail with a deer-in-headlights look. Found out too it was THEE F8F Bearcat that I watched get restored at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo here in Michigan when I was little. Saw it in the museum after it was restored too and on display. So great to see it fly, especially in the colors of the Blue Angels!


I actually helped restore that F8F, it use to belong to Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. Its a great looking Bearcat here in the Sim...But Im wondering who's model is it? Where do I get it? Cool

The current "Blue Angel #1" F8F? I asked the director of the Kalamazoo Air Zoo if that was their old Bearcat, he said it was..hmm. The Bearcat was a restored racing bird. I should have said it was "restored" to original condition, in other words, changed from a racer to a standard F8F. When the Air Zoo got it maybe 15 years ago it was painted in some USN or USMC squadron colors with dark blue overall. Maybe we are talking about different Bearcats?? OR maybe they were actually the same! The Air Zoo had to sell theirs a couple of years after they finished working on it, they also had to sell their F7F at that time AND their F9F Panther crashed, the Kalamazoo Air Zoo used to have all the cats, now they just have the Wildcat, Hellcat, and Tomcat  Cry
 
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Reply #16 - Nov 18th, 2011 at 8:51am

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DowninFlames wrote on Nov 16th, 2011 at 4:03pm:
Saw that aircraft at the Jacksonville NAS airshow about 2 weeks ago. Shame the weather was crap though.


Had the same problem at "NAS Oshkosh"  this summer. It was really weird being at Oshkosh and NOT seeing dozens and dozens of aircraft over head! This beautiful plane was parked next to the SB2C Helldiver, Fw-190, Spitfire mk 18, F7F, Avenger, SBD, Glacier Girl, the O2 Duck, the Temco Pinto, and a Corsair...obviously this Bearcat stuck out!! God bless aircraft restoration crews for allowing us to see these amazing aircraft!
 
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Reply #17 - Nov 18th, 2011 at 10:48am

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wahubna wrote on Nov 18th, 2011 at 8:47am:
Elroy13 wrote on Nov 16th, 2011 at 11:05am:
wahubna wrote on Nov 15th, 2011 at 8:12pm:
By the way, I saw the F8F Blue Angel #1 at Oshkosh. Stunning bird. I could not help but stand there beside the tail with a deer-in-headlights look. Found out too it was THEE F8F Bearcat that I watched get restored at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo here in Michigan when I was little. Saw it in the museum after it was restored too and on display. So great to see it fly, especially in the colors of the Blue Angels!


I actually helped restore that F8F, it use to belong to Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. Its a great looking Bearcat here in the Sim...But Im wondering who's model is it? Where do I get it? Cool

The current "Blue Angel #1" F8F? I asked the director of the Kalamazoo Air Zoo if that was their old Bearcat, he said it was..hmm. The Bearcat was a restored racing bird. I should have said it was "restored" to original condition, in other words, changed from a racer to a standard F8F. When the Air Zoo got it maybe 15 years ago it was painted in some USN or USMC squadron colors with dark blue overall. Maybe we are talking about different Bearcats?? OR maybe they were actually the same! The Air Zoo had to sell theirs a couple of years after they finished working on it, they also had to sell their F7F at that time AND their F9F Panther crashed, the Kalamazoo Air Zoo used to have all the cats, now they just have the Wildcat, Hellcat, and Tomcat  Cry


I saw the Air Zoo Bearcat at their museum before they sold it. Im not sure where it ended up. But the current F8F flying in Blue Angel #1 colors came from Lone Star in Galveston. The airframe was a display at USMC Qauntico. The bulk of the restoration was done at Ezell Aviation and then completed at KDWH.
 
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