Blue Angels ride looking forward - flying starts at about 11 minutes into it.
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- My flight with the Blues with my camera facing forward. Started with it facing me but switched it to forward at about the 6 minute point during taxi.
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It's great when we don't have to listen to someone else's idea of "fantastic" music and we can just enjoy the engine and air sounds. I've been watching Blue Angel and Thunderbird videos for years but I have never seen one facing forward like this. It's like you're in the back seat but don't have to feel the Gs. And the shadows look awesome.
He should redo this in 360 mode
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YES! I've never been a fan of the loud music they play and some guy on the loud speaker talking throughout their performance. Shut up and let us hear the sound of the jets.
Better yet, put the lead pilots voice on the loud speaker talking through their cadence.
I couldn't agree more David. I hate it when they have music playing in the background the same time their talking
Right on!
The level of precision flying is AWESOME
Ay armas mas poderosas que consiste desviar mesiles al origen de partida
I have always wanted to be the passenger, but since that will not ever happen, I wanna thank you for this. It was like I was there.
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It's incredible how close he got to the other planes wing. It look like it was literally an inch from hitting his canopy at one point. Awesome video.
3 ft my friend. talk about trimming the surfaces properly!
Greg by the end of the season they can get down to a foot or less
18 inches from wingtip to canopy
6:00 mark jets start moving 11:00 they start flying
Jon Carte thank you
This is really helpful
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Thank yoy
Damn you TH-cam...Your just now showing me this amazing flight?
I was a member of the Blue Angel maintenance crew from 1987-1990. Best tour of duty in a 20-year career. I came from F-14 Tomcats and was selected to the Blues the first year they started flying the F/A -18 Hornet. Good times!!!
I know that's not easy to qualify for, then you guys were responsible for more work than regular squadron guys . With that 100% Aircraft Availability or the show doesn't go on ! I've had the privilege to see them in 7 different locations around 10 times or so always awesome! Favorite tricks are when all planes cross at one point and sound barrier surprise on the crowd (very deceptive and freaks everyone out!).
Then you most likely worked with the CO Gil Rud then.
Love them in all their iterations, but I gotta say I miss the A-4s. So incredibly nimble.
As a pilot...this still brings me chills.
Do you know how we can see that someone is a pilot in a bar?
After 5 minutes he told it to everybody!
Kiss from aincraft engineer 😉😃
@@strange_horse_art 😂😂😂
I love how the taxiing parts look like you're taking a sunday drive with a trio of blue angel f18's lol
Lol! Get out of the fast lane slow poke!
I SO HAPPY GUSY HAHAHA AND A LOVE THIS
Yesssss
Just out for a little public stroll
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My wife told me she was going to show me the best hour of my life.
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She then showed me this video.
And were you expecting a dinner followed by a massage?
Napoleon Dynamite
If the blue angels pilot makes it through this vid without crashing, you can consider that to be your Happy Ending
And wouldn't it be so cool if they had an amusement park ride that would feel like that! I know it still wouldn't be the same thing as being in one of those planes, but I'd think they'd do everything to make it feel like you are.
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Bet you had a hard for the whole time😄😄😄
My goal as a boy was to be a fighter pilot. Just after I turned 18 a drunk driver ended that. I'm turning 50 this year, thanks for allowing me to pretend even though I was a RIO instead of the pilot.
Wolfmots Thanks man, and fly Navy!
what does RIO mean?
I respect you.
Always drink if you can and if it's available to you.
What plane did you fly in while you were a WSO
Absolutely spectacular that they fly so close to each other! It's almost like they're connected with something!
The true heroes sat behind the desk: mechanical and my fellow electronics engineers. And none of it possible without our crazy, but highly respected and beloved mathematics and physics nuts. You guys never let us down, you rock! We all dream and think and apply. Big shout out to all that majored in control systems and hardware engineering.
im 51 years old and will never get to fly , just watching this video i cant be leave what iv been missing out on , these guys are true "" ANGELS "" i saved this video to my fav. to watch again ,, i will have to say on the first roll over i do think i might have lost my britches "" L O L "" "" GOD BLESS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY "" GOD BLESS AND BE SAFE !!!
+Rocket Man - Aircraft carriers are nearly 1,100ft long. Not sure where you are going with the boat thing...
1JRrambo you can still fly at 51... it's a matter of $$$
Never too late, I'm 51!
