Blue Angels at Jacksonville NAS Photos

WCD-01/WILDCAT · Post by **WCD-01/WILDCAT** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:10 am

well i just saw the blue angels saturday and it was a great show, pictures and a video of the fat albert JATO will be up soon. go to www.airshow.4t.com here are some of my best shots

these are some of my best pics but there are many more, it was a great show guys

Post by **Lawndart** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:10 pm

Virtual Thunderbird No. 6 & No. 2 went to JAX NAS Sunday, October 29. Great show and picture perfect weather! Smooth air, no wind, no clouds, few particles because of a recent frontal passage made for some great flying. Good to see all the differences between the two best teams in North America and the more you learn, you realize how dramatically different the shows are between the two teams, yet for most normal people they wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

The amount of breakouts and rejoins the Blues perform is probably the most impressive feat! The Thunderbirds timing is still faster, but the Blues seem to have stepped up their "gaps" since last time I saw them. Loved the takeoff sequence between the Diamond and the Solos. Now, that was cool! Took some pictures and was hoping for comms (but they must have used a new frequency, cause none of the 40-some frequencies I had stored in the scanner and previously confirmed worked today). I know Rhino wanted some comms among others, but we came up short on that unfortunately. Wasn't really going for any pics, but decided to snap a few anyways. These are only from a Canon PowerShot (point and shoot) camera, so the quality is what it is. If anyone would still like a higher res image (the ramp shots possibly) we have those available.

We certainly did enjoy the show though! Now we're heading off to see the Thunderbirds at the end of their homecoming back at Nellis in two weeks. It's not every year you get to see both these teams perform at the peak of their seasons!

WCD-01/WILDCAT · Post by **WCD-01/WILDCAT** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:31 am

great show, perfect weather on both days, as for comms, they broadcast them on the radio in jacksonville and can be recorded staight from there.....just a note for next time

juryman03 · Post by **juryman03** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:14 am

We're going to see the Blue Angels in Pensacola in a couple weeks. Really looking forward to it. I've seen the Thunderbirds in their F-4s, T-38s and F-16s over the years, but never the Blue Angels.

I'm glad to know the info about not being able to catch their comms. I was planning to load up my scanner with all the frequencies I had pulled off the sticky thread on this forum. But now I'm just not gonna fool with it. I'll probably enjoy the show more that way anyway. I won't miss half of it fiddling with my scanner, which I'm not real good at using anyway.

Rhino · Post by **Rhino** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:09 am

Well, you have to have a special scanner to do it with. The standard $100 RadioShack scanner will not work because the Blues use TAC frequencies. The T-Birds, however, do use a frequency that is tunable by most scanners. If you want to listen to the Blues you need a scanner (Pro-97 at Radio Shack is $150 right now on sale) that can pick up those TAC frequencies. I will not publish them "over the net" on here just because of safety, but i believe there is a thread either in the pilots lounge or the General Discussion that will "steer" you in the correct direction.

Rhino

Post by **Lawndart** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:33 pm

We did use a scanner capable of picking up the frequency bands mentioned, but none of the frequencies were good yesterday. I don't know if it had anything to do with them broadcasting the comms that particular day on local radio or not, but in the past the list in the Pilot Lounge forum sticky has been accurate.

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:46 pm

GREAT PICTURES LD & Wildcat!!!

lqcorsa · Post by **lqcorsa** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:33 am

Wow those pictures are outstanding!

WCD-01/WILDCAT · Post by **WCD-01/WILDCAT** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:40 am

ok guys here are the rest of my pic, though i actually took 116, these are the best out of those, ( 33 pictures ) enjoy and let me know what you think http://www.freewebs.com/blueangelfan/jax06pics.htm

lqcorsa · Post by **lqcorsa** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:23 am

Great shots m8, just looking at those pictures I wish I would have gone, the show looks like it was amazing. I'll have to resort to airshowthings.com though.

WCD-01/WILDCAT · Post by **WCD-01/WILDCAT** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:33 pm

hey lawndart, i noticed somethin, on saturday show the angels were in the blue flight suit but on sunday the yellow, any idea why ?

Cobra · Post by **Cobra** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:34 pm

Their Blue ones were probably at the dry cleaners... you know.. sea salt and all that...!

STRIKER · Post by **STRIKER** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:38 pm

"... the Blues decided to go bring back the "Gold" flight suits this year in honor of their 60th Aniiversary. (1946-2006) They had been alternating Blue and Gold flight suits for Saturday and Sunday shows for over 20 years. A few years back they decided just to stay with the Blue flight suit."

A quote from a former Blue Angel.

WCD-01/WILDCAT · Post by **WCD-01/WILDCAT** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:41 pm

ya, it was a fun 60th, Jacksonville is the true home of the Blue Angels, all in all a great day