This is awesome! Commander Stumpf was the Executive Officer of my first squadron VFA 83. He became our Commanding Officer after the Gulf War, and is a great guy. Some of my best memories are from running around the flight line and launching our planes at NAS Cecil Field and many other airfields as 19 year old kid. Working the flight deck brought it to a whole new level, and seeing those guys land on the ship day after day was totally amazing! It never got old. I actually had the honor of launching CDR Stumpf many times and I will never forget one day the flight schedule had one flight on it which said, "Demo Flight." I asked one of the Chiefs in maintenance control "What's that?" He simply said, "you'll see." I took the flight as the plane captain and launched CDR Stumpf that day. What he did over our airfield was like our own private air show. I think it may have been his audition for the Blue Angels. I got orders to Electricians Mate training and left that squadron. I heard later that CDR Stumpf became the CO of the Blue Angels and I was very happy for him, but I never got to see them perform. Those were some of the best days of my life! Thank you for the memories if you see this CDR Stumpf!
Such an amazing video showing the entirety of an airshow from the lead pilot's point of view is just brilliant, and jaw-dropping in their precision, professionalism, and pursuit of aviation excellence. I wanted to be one of them when I was a child growing up in San Diego, not far from Miramar Naval Air Station or their Winter home in El Centro, California. Seeing the Blue Angels fly over San Diego Bay, and then later in high school when we moved up to the SF Bay Area, seeing the Blue Angels perform over the San Francisco Bay during Fleet Week, flying directly over my house near Moffett Field in Mountain View was just spectacular! I'll never forget seeing them fly right over my roof and the feeling of the whole house shake as they flew over! Truly breathtaking!!
I saw the Blue Angels flying their F/A 18 Super Hornets at Wings Over South Texas on April 3 2022 at NAS Kingsville. I met and got autographs from five out of six pilots.
The Blue Angels are some of the finest aviators the world has ever seen. Everyone should strive to be atleast a little like these dedicated talented American heroes. 🇺🇸
I'm just constantly amazed at these guys and how they handle 6 to 7G's like it's nothing. I know that's one of the qualifications is a high g tolerance. It's still amazing to see. Plus communicating under those stresses. Ryan if you ever get the chance, watch practice from Fort Pickens. It's kinda of a behind the scenes look at all of the "set-ups" that you don't see from the show line. You won't be disappointed I promise. We've been fortunate to watch practice from show-line, lighthouse and Fort Pickens and it never gets old. Now if we could just get out to El Centro 😁 thanks for sharing this.
@@inscius113 No G-suits due to the rapid and unanticipated inflation and deflation that could affect the precise movements they have to perform. They also use a 35 pound spring attached to the stick to give input resistance. This allows for a more steady pull and a natural air resistance to the flight surfaces feel which are actually fly by wire.
Well Ryan i wrote you once already but i think this will be no problem. Thank you for this . I have watched it at least 20+ times . I had not seen the Boss with a camera and being miked up also in any other videos. Pure enjoyment. Just one more time i want to thank you again Ryan , this and other things such as looking on the TH-cam for new Blue Angels things . It really helps me . Thank You 1 more time . I appreciate it.
I remember You guys doing the air show in Lakehurst naval base I think I was 10 years old and I'm 28 now it was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my entire life I will never forget that day🤘💪‼️
If you want brevity, look up some of the Canadian Snowbird videos. They don't make power or stick calls because it's all flown visually. All they call is smoke on/off and next formation. The Solos call "contact" on the head-on passes, but that's about it. I believe they're the only team in the world to fly like that.