Where was this, and how did you get a ride?
william johnson Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake in Ridgecrest CA. They offered the ride to a few of us stationed here.
As a former Marine F-4/FA-18 guy, this video brought back lots of great memories. Thanks for sharing! Semper fi!
How did the Phantom & Hornet compare? I know there's nearly a 20 year difference between the two- as someone who was with them, what did one do better than the other didn't? Curious to hear & thank you for your service-
Since you flew these and I only have experience in prop planes, did he stall the plane at 51:58 when he banked right to set up for final? Thanks.
+joeshmoe12301230 nope
You fly F-18s?
Matt Zimmer Don't know much about the F-4 but I'd expect that it's lack of fly by wire and automation would make it harder to fly and less capable in modern warfare.
I want so much to fly in one of these jets before I leave this world! It has been my dream since I was a child when F105 thunderchiefs would fly over our house on a practice bombing run. They would be treetop high and the windows in our house would nearly break. The house itself would literally shake and my patriotic blood would surge through me like a bolt of lightning and out the door I would go to watch them fly over, deafening, awesome sound from that big bird. I still get chills just thinking about it. Then at the age of 14, I got that bolt of lightning, literally, surge through me when i took a direct hit at the Boy Scout camp that summer. It’s only by the grace of God that I’m still in this world. This must be the most awesome job in the world. Hats off to you fellas...nothing but respect 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank God for all of our service members.The U.S NAVY Blue Angels pilots are the best aviators on planet earth,the best of the best!!!Awesome vid of this incredible team!!!I am prior Infantry U.S.ARMY and will always feel proud that I was apart of our military.
The most enjoyable 60 minutes ever spent on You Tube - thank you for sharing.
San Jose CA
I think this is THE BEST Blue Angels vid I've seen to date. Thank you!
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Theres a 360 degree video of Thunderbirds and Blue Angels
Most boring
I don't even have this much control of my own bladder. These guys are good.
Oh my gosh.... I'm a female ... But if I could watch the blue Angels for several hours each day. That would be the life. I love to watch preciseness. ..... Perfection. .and honor. Wow.... .
God job.
The pilot flying the plane for us, never looks forward, he only fly's watching a certain spot on the lead plane and keep that spot in a perfect place through out the entire flight, amazing!
Flies. How can you possibly think fly's is correct?
Thanks for your service, thanks for no music, and thanks for the ride.
Love the sound it makes when the other jet swooshes by on head-on pass... 36:42 That's some serious closing speed on each other!
You can't tell just how close they really are until you see it from the cockpit. That is amazing. You guys are truly awesome!!!
Look at that precision formation flying! You get to appreciate it way more from a cockpit view rather than on the ground.
I love how you can see the pilot in the rear-view mirror looking at the plane next to him rather than looking ahead. Total trust.
Can't think of a better aviation vid I've ever seen. Got neck ache just watching it.
Boy am i jealous. I dream of flying F-22s in the US Air Force as a combat pilot. being able to see the aircraft i would want to fly if i end up in the navy/USMC instead is amazing. any front footage is amazing from a fighter. thank you sir for this rare footage
Lucas Rand Might I encourage you to Follow up on your dream. Don't get to the other end of your life, wondering, "What if!" Been there, done that.
Wow! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! A real thrill!
I can't imagine the precision of these jets and the level of training the pilots have gotten. Amazing
I saw the Blue Angels when I was visiting family in Lousiana, they put on a great show of superb flying skills, I really enjoyed every minute...plus I think they must be allowed to fly a lot closer to their audience than our display team here in the UK, the fantastic red Arrows....😁👍👍
Watched this on a large screen. WOW!!! Sat about 2 ft from the screen and got so into it that I could feel every turn and upside down maneuver they did. (almost threw up LOL)
We poor aerospace engineers design these things and we never get to fly them :(
Least you got a whole stack of money in your paycheck
@@a2ryan646 ? Get what
At least you have a comfortable life...
Respect. I would be completely unable to design it. And fly it.
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One of the coolest flight videos I've seen! Amazing how tight in formation they stay when you see the shadows on the ground of all 3 Blue Angels flying together
I notice the majority of time Stan Jones' reflection in the mirror shows his head turned, facing the lead pilot. At least that is what I believe I am seeing. Amazing confidence and technical proficiency. Thank you so much for this unadulterated film / footage. Natural ambient sound is the best.
