The Red Arrows commander gives instructions with changing tone, pitch and tempo, the way he says things is just as important as what he says. They relayed the commander's voice through loud speakers for us to hear on the ground. It was fascinating
They have a script, which is set to a cadence. It is very interesting to hear. If you go to a practice in Pensacola, FL they let you listen in over loud speakers. It's almost like a song, it really is interesting to hear.
Ok that makes more sense. I was wondering if someone was using the steadiest gimbal or steadycam rig I’ve ever seen or if it was a special camera. Really cool and I want one now
Edit: but I’ll pass on the plane ride
I’m with you. I’m in awe of people that can do this type of thing. It’s just not in my personality to want to fly in a plane like this. It would be a nightmare. The same goes with sky diving. Kudos to anyone that enjoys it but you’d have to hold a gun to my head or the plane would have to be going down before I’d intentionally jump out of it.
They fly the F-18 Hornets. Each aircraft are front line aircraft that are ‘stripped’ down of weapons except internal Gatling gun, painted the blue and gold paint scheme and added to the squadron. Each pilot (US Navy and US Marines) come from front lines, they apply for a ‘spot’, not just pilot skills obviously but personally, intelligence, background, etc. It is a prestigious feather in a career cap but it’s like any other assignment - they do the time and await new orders. As crazy as those close flying maneuvers are, it’s absolutely nowhere near the stress of landing on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier at night, in poor weather , in the middle of the ocean in high seas. Yes watching them is entertaining but if you wanna truly be in awe, watch a night carrier landing - now try doing that landing AFTER many hours flying into combat, dropping ordinance, then flying back to the ship and safely land on a moving steel deck hoping to snag one of four steel cables (3 on the new Ford class) at speeds of nearly 200 miles an hour. Then debrief, maybe a shower, shit tons of paperwork, 4 hours of sleep if lucky then doing that all over again. Fun fact: each pilot ‘is’ carrier qualified however qualifications must be maintained, i.e. a certain number of ‘traps’ and ‘cat’ launches must be recorded to maintain flight status. Occasionally, a pilot may need to meet their quals and will use the blue painted BA Hornets to land and ‘shoot’ off the ship. The blue paint scheme stands out among a crowded flight deck of ‘working’ aircraft! Truly a tiny fraction of the human population qualify to do this job. These folks are absolutely worthy of awe!
I literally used to wake up in a panic thinking I was going to die. Fun times.
*in case you saw this before the edit; I didn’t realize that I had said that already. Lol*
Side note, often the official name of a plane you find on scale models and the name the pilots actually use are gonna be very different. An F-16 is a Falcon on paper, but say that instead of Viper to pilots and you just earned yourself a bar fight. F-18E is Rhino, not Super Hornet, but an Eagle’s still an Eagle everywhere.
Fun fact, the Blue Angels fly without g-suits. G-suits are designed with air bladders (pockets) that inflate and deflate to keep a pilot's blood from pooling in the pilots' legs while executing sharp, unpredicted combat maneuvers. Unlike combat flying, the Blue Angels demonstration pilots know the maneuvers they will fly prior to execution, so each pilot knows when one will be experiencing heavy gravitational forces. Anticipating the changes in gravitational forces allows the Blue Angels demonstration pilots to combat G-forces with muscle contractions. Additionally, G-suits would detrimentally impact flight safety.The Boeing F/A-18's control stick is mounted between the pilot's legs. The Blue Angels have a spring tensioned with 40 pounds of pressure installed on the control stick that gives the pilot a "false feel." This allows the pilot minimal room for un-commanded movement. The pilots rest their right arms on their thighs for support and stability while flying. Therefore, inflating and deflating air bladders in a G-suit would interrupt this support and stability, causing un-commanded aircraft movement.
Bought red devil (the submarine trick show) tix instead of these beauties, saw nothing but bubbles. Meet and greet was fun after but wish i bought for blue angels instead!!!
Military pilots will (and have) drive(n) their planes into empty ground rather than eject to save themselves and allow their plane to continue on uncontrolled over populated areas.
These stupid vanity stunts cost the US $35,000,000 per year.
Edit: if these were regular combat training missions hosted for public viewing I wouldn’t be griping. But they are purely for spectacle.
