Blue Angels Tribute
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:01 pm
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Blue Angels Tribute
http://forum.virtualthunderbirds.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3865
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:54 pm
Well chosen music, mixed with brilliant footage, makes an unbeatable video.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:24 pm
Oooh, like that.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:15 am
Gonna put this at either '87 or '88. Good to find video of the Diamond Dirty Roll!
If anyone gets to ever meet Gil Rud (Boss from '86-88 ), ask him the story about the inception of the Dirty Loop. It's quite entertaining!
If anyone gets to ever meet Gil Rud (Boss from '86-88 ), ask him the story about the inception of the Dirty Loop. It's quite entertaining!
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:41 am
...or you can read the full story, as told by Gil Rud himself, the commanding officer during the first season the Blues transitioned to the F/A-18, in the book called:
The Blue Angels A Fly-By History - Sixty Years of Excellence by Nicholas A. Veronico
Excerpt:
"The other A-4 maneuver we attempted in the F/A-18 was the four-plane dirty roll-in formation. That was ugly. We tried it, and we got through it, but it was so ugly when looking at it from the ground because the airplanes were going all over the place. It was just very uncomfortable, so we decided not to do it."
The story about how the Dirty Loop came about is then told.
The Blue Angels A Fly-By History - Sixty Years of Excellence by Nicholas A. Veronico
Excerpt:
"The other A-4 maneuver we attempted in the F/A-18 was the four-plane dirty roll-in formation. That was ugly. We tried it, and we got through it, but it was so ugly when looking at it from the ground because the airplanes were going all over the place. It was just very uncomfortable, so we decided not to do it."
The story about how the Dirty Loop came about is then told.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:54 am
Trust me, it's a story much better told in person over a few cold ones. You can't swear in a book! 
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:25 am
We're all ears......
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:04 pm
I think you totally missed the point, LD?
Rhino wrote:it's a story much better told in person
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:49 pm
No, but seeing as most of us reading these forums won't meet him in person, the second best thing would be to hear it directly from someone who has.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:50 pm
Knowing Rhino, if there were one or two beers involved, he doesn't remember it anyway. 
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:43 pm
LMAOBeaker wrote:Knowing Rhino, if there were one or two beers involved, he doesn't remember it anyway.