@@TheSeanBampton I saw the Snowbirds a few times and remember being very impressed - even crazier to hear their comms are so tight! My uncle flew Hornets & his son-in-law does now - assuming I’ll be seeing him in one of these one day 😎
@@TheSeanBampton Actually, the Boss does make stick calls, such as "tightening" and "relaxing", "rolling out" as well as power calls "powering back/up". The Boss will also call turns, but just "turning right/left." For each maneuver, the Boss will call for example....."running in the Big Diamond Combo....5 through 9 smoke now......three back, two back, one back, pulling up, powering back, rolling, tightening, powering up, continuing, relaxing, smoke off now". The Big Diamond Combo is a formation roll followed immediately by a loop. So the Boss does make a few voice calls over the radio.....not as much comm as the Blues here, but what the Boss does call, it very brief. As for the solos, the Lead Solo will call "smoke now, running in the (insert maneuver here) roll/turn/split now, smoke off now", for maneuvers. Here's a video from about four years ago. This is basically "the opener" sequence, with all of the comms from the Boss. th-cam.com/video/bQkm2Xyi3xM/w-d-xo.html
1:07 Been watching Blue Angels videos for years, and this is the first time I think I've ever heard/seen a Blue Angels pilot (or fighter pilot in general) cough into their mic.
Aerobatics compared to riding a roller coaster is a thousand times what it feels like, while riding a roller coaster is not burdened with any duties and responsibilities. In such conditions the mind and all five senses are required to remain active from beginning to end, with density, harmony, cohesiveness, and maneuvers, that are extraordinary, and very dangerous. Amazing Extraordinarily, intelligent, healthy, and hight-spirited people.
Used to watch them as a kid at Moffett field when they still did airshows there back in the late 80's / 90s and had bleachers setup on the runway. Back then they did the mach 1 pass so close to you that the 55 gallon drum "garbage cans" had to be tied down because the concussion wave from the sonic boom would knock everything over. I'm fortunate to have those memories, I don't know of any airshows that allow anything that close and personal these days for safety purposes. You can't even explain to someone what it's like to see a Hornet fly past the speed of sound silently not more than 50 feet from you before the sound catches up.
As usual , another great presentation by Ryan.Thank you so much Ryan. I have a question if anyone knows the answer . Does anyone know why number 6 left the formation at 3913 ? And then regrouped back to their position at 39.40 ? I would not have seen it if someone hadn't called the Boss to say he had 6 again.Curious .
I do hope you got your answer. If you are still interested may I suggest contacting the current Blue Angels PAO and seeing if they can get you an answer? Most likely they have Boss Stumpf's contact information and if all else fails he might be able to explain that situation. Just beware, Boss Stumpf was unfairly forced to retire. This is his story to tell so I will not get into it. I just bring it up because this might be a sore spot for him even today!
It's a shame what Congress did to this honorable man. We lost a valuable naval aviation leader to political maneuvering over false accusations from the Tail Hook Conference incident in the early nighties. Sad.
My reply is not to defend the indefensible. I agree 100% a good man was put through a process he did not deserve. My problem is not so much Congress, but his chain of command all the way to POTUS! The same can be said of Cdr Kirk Lippold USN R Skipper of the USS Cole when it was attacked. Both officer's chains of command let them down! How can a leader function when their higher-ups don't have their six? Patricia Schroeder et al with this Officer and SenJohn Warner who ruined Cdr Lippold's career are not worthy to even lick these officers shoes!!!!
@@pamhageerty2095 In the case of Capt Stumpf (The man in the video) he went into a hotel room with some other Officers. He then got a bad vibe and walked out! However, he got bogged down in all that PC BS going on. Simply a case of being in the wrong place at the right time! He is retired today. CDR Lippold is also retired now!
it was the clouds. they were too low that it would have caused issues for the loop. they transitioned from a high show to a low show because of the clouds
It's amazing our military ever got anything done with such terrible comms. LOL. Very cool to watch, though. I have seen them and The Thunderbirds live many times.
Wow, I lived in Pensacola during this time and saw this team a few times. Met Dave Stewart at Pensacola aviation center once. They really motivated me to work hard. In fact I still have their brochure from 1993-94 It would be interesting to see where they all ended up.
Agreed. Boss Stumpf basically was a victim of the anti tailhook culture in place at the time. He never really lost his retirement. He lost his promotion to Capt. After his time as Boss, he had been picked to go take over a Carrier Air Wing. During the "witch hunt" according to what I have read he was suspended as Blue Angels Boss but cleared by the Navy and returned. Still, some Senators wanted a scalp so they stopped his promotion and as a result, he was forced to retire. The frickin Navy did the same dang thing to The Skipper of the USS Cole. A Virginia senator stopped his promotion so he could look good. Neither of these men did anything wrong!