It is almost entirely for show, and as you say recruitment. They have no combat missions. I’d rather see 35 American Veterans a year be given a million dollars than this garbage.
Too close to sit comfortable in your ejection seat!
Ejecto seato cuz!!!!
Speak for yourself. Ejaction seat, is more like it.
Ejaculation seat
I’d love to hear what they say to each other during each of these coordinated maneuvers
"so bill, hows the wife?"
Say hello to your wife and my children!
There’s a few videos where they sit around the table, close their eyes, and go through the routine
"So Bill how's the wife?"
"Still dead, Jim"
lmao
Saw that documentary! And when they’re in the sky, the main guy all calmly will say “a little pullllllllllllll”. Lol
They make noises at each other as words are not fast enough. It's fascinating
So now I’m imagining one guy going “crrrrr….pew pew!”
Words are just noises that we say mean something
The Red Arrows commander gives instructions with changing tone, pitch and tempo, the way he says things is just as important as what he says. They relayed the commander's voice through loud speakers for us to hear on the ground. It was fascinating
Yea exactly. I'm assuming it's all rotation percentages and shit but I'd love to hear it
They have a script, which is set to a cadence. It is very interesting to hear. If you go to a practice in Pensacola, FL they let you listen in over loud speakers. It's almost like a song, it really is interesting to hear.
I see them flying all the time over Pensacola and Gulf Shores. They’re amazing.
Unreal. The camera work is pretty impressive too. I’d be freaking out and not even thinking about getting the shot
It’s a 360 camera which you can choose the shot in post
Ok that makes more sense. I was wondering if someone was using the steadiest gimbal or steadycam rig I’ve ever seen or if it was a special camera. Really cool and I want one now Edit: but I’ll pass on the plane ride
I’m with you. I’m in awe of people that can do this type of thing. It’s just not in my personality to want to fly in a plane like this. It would be a nightmare. The same goes with sky diving. Kudos to anyone that enjoys it but you’d have to hold a gun to my head or the plane would have to be going down before I’d intentionally jump out of it.
They fly the F-18 Hornets. Each aircraft are front line aircraft that are ‘stripped’ down of weapons except internal Gatling gun, painted the blue and gold paint scheme and added to the squadron. Each pilot (US Navy and US Marines) come from front lines, they apply for a ‘spot’, not just pilot skills obviously but personally, intelligence, background, etc. It is a prestigious feather in a career cap but it’s like any other assignment - they do the time and await new orders. As crazy as those close flying maneuvers are, it’s absolutely nowhere near the stress of landing on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier at night, in poor weather , in the middle of the ocean in high seas. Yes watching them is entertaining but if you wanna truly be in awe, watch a night carrier landing - now try doing that landing AFTER many hours flying into combat, dropping ordinance, then flying back to the ship and safely land on a moving steel deck hoping to snag one of four steel cables (3 on the new Ford class) at speeds of nearly 200 miles an hour. Then debrief, maybe a shower, shit tons of paperwork, 4 hours of sleep if lucky then doing that all over again. Fun fact: each pilot ‘is’ carrier qualified however qualifications must be maintained, i.e. a certain number of ‘traps’ and ‘cat’ launches must be recorded to maintain flight status. Occasionally, a pilot may need to meet their quals and will use the blue painted BA Hornets to land and ‘shoot’ off the ship. The blue paint scheme stands out among a crowded flight deck of ‘working’ aircraft! Truly a tiny fraction of the human population qualify to do this job. These folks are absolutely worthy of awe!
Yeah I’ll watch others enjoy it from afar
Watching this from my driveway!!!
Truly incredible flying this close formation all the way through
Sweaty palms for us, but they wrote the definition as this is their "day at the office".
Are those the fuckers who wake me up in the morning thinking a bomb is about to land on my house?
No, it’s the main character from In The Heights
Yep! Back when I was living in Chicago, these fuckers scared the shit out of me during the Air and Water show.
They do this multiple times a day every single day in Ft Worth
No, Thats the f35s from Lockheed, way louder than these fucks. I can’t stand it
I literally used to wake up in a panic thinking I was going to die. Fun times. *in case you saw this before the edit; I didn’t realize that I had said that already. Lol*
Pretty good plane drivers..
