"Upgrade for Blue Angels" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 15 Aug 2018 6:01 a.m. PST |
The world-famous U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron — the Blue Angels — is set for a major change following a Monday $17 USD million contract award… news.usni.org/2018/08/14/35796 |
| Andrew Walters | 15 Aug 2018 10:51 a.m. PST |
Neat! When I first saw the headline I thought they might be getting F-35s, but that would be dumb and cost a lot more than $17 USD million. Probably a hundred times as much. I'm surprised they had trouble finding somewhere to put the smoke trail equipment. The E/F is bigger than the C/D and there's a *lot* of stuff on the E/F that you don't need if no one is shooting at you. |
| GROSSMAN | 15 Aug 2018 11:50 a.m. PST |
They should go back to flying the Skyhawk. |
| Lion in the Stars | 15 Aug 2018 7:06 p.m. PST |
Too many hours on the Skyhawk airframes, and low-altitude airshow flying is really hard on the plane. I'm surprised they had trouble finding somewhere to put the smoke trail equipment. The E/F is bigger than the C/D and there's a *lot* of stuff on the E/F that you don't need if no one is shooting at you. All that stuff that you don't need if no-one is shooting at you has to stay in the plane, the Blue Angels are supposed to be convertable to a combat squadron in less than a week if the sewage hits the turbofan. |
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