Blue Angel Phantoms- Ryan there was a video that came out from a company called Top Gun Video productions that was titled Smoke em Baby! it was from the 1988 team with CAPT Pat Moneymaker as the Boss. The first half was from the ground at the Oklahoma City airshow. The second half (I believe it was San Francisco show) was inside the number 2 jet with USMC CAPT Kevin Lauver call sign Tow Bar. It was the entire show from climb into the jet til climb out after shutdown. All comms included. I rented it from Blockbuster video and regret that I took it back! Would love to see if you could scare that show up and post it here. I have searched hi and low to no avail for 30 plus years for it. If its out there I'm sure you could find it. I love what you're doing with this channel and look forward to your posts. Keep up the great work you do honoring the legacy of these fine people.
Hi Joel, thanks for the kind words. When I was a youngster, I definitely remember having a VHS with CAPT Moneymaker featured as Boss. Unfortunately, I know longer have it but will add it as part of my regular search for archived media. Cheers!
@@larrylong4829 found out that they dont use G suits because they fly close to each and Since the F/a 18 has a center stick the suit can inflate and mess with the stick during close formation flying
Why, in 2021, are fighter comms radios like cheap walkie talkies ?????? They just sound AWFUL. Comm radios in GA aircraft using iPhones or GoPros sound fantastic. The fighter radios crackle pop and sound like humazoos/paper combs. Why????
This is awesome! Commander Stumpf was the Executive Officer of my first squadron VFA 83. He became our Commanding Officer after the Gulf War, and is a great guy. Some of my best memories are from running around the flight line and launching our planes at NAS Cecil Field and many other airfields as 19 year old kid. Working the flight deck brought it to a whole new level, and seeing those guys land on the ship day after day was totally amazing! It never got old. I actually had the honor of launching CDR Stumpf many times and I will never forget one day the flight schedule had one flight on it which said, "Demo Flight." I asked one of the Chiefs in maintenance control "What's that?" He simply said, "you'll see." I took the flight as the plane captain and launched CDR Stumpf that day. What he did over our airfield was like our own private air show. I think it may have been his audition for the Blue Angels. I got orders to Electricians Mate training and left that squadron. I heard later that CDR Stumpf became the CO of the Blue Angels and I was very happy for him, but I never got to see them perform. Those were some of the best days of my life! Thank you for the memories if you see this CDR Stumpf!
I've waited more than 25 years after first seeing this - Thank You for Sharing
the precision in teamwork it must take to pull this off is mind blowing
Such an amazing video showing the entirety of an airshow from the lead pilot's point of view is just brilliant, and jaw-dropping in their precision, professionalism, and pursuit of aviation excellence. I wanted to be one of them when I was a child growing up in San Diego, not far from Miramar Naval Air Station or their Winter home in El Centro, California. Seeing the Blue Angels fly over San Diego Bay, and then later in high school when we moved up to the SF Bay Area, seeing the Blue Angels perform over the San Francisco Bay during Fleet Week, flying directly over my house near Moffett Field in Mountain View was just spectacular! I'll never forget seeing them fly right over my roof and the feeling of the whole house shake as they flew over! Truly breathtaking!!
well, that was simply the most badass event I will see on video this year. Thanks for the ride, guys!
cheers from Barksdale Louisiana.
I saw the Blue Angels flying their F/A 18 Super Hornets at Wings Over South Texas on April 3 2022 at NAS Kingsville. I met and got autographs from five out of six pilots.
They will be at Ellington Field in Houston in October 2022.
Absolutely love Blue Angel videos with coms!
Thank you
Holy crap, it's Christmas in July!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
The Blue Angels are some of the finest aviators the world has ever seen. Everyone should strive to be atleast a little like these dedicated talented American heroes. 🇺🇸
I'm just constantly amazed at these guys and how they handle 6 to 7G's like it's nothing. I know that's one of the qualifications is a high g tolerance. It's still amazing to see. Plus communicating under those stresses. Ryan if you ever get the chance, watch practice from Fort Pickens. It's kinda of a behind the scenes look at all of the "set-ups" that you don't see from the show line. You won't be disappointed I promise. We've been fortunate to watch practice from show-line, lighthouse and Fort Pickens and it never gets old.
