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Posts Tagged ‘Blue Angels’
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Patriots Point’s F-4J Phantom
Posted: Dec 15, 2011The McDonnell F-4 Phantom (eventually became McDonnell-Douglas and then bought by Boeing) was a tandem-seat fighter-bomber designed to fill the U.S. Navy’s fleet defense fighter role. The advent of Soviet […]
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Video Thursday: Brand New Blue Angel Video!
Posted: Sep 01, 2011Here is a brand new Blue Angel video! Enjoy the view! Featured is the Skipper and Citadel graduate, Captain Greg McWherter United States Navy. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/28135997 w=400&h=225] 2011 BLUE ANGELS […]
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Carolina's First Ship With Colonists: Adventure
Posted: Aug 31, 2011Lots of sights can be seen from the flight deck of Yorktown at Patriots Point…dolphins, manatees, alligators, C-17’s, Blue Angels, the Hunley…but today a replica of the proprietary colony of […]
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Blue Angels and Bearcats Video Thursday 6.16.11
Posted: Jun 16, 2011Enjoy these two awesome videos showing the Blues and Bearcats…the beginning of amazing Blue Angel history! I love the sounds of those radial engines!!!
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Video Thursday 5.19.11
Posted: May 19, 2011Today on Video Thursday we’ll look at two good aviation events and one bad…First is a new video on the Navy’s Blue Angels. Next is a segment from Defense Department […]
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Video Thursday, 10.04.10
Posted: Nov 04, 2010Here are my top three videos this week, one serious and two for fun! Send me your top video and if I use it you become eligible for this month’s […]
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Blue Angels wow scouts on Yorktown Saturday night!
Posted: Apr 21, 2010As the sun set Saturday, 17 April, on the Yorktown, the entire Blue Angels team (officer and enlisted) converged on Hangar Deck 3 to meet and greet our weekend campers! […]
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Blue Angels over Charleston Harbor & USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Posted: Apr 17, 2010The Blue Angels put on a dazzling display of airmanship today over Charleston Harbor and the USS Yorktown. The weather was beautiful, sunny, warm with a slight sea breeze out […]
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USS Yorktown's 67th Birthday Bash!
Posted: Apr 16, 2010Yesterday we celebrated the 67th birthday of the USS Yorktown’s commissioning at Norfolk, Virginia, 15 April 1943. Present for our ceremony were plank owner (and original crewmember) Rev. Harold Syfrett, […]
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Blue Angels arrive in the Lowcountry with Fleur-de-lis!
Posted: Apr 15, 2010The Blues arrived a little ahead of schedule as they made their initial passes over USS Yorktown at 10:08 AM on the Fighting Lady’s 67th birthday today, 15 April. As […]