I saw the Blue Angels show at Grumman Calverton when the F11F had just been introduced, so naturally they shpwed it off. Greatest item was when the pilot came in at about 100 feet off the deck, toward the crowd, and did a 90 roll to stand on a wingtip. The announcer had fun. He said "The only thing holding him up is the Grumman reputation."
Love seeing the vintage footage of the Blue Angels. My favorite will always be the F4 Phantom because of the movie Threshold. To this day, I think it is the standard for aviation films. I notice they don't have the numbers on their tail. Did they go through a period where they didn't paint them on?
I googled for that movie, got several results and I am still not sure which movie you actually mean. Could you give more details? Such as year, director, cast, plot? TIA.
I think the Grumman F-11-F Tiger was just one of the coolest looking jet. Too bad it had such a lack-luster naval career, although it lost out to one hell of a gunfighter, the F-8 Crusader!
At 3:23 and 3:29 two white planes pass behind the Blue Angels as the Blues are being guided into their "parking spots" These are Cougars - the F9s that were out of Cecil Field in Florida from Light Photographic Squadron 62, they were shooting the air-to-air footage. As kids, we always used to say "My Dad flew with the Blue Angels... ..as their cameraman!"
On July 19, 1967 Herb Hunter, who was in this video as a Blue Angels solo pilot, was killed in Vietnam while trying to land his battle damaged F-8 on the carrier Bon Homme Richard while low on fuel, with hung ordinance and the hydraulic systems out on his aircraft. He missed the wire on landing, hit hard, the hung ordinance was knocked off , his landing gear collapsed on impact and what little fuel left was burned up in seconds. His aircraft went off the deck and into the water. His body was recovered by helicopter.
Grumman has a history of naming their aircraft with types of big cats. Cool! On another note: The film is presented without the obligatory black dots, lines, and squiggles, that are so popular to add to vintage film, to make viewers certain that they are watching "old footage"! However, the sound was a little bit warbled. No biggie. But wait - The pilots are SMOKING?! Oh my gosh!
............... I think it's a beautiful airplane.... it's not as pretty as the panther ..and the cougar was okay... well ..the kitten.. that was kind of small but never went into production..... the Grumman goose that was a hell of an airplane and stronger than you'll ever know and louder to you need any ear protection on top of ear protection for that thing..... if I could get my dirty little hands on and Albatross I'd die a happy man... but these are all Dave's airplanes... along with a few others that he helped design and oversaw the manufacturer of ... him and Leroy Grumman made it all happen ....great thing... but you never hear about the guys that did it.... maybe..... it's just as well that way....... after all of this stuff he went on to design and build little amphibious aircraft up in Maine ..I think he called it Thurston aircraft......... and they were pretty nice little things..........
F-22's would be my choice, I know they're not NAVY but the paint job would look sik! I would also like too see V-22 replace the C-130 the Blue Angels us. God Speed!
Several factors at play,F-35 behind schedule and more of a F-16/A-10 replacement.F-22 is more of a replacement of the F-15C. However there is not enough F-22s so upgrading the F-15 makes sense.F-15E will be around awhile as well since it carries a crazy amount of bombs.
I saw the Blue Angels show at Grumman Calverton when the F11F had just been introduced, so naturally they shpwed it off. Greatest item was when the pilot came in at about 100 feet off the deck, toward the crowd, and did a 90 roll to stand on a wingtip. The announcer had fun. He said "The only thing holding him up is the Grumman reputation."
The F-11F was such a pretty fighter jet. It looked good on Blue Angels colors.
I was stationed at NellisAirForce Base in 1963 to 1966 as a F-100 an F-105 aircraft mechanic an loved watching the Blue ,s flying the F-11F at Nellis
The F11F is a great looking fighter
The good Old Times :)) Thumbs up
Love seeing the vintage footage of the Blue Angels. My favorite will always be the F4 Phantom because of the movie Threshold. To this day, I think it is the standard for aviation films. I notice they don't have the numbers on their tail. Did they go through a period where they didn't paint them on?
I googled for that movie, got several results and I am still not sure which movie you actually mean. Could you give more details? Such as year, director, cast, plot? TIA.
Bo Soerjadi try threshold the blue angel experience.
Outstanding
I think the Grumman F-11-F Tiger was just one of the coolest looking jet. Too bad it had such a lack-luster naval career, although it lost out to one hell of a gunfighter, the F-8 Crusader!
One of the pilots, Tom Jefferson, is the father of one of my best friends! Great video!
At 3:23 and 3:29 two white planes pass behind the Blue Angels as the Blues are being guided into their "parking spots" These are Cougars - the F9s that were out of Cecil Field in Florida from Light Photographic Squadron 62, they were shooting the air-to-air footage. As kids, we always used to say "My Dad flew with the Blue Angels... ..as their cameraman!"
From 14:00 until 14:42. Echelon roll. Just wow.
On July 19, 1967 Herb Hunter, who was in this video as a Blue Angels solo pilot, was killed in Vietnam while trying to land his battle damaged F-8 on the carrier Bon Homme Richard while low on fuel, with hung ordinance and the hydraulic systems out on his aircraft. He missed the wire on landing, hit hard, the hung ordinance was knocked off , his landing gear collapsed on impact and what little fuel left was burned up in seconds. His aircraft went off the deck and into the water. His body was recovered by helicopter.
Grumman has a history of naming their aircraft with types of big cats. Cool! On another note: The film is presented without the obligatory black dots, lines, and squiggles, that are so popular to add to vintage film, to make viewers certain that they are watching "old footage"! However, the sound was a little bit warbled. No biggie. But wait - The pilots are SMOKING?! Oh my gosh!
nice.
I want that 55 chevy the admiral got in to.
David Collis
It's a 1957. Note the "torpedoes" on the hood. :-)
dang
Last Blue Angels jet you could land with the canopy open.
............... I think it's a beautiful airplane.... it's not as pretty as the panther ..and the cougar was okay... well ..the kitten.. that was kind of small but never went into production..... the Grumman goose that was a hell of an airplane and stronger than you'll ever know and louder to you need any ear protection on top of ear protection for that thing..... if I could get my dirty little hands on and Albatross I'd die a happy man... but these are all Dave's airplanes... along with a few others that he helped design and oversaw the manufacturer of ... him and Leroy Grumman made it all happen ....great thing... but you never hear about the guys that did it.... maybe..... it's just as well that way....... after all of this stuff he went on to design and build little amphibious aircraft up in Maine ..I think he called it Thurston aircraft......... and they were pretty nice little things..........
Next Blue Angels, F35 ?
F-22's would be my choice, I know they're not NAVY but the paint job would look sik! I would also like too see V-22 replace the C-130 the Blue Angels us.
God Speed!
F-18E/F is in the works to replace the C/D model.
V-22 not practical at all.
+Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs U.S about to spend 12 billion on upgrading f-15! Could this be a lack of confidence in f-35 ?
Several factors at play,F-35 behind schedule and more of a F-16/A-10 replacement.F-22 is more of a replacement of the F-15C. However there is not enough F-22s so upgrading the F-15 makes sense.F-15E will be around awhile as well since it carries a crazy amount of bombs.
I wanted to scream every time the narrator referred to them as 'the Angels'.
The abbreviated term for the team is 'the Blues' - not the Angels. lame