THE BEST Blue Angels vid on TH-cam!! Just sit back and enjoy the ride. Perfect without annoying music or jibber jabber! You guys are so professional and I'm sure that with all the intense practice...everything you do is simply second nature. GO NAVY!!!
If you can read "BLUE ANGELS" all of the time, you did a good job as a Wingman!
Best Blue Angels video I have EVER seen! Nice work!
Stan, I have watched this video so many times I always feel like when I want to go for a flight. This is the video.
I find it so cool how even during takeoff how they keep the same distance. Really shows you the precision of the jet and pilots in it
PLEASE! Put a 360 camera in the next one that would be fun to look around in all directions.
ACTUALLY THERE IS ONE IF U look around
Dusty22 that would be great
Jessica Williams there is a blue angels 360 video, just search it
th-cam.com/video/H6SsB3JYqQg/w-d-xo.html here ya go bud
They have one for the Google Daydream with the Italian version of the Blue Angles. It's over the Alps and stunning
I was curious as to a typical speed the Blues are flying, and there was a perfect opportunity to measure it! I noticed starting at video elapsed time 18:30 it took 12 seconds from over the approach end of runway 32 at NAWS China Lake to get to the far end. On Google Earth, I measured this distance to be right at 9,000 feet. So 9000 ft. / 12s = 750 ft/s. That amounts to 511 mph, or 444 knots. Seems fast, but that's what it obviously is. Question answered.
That's the kind of trivial information I enjoy. Thanks for explaining how you did it. Cheers!
I like you.
Yeah....theyre not going that fast....they're moving pretty good. Theyre allowed no more then 350 knots.
If they were traveling at .8 mach you would see vapor coming from the wings when they pull up and bank.
@@NeilEAnlin Check the turns at 34:16 and 34:22. They're going plenty fast
@@twobbles10 yup, netter talk about Gs than ground speed
I'm so absolutely stunned! Can't write what's going on with me watching your show! It was always a dream for me to fly a F16 that couldn't come true in any way... Anyway- it's awesome to fly with you! Godspeed and may the power with you!
Even better with a VR headset on. Feels as though you're sat right behind the pilot.
I saw these at R.A.F. Finningley, South Yorkshire September 1993. Fantastic display, so good they put our Red Arrows to shame!
Outstanding video, incredibly amazed and proud of your work. Thank you!
ohhhh man you rock! TY for postig this and letting us live it thru you! Go Blue Angels!
Now I know who are the best pilots of the world! Perfect synchronization at shortest distances... wow
Amazing!! The take off was intense!! Glad you changed the camera angle!! Well done and great video!! The Best video!!
Stan, this was one of the most incredible 57:53 I ever spent. Seeing it from an Angel's perspective truly gives one appreciation of how much work goes into perfection. Cheers!
WOW! thanks for turning that camera around - it was just stupendous to see how those crazy maneuvers look from that angle - like the viewer is flying it. Just wonder if anyone knows why the lead #1's landing gear came down (starting at 19:54) right before they did that trick where #3 wing man (this jet) flies upside down above #2 wing man (who is right side up - and almost touching tails with #3). That was amazing to see like this. THANKS for posting this video!
Tip: if you play this video at 2x's speed, the flight paths, pilot intent and maneuvers become much more apparent. It kind of gives you a much more clear perspective. Then, when you find an interesting maneuver, slow it to .25x speed to see the intricate nuances. I never realized that there was FIVE jets in the air till almost 49 minutes in - by seeing their shadows on the ground! I really enjoyed watching this!
It's a maneuver they do that demonstrates how stable the aircraft can be even during times of high turbulence. ☺️
@@philtaylor9709 thanks for the answer. I am mesmerized by the pilots, their vehicles and their teams!
@@mamaboocee Just to add to Phil Taylor's great explanation...when they have it configured, gear down, in flight, it is called "dirty". "Clean", gear up.
Thank you for this experience! I am disabled and will likely never be able to fly even in a commercial plane. As soon as you left the ground I could sense how wonderful it must be just to be above the earth and leave all of the wordly problems just for awhile. To be in a space of just beauty, flight and God's grace. What a blessing! May He continue to keep you amd your crew safe in the palm of His mighty hand.
The Life of Queen Pen You, Miss, are amazing. Thank you for gracing this life with your presence and your wonderful spirit.