Now if we could just get out to El Centro 😁 thanks for sharing this.
You get used to the G's over time.
@@TheSeanBampton Yeah. The point is the actually DON'T use G-suits. Which is. Well.
I saw the Blue Angels flying their F/A 18 Super Hornets at NAS Kingsville for Wings Over South Texas on April 3 2022.
@@inscius113 No G-suits due to the rapid and unanticipated inflation and deflation that could affect the precise movements they have to perform. They also use a 35 pound spring attached to the stick to give input resistance. This allows for a more steady pull and a natural air resistance to the flight surfaces feel which are actually fly by wire.
DUDEEE THIS VIDEO IS SO RARE!!! Love It!
29:00 Changing from High show to Low show in flight!
Clouds moving in...
Really enjoyed this. Thanks Ryan.
Thanks - the footage is courtesy of the Blue Angels Asscoiation who gave permission to post it. I enjoyed it as well!
Love Dino's "Nice job boys'" at 10:35, takes the #4 slot seriously by encouraging his fellow pilots
Well Ryan i wrote you once already but i think this will be no problem.
Thank you for this . I have watched it at least 20+ times . I had not seen the Boss with a camera and being miked up also in any other videos. Pure enjoyment.
Just one more time i want to thank you again Ryan , this and other things such as looking on the TH-cam for new Blue Angels things . It really helps me .
Thank You 1 more time . I appreciate it.
I remember You guys doing the air show in Lakehurst naval base I think I was 10 years old and I'm 28 now it was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my entire life I will never forget that day🤘💪‼️
It’s cool to see them make real time decisions to alter the show due to clouds
I love this! Please find and post more of these!
Watched many of these shows. We were stationed in Pensacola, great fun!
2 years ago. This should have millions of views.
Heard Hoops and Dino from Around the world at the speed of sound
Nice. Demo from Boss’ point of view what a treat.
Awesome, awesome, awesome!
Absolutely Incredible!! ❤️ 💕
How this doesn't have billions of views is beyond me
The brevity on comms is incredible.
If you want brevity, look up some of the Canadian Snowbird videos. They don't make power or stick calls because it's all flown visually. All they call is smoke on/off and next formation. The Solos call "contact" on the head-on passes, but that's about it. I believe they're the only team in the world to fly like that.
@@TheSeanBampton I saw the Snowbirds a few times and remember being very impressed - even crazier to hear their comms are so tight! My uncle flew Hornets & his son-in-law does now - assuming I’ll be seeing him in one of these one day 😎
@@TheSeanBampton Actually, the Boss does make stick calls, such as "tightening" and "relaxing", "rolling out" as well as power calls "powering back/up". The Boss will also call turns, but just "turning right/left." For each maneuver, the Boss will call for example....."running in the Big Diamond Combo....5 through 9 smoke now......three back, two back, one back, pulling up, powering back, rolling, tightening, powering up, continuing, relaxing, smoke off now". The Big Diamond Combo is a formation roll followed immediately by a loop. So the Boss does make a few voice calls over the radio.....not as much comm as the Blues here, but what the Boss does call, it very brief. As for the solos, the Lead Solo will call "smoke now, running in the (insert maneuver here) roll/turn/split now, smoke off now", for maneuvers.
Here's a video from about four years ago. This is basically "the opener" sequence, with all of the comms from the Boss.
th-cam.com/video/bQkm2Xyi3xM/w-d-xo.html
Traverse city Michigan missed you guys I'll be sitting on my patio watching you guys fly over your so cool
“We own the air field and the airspace, you are cleared for takeoff”
-Just Badass
Pilots are just the greatest, aren't they?
This summer s going to be a blast 2022 the blue angles will be here for our cherry festival traverse city Michigan loves you guys you rock
Gotta love the transition at 47:40!!! From absolutel cool as a cucumber in the sky to cool as a cucumber on the ground!
You ever want to see how close you can get to perfection. ❤❤❤❤
Boss thanks for the great poster that was signed.
1:07 Been watching Blue Angels videos for years, and this is the first time I think I've ever heard/seen a Blue Angels pilot (or fighter pilot in general) cough into their mic.