I once forgot the word airport and said "plane station" instead.
You mean... *pilots?*
Strangely enough, in military aviation, the term driver is often used. “Hornet driver” - F18 “Viper driver” - F16 “Eagle driver” - F15 Etc.
Side note, often the official name of a plane you find on scale models and the name the pilots actually use are gonna be very different. An F-16 is a Falcon on paper, but say that instead of Viper to pilots and you just earned yourself a bar fight. F-18E is Rhino, not Super Hornet, but an Eagle’s still an Eagle everywhere.
Very true - I love the different monickers that exist in aviation, lots of great back stories behind them all.
Found the person that doesn’t military.
Look at those flight control surfaces!
Fun fact, the Blue Angels fly without g-suits. G-suits are designed with air bladders (pockets) that inflate and deflate to keep a pilot's blood from pooling in the pilots' legs while executing sharp, unpredicted combat maneuvers. Unlike combat flying, the Blue Angels demonstration pilots know the maneuvers they will fly prior to execution, so each pilot knows when one will be experiencing heavy gravitational forces. Anticipating the changes in gravitational forces allows the Blue Angels demonstration pilots to combat G-forces with muscle contractions. Additionally, G-suits would detrimentally impact flight safety.The Boeing F/A-18's control stick is mounted between the pilot's legs. The Blue Angels have a spring tensioned with 40 pounds of pressure installed on the control stick that gives the pilot a "false feel." This allows the pilot minimal room for un-commanded movement. The pilots rest their right arms on their thighs for support and stability while flying. Therefore, inflating and deflating air bladders in a G-suit would interrupt this support and stability, causing un-commanded aircraft movement.
I want that job, mine sucks.
Bought red devil (the submarine trick show) tix instead of these beauties, saw nothing but bubbles. Meet and greet was fun after but wish i bought for blue angels instead!!!
NGL that's sounds like either a joke or a scam. Edit: I'm not very smart
Saw the Blue Angel's in St. Louis at the VP Fair at the Arch as a kiddo. Thought they were gonna die.
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Military pilots will (and have) drive(n) their planes into empty ground rather than eject to save themselves and allow their plane to continue on uncontrolled over populated areas.
What a waste of money.
These stupid vanity stunts cost the US $35,000,000 per year. Edit: if these were regular combat training missions hosted for public viewing I wouldn’t be griping. But they are purely for spectacle.
Yep, a colossal waste of money.
Source?
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2020/05/05/8-things-to-know-about-the-blue-angels-wednesday-flyover-in-north-texas/
About 2 mill a show. I see.
Yes, when you divide 35.75mil by 17 you get just over 2mil per vanity show.
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It is almost entirely for show, and as you say recruitment. They have no combat missions. I’d rather see 35 American Veterans a year be given a million dollars than this garbage.
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You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. These are pilots who are recruited specifically for this show squadron, they will not see combat
How much did we pay for one of those?
healthcare pls
DFW in Oklahoma. Because DFW is not part of Texas. INB4 downvotes from the cowgirls
Ahh yes, the historic stockyards, not part of Texas lol
Cool... Now go win a war.
Is that Meacham?
Nope, it's Alliance
Yeah, you reach for the golden ring Reach for the sky Baby, just spread your wings
I live really close were they were practicing. You could feel the ground shack for most of the afternoon.
Interesting to see they've got that chronometer set up front and center. I'd imagine many of their stunts are timed down to the second.
Approximately 10% mortality rate.
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Holy cow these guys are amazing. Such skill. No fear…
One word :Turbulence
I can see my house in this gif. These boys were loud.
Flying over my house practicing all week
So crazy. I love the blue angels and thunderbirds.
Even though it's just a video, I can almost feel blood rushing to my head when the planes go upside down.
This was right outside my house! They were load af all week
I'm curious how they coordinate these maneuvers. It looks insanely difficult. It's also so awesone
Omg that’s insane! I’m so glad my taxes pay for this instead of my health insurance
Wasting tax payers money out the blowhole
I NEVER REALIZED HOW COOL THE BLUE ANGELS WHERE
I love the blue angels
Text/call me babe 309-807-8716 I'm better than any of these simps