The Life of Queen Pen Here is another 1 hour 4 min, Stan Jones video, in the back seat. It is even more fun because you can hear the communications between the back seater and the pilot, between the pilot and the control tower and the call out of each manuver. I found it fun to be listening to the communications through my headphones and watching the video on the big screen..it felt as if you are there. If you haven't seen "Blue Angel Ride
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th-cam.com/video/6SyCj_yE0eU/w-d-xo.html , posted Mar 17, 2017, seven days before this video, I don't think you will be disappointed.
Wow, what you see on the ground doesn't even compare to how close the F-18's are flying in formation. These men and women that fly these majestic machines are all brave and true warriors. Amazing footage Stan Jones, I've watched videos similar to this one but the others seldom ever illustrate how these birds are literally less than 36 inches apart.. Totally amazing and awesome.. - God Bless the United States Armed Forces !!
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Women? the C-130...
Huh? No women have flown on the US Navy's Blue Angels Demonstration Team. Well if I'm guessing your comment was that women only fly the C-130
Only female considered a blue flew F-130. No female has ever flown C-18. Sad, but true. Still mad respect for all blues, including those who fly F-130 though.
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Watching your video is the closest I've ever gotten, to knowing what it would be like to fly with the Angels! I was promised a ride with them in early 2001at MCAS Miramar - then 9/11 came, and the air show that year was cancelled. Don't ever take for granted, the opportunity you were afforded. God bless all our Service Men & Women for what they do!
Super bird. &super. Pilot
FINALLY a look forward seeing what the pilot sees. Thank you to the passenger for spinning the camera forward. The only thing missing is the radio (intercom and Boss comm’s...”ready hit it”...a little mooorrree puuulll...little mooooorrrre poooowwwerrrr. That would provide everything but the”G’s”. Still the engine sounds etc are better than music. Surly beats watching a passenger black out or vomit. Just almost perfect video for those of us who will never get to experience such a thrilling ride. Thank you!!
Whew Tex, this is some slick driving. Honestly I'd be terrified if this thing was after me in any battle-ready interceptor configuration. Thanks SO much for nothing but the real audio and thanks fellas for the tour of this desert.
Insane amount of coordination between them! Exceptional!
Absolutely spectacular! These guys are the best in the world! What a video!
So precise!! Notice how the pilot keeps the yellow part of the wing of the jet to the right to the 2 o’clock position in the window at all times!! They must have a very sophisticated way of communication and visuals and speed to keep so close and precise with movements! Awesome!! 👍👍👍
The training, effort, concentration, execution, flying..... should be next to perfection!!... So great to see this video!!.. It was as if I was flying sitting behind
Awesome video! Total bucket list stuff there. Great view, thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the ride!💪👍😍❤️🇺🇸
Incredible! I knew these guys were good but now I'm in shock! Watched this on a big screen with head phone up real close and fell off my chair twice!! Fantastic footage the best ever! Thank You!!! and the Angles WoW!!!
Flying in formation like that is incredible!
stan jones- thanks for the ride, appreciated the look ahead and the sound of what the cockpit hears. Probably as close as we'll ever get to the real thing.
The blue Angels are the absolute best of the best of the best. Additionally all of the pilots have balls of steel! I got sick watching this video on some of those inverted rolls etc. it's obvious why becoming a blue Angel is among the most intense and difficult training regimens that exist in the military (I'm also a huge Thunderbird Fan).... The Blue Angel pilots are very very very special.
STT VOYAGER Agreed sir
“With honors”......
red arrows are better
These pilots have the best fantastic name, they are incredible Angels zipping like humming birds in those beautiful blue planes, I have loved them for many years, they are wonderful.
Thank you for pointing the GoPro camera in the forward direction. This is the first video we've seen looking forward in the Blue Angel cockpit, and it's quite mesmerizing! So relaxing to watch, like meditation. Add some coms from the UHF radios, and none of us will leave our laptops... Thank you again for posting this, just excellent!
One of my favorite passes of the diamond is the 18" wing tip to canopy separation. Thanks for sharing!
One of the best I have seen and being former Navy myself you make me proud.
John Fronza Thanks John!
John Fronza thank you for serving our country
John Fronza, what would they do if you told the pilot it wasn't fast enough?