Thanks...Lt.Shoe out....!
My hometown! You can not beat it. Best place in FL to live.
same..my adopted hometown since i was 9. ambassador drive right down from Navarre
enjoyed being his Crew Chief!!!!!
Did you ever get a ride in the 2 seater?
GO NAVY ! Good show.
Aerobatics compared to riding a roller coaster is a thousand times what it feels like, while riding a roller coaster is not burdened with any duties and responsibilities.
In such conditions the mind and all five senses are required to remain active from beginning to end, with density, harmony, cohesiveness, and maneuvers, that are extraordinary, and very dangerous.
Amazing
Extraordinarily, intelligent, healthy, and hight-spirited people.
Whew this is some slick driving. 🤙
I love your videos
The Boss Man makes it look easy.
Amazing 👍❤✈❤👍
Used to watch them as a kid at Moffett field when they still did airshows there back in the late 80's / 90s and had bleachers setup on the runway. Back then they did the mach 1 pass so close to you that the 55 gallon drum "garbage cans" had to be tied down because the concussion wave from the sonic boom would knock everything over. I'm fortunate to have those memories, I don't know of any airshows that allow anything that close and personal these days for safety purposes. You can't even explain to someone what it's like to see a Hornet fly past the speed of sound silently not more than 50 feet from you before the sound catches up.
The personification of FOCUS!
Would be interesting to see heart rate, blood pressure .....measurements during the show.
Hi from tri citites TN
I saw Blue Angels n the Tri Cities TN :) yearsss ago ... We loved the Show + really hot Men!!
Wicked awesome badass aviating.
As usual , another great presentation by Ryan.Thank you so much Ryan.
I have a question if anyone knows the answer . Does anyone know why number 6 left the formation at 3913 ? And then regrouped back to their position at 39.40 ?
I would not have seen it if someone hadn't called the Boss to say he had 6 again.Curious .
All
@@lisacipriani6105 I do apologize and get the point .
@@r123154 Why you never answered my question
I do hope you got your answer. If you are still interested may I suggest contacting the current Blue Angels PAO and seeing if they can get you an answer? Most likely they have Boss Stumpf's contact information and if all else fails he might be able to explain that situation. Just beware, Boss Stumpf was unfairly forced to retire. This is his story to tell so I will not get into it. I just bring it up because this might be a sore spot for him even today!
So cool 😎👍
It's a shame what Congress did to this honorable man. We lost a valuable naval aviation leader to political maneuvering over false accusations from the Tail Hook Conference incident in the early nighties. Sad.
My reply is not to defend the indefensible. I agree 100% a good man was put through a process he did not deserve. My problem is not so much Congress, but his chain of command all the way to POTUS! The same can be said of Cdr Kirk Lippold USN R Skipper of the USS Cole when it was attacked. Both officer's chains of command let them down! How can a leader function when their higher-ups don't have their six? Patricia Schroeder et al with this Officer and SenJohn Warner who ruined Cdr Lippold's career are not worthy to even lick these officers shoes!!!!
What happened to this honorable man ?
What is his name, and did he get an honorable discharge !
@@pamhageerty2095 In the case of Capt Stumpf (The man in the video) he went into a hotel room with some other Officers. He then got a bad vibe and walked out! However, he got bogged down in all that PC BS going on. Simply a case of being in the wrong place at the right time! He is retired today. CDR Lippold is also retired now!
@@THE-michaelmyers
Thanks for the update ! Hope they are happily retired
Congress is a big group of cowards
Interesting to see the name of the PAO.
God bless America!
How much do they have to practice all the radio chatter to be that quick without stepping on one another?
I wonder what caused the " No Maneuver" call on the diamond dirty loop?
I was wondering the same thing.
@@ncguy8322... Also happened in another diamond Maneuver...
it was the clouds. they were too low that it would have caused issues for the loop. they transitioned from a high show to a low show because of the clouds
It's amazing our military ever got anything done with such terrible comms. LOL. Very cool to watch, though. I have seen them and The Thunderbirds live many times.
Can anyone give me the callsigns of #2 through #6?
