Following the Lynchburg Regional Air Show incident on May 22, the "Boss" of Blue Angels request that Rear Adm. Bill Sizemore relieve him of his command. The incident occurred, while the diamond formation executes the "Barrel Roll Break" maneuver and went too low at the exit of the maneuver.
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Blue Angels Commander and Leader leave the squadron
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Re: Blue Angels Commander and Leader leave the squadron
aerobaticteams wrote:Following the Lynchburg Regional Air Show incident on May 22, the "Boss" of Blue Angels request that Rear Adm. Bill Sizemore relieve him of his command. The incident occurred, while the diamond formation executes the "Barrel Roll Break" maneuver and went too low at the exit of the maneuver.
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Indeed almost crashed ..........................
See video at : http://www.aerobaticteams.net/news/blue ... ashed.html
Hans
Re: Blue Angels Commander and Leader leave the squadron
Wow...when I looked at the first manoeuvre in that movie I thought 'so what's the problem?'....but the problem was definitely there in the 2nd manoeuvre shown. Pretty close to the ground!
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