@@stanjones8495 That was a very unselfish thing you did. It says a lot about you. Most people would have wanted it on themselves and it made for a spectacular result. When I saw this for the first time my wife was fighting Cancer. She lost that battle last January. On my bucket list was hoping to get an opportunity to fly with the Blue Angels before I check out, and for some reason this video gives me a sense of peace. It sure as hell beats seeing a Grief Counselor. Thanks for taking the time to post it and doing such a great job with the GoPro.
Absolutely breathtaking.
Hello Paula
How are you doing today?
As a USMC Crash Fire Rescueman and a civilian Crash Crew , I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the Blue Angels in both the A-4 and F-18.
wish i could have been a pilot! too bad i was too stupid when i was younger. these guys are amazing. unbelievable!
when I turn 12 my dad and I are going to join the cap so we can get our licenses. I want a j3 cub because it is as cheap as it is. you can still get your license man. just join the cap.
14:58 started counting rivets ... Great vid WoW
Outstanding Footage - Liked & Subscribed 👍😎
I LOVED THE BLUE ANGELS SINCE I WAS FIVE....AND I'AM 58 NOW EXCELLENT VIDEO
Outstanding. It looked to me #4 (slot) was in the lft wng position. #2 mia. I like all of the speed/position transitions. Great perspective.
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Absolutely amazing, so mesmerizing to watch this. Skill set off the charts. May God bless you always and keep you safe!
Hello Mary
How are you doing today?
Most spectacular experience I've ever witnessed. I have always thought about how it must feel to be at the helm of one of these babies and boy it was like I could fell the Gs incredible thank you for your service guys to aviation the future looks like Star Wars is on its way. Loved every second of this vid
Filled with excitement and terror every time I watch these wonderful planes and their awesome pilots nearly always shed a tear at just how magnificent they are.
incredible, thank you for sharing!
I knew they looked close together when watching from the ground, but I always assumed because we are so far away... now realize how damn close their wings are
God bless y'all! Much love sent to you from Mount Vernon Georgia!
That’s an awesome view! Thanks for putting the camera forward and getting a great camera angle! 🤙
That made for a way better blue angel ride along video than the typical ride along videos! Good thinking.
Lets just a appreciate that he organized the camera for us: 00:01
“Your kind is a dying breed, Maverick.”
“Maybe so, sir. But not today.”
"You're kind is headed for extinction maverick."
Whatever you did to get this ride, I THANK YOU FOR IT!!! Wow!!!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
Just found this video, I have always wanted to be a pilot, just never reached high enough. Thank you so much for the ride. It was Awesome!
Thank You very much Sir! God Bless!!!!
11:05 *OH YES, PLEASE!!*
26:28 27:17 Their shadows!
This is the best video I've ever seen on TH-cam. Massive respect. Those are true professionals right there.
Awesome opportunity!! I used to live in Barnwell, just outside gulf shores and have had the opportunity to see these guys many times. Awesome group, but have never seen them like this. Thanks for sharing
you gotta be kidding me!! the view on the runway with the other jets in front of you alone is totally awesome. Why nt jsut make a loop right form take off hahaha ... this is just absolutely amazing / looks like you almost scrape the wings on the ground ! cant thank you enough for this. We watch from the ground in Death Valley a few times a year/ i'd say i wish i could get a ride but ... nope, my lunch would be all over the place glad you all can handle it!
potatothorn fun fact the wings do actually touch sometimes
No they don't... They overlap each other sometimes if that is what you are thinking of
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wahh holy shiet
It's crazy how the pilot almost never looks forward. His eyes are glued to the lead aircraft.
I was glued on him glued on the Lead! Reminded me of the no look driving scene from Fast and Furious where Paul Walker is gunning it and looking at the hot chick in his passenger seat!
I got to talk to the slot pilot once. He said "my job is simple. Don't hit the boss's jet"
Beautiful ❤ Thank you for that amazing view
As a military veteran (Army) this makes me proud of our upstanding military and the dedicated training it takes to do these maneuvers. God-bless the military! :)
Great ride, thanks!
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That 4-way intersect at 48:08...WOW! Proud to be an American! God Bless America's Military!
Simply perfect.
What a beautiful display.
What a gift this was to all those in love with jets, planes, and flight in general! Thank you SO much for sharing this. I sat in a daze with a big smile. I know now the best way to relax and find my happy place (watching this video). God bless!!
These pilots are the coolest people on Earth!
Nerves of steel!