Wow, I lived in Pensacola during this time and saw this team a few times. Met Dave Stewart at Pensacola aviation center once. They really motivated me to work hard. In fact I still have their brochure from 1993-94
It would be interesting to see where they all ended up.
CDR Stumpf flies for FedEx now, google is a wonderful thing, can't do this in a 767 ;)
I was born on June 9th, of this (1994) year. And I'm the 69th comment on this video. And I live in Pensacola, synchronicity....? I think yes!
Awesome
Does anyone know what the team first thing they said at the start of the video where Stumpf goes, "Boss Stumpf..."
Comes the pullllll lol love it
13:02 what are they saying here?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL! SALUTE!💚
wish I could understand their call signs. too muffled for me. if anyone knows them I'd appreciate it
0:40 Boss, Hoop, Pepper
Love
Is that rus bartlet?
Nope, Bob stumph
I am a Navy vet stationed on 3 carriers.....they don't call it TOP GUN FIGHTER SCHOOL for nothing...THE PINNACLE
SALUTE TEAM!💛💙💚🤗
HI BOSS!💛💙💚
I cant figure out what the other pilots say to acknowledge the manoeuvres after the boss. Could anyone clear it for me please?
Their call signs.
Awesome.
Bosss❤
One of the best teams in B.A. history imo. So Happy the Boss got his pension and rank back after that bs witch hunt
@StayInAlive Tail Hook scapegoat.
Agreed. Boss Stumpf basically was a victim of the anti tailhook culture in place at the time. He never really lost his retirement. He lost his promotion to Capt. After his time as Boss, he had been picked to go take over a Carrier Air Wing. During the "witch hunt" according to what I have read he was suspended as Blue Angels Boss but cleared by the Navy and returned. Still, some Senators wanted a scalp so they stopped his promotion and as a result, he was forced to retire. The frickin Navy did the same dang thing to The Skipper of the USS Cole. A Virginia senator stopped his promotion so he could look good. Neither of these men did anything wrong!
Wow, five and six must have to scrape off branches, leaves, and weeds from flying the delta after a flat show.
I see the the F-A18C and F-A18 D Hornets NAVY BLUE ANGLES through 1996 to the End of the normal Hornets 2019.
Miss the Legacies already.
Best scene = 36:36 - when that extra Hornet drifts into view.
Blue Angel Phantoms- Ryan there was a video that came out from a company called Top Gun Video productions that was titled Smoke em Baby! it was from the 1988 team with CAPT Pat Moneymaker as the Boss. The first half was from the ground at the Oklahoma City airshow. The second half (I believe it was San Francisco show) was inside the number 2 jet with USMC CAPT Kevin Lauver call sign Tow Bar. It was the entire show from climb into the jet til climb out after shutdown. All comms included. I rented it from Blockbuster video and regret that I took it back! Would love to see if you could scare that show up and post it here. I have searched hi and low to no avail for 30 plus years for it. If its out there I'm sure you could find it. I love what you're doing with this channel and look forward to your posts. Keep up the great work you do honoring the legacy of these fine people.
Hi Joel, thanks for the kind words. When I was a youngster, I definitely remember having a VHS with CAPT Moneymaker featured as Boss. Unfortunately, I know longer have it but will add it as part of my regular search for archived media. Cheers!
they dont use the oxygen tube?
Not for the show.. Just isn't necessary
no g-suits either!
@@larrylong4829 found out that they dont use G suits because they fly close to each and Since the F/a 18 has a center stick the suit can inflate and mess with the stick during close formation flying
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Roger that....
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Blue Arrows of the Gods.🏹
Hahaha the fake t-shirt at the end … no words 😂
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69th comment.....
Why, in 2021, are fighter comms radios like cheap walkie talkies ?????? They just sound AWFUL. Comm radios in GA aircraft using iPhones or GoPros sound fantastic.
The fighter radios crackle pop and sound like humazoos/paper combs.
Why????
Tthis video was recorded in 1994.
Amplitude modulation. AM radio. Same radios are in use today.
This is to prevent the enemies from making any sense of what is being talked about😂
Amazing skill
Team photo:
www.blueangelsassociation.org/resources/SiteAlbums/102278202/1994.jpg