Buzzed
The Blue Angels fighter jets buzzed me a number of times, coming close enough to see the people pulling 6 or 7 Gs inside the cockpit. You can see this one has somebody in the back seat. One tradition of the Blue Angels is that they use the two days of practice before the Chicago Air & Water Show to give rides to local news station weather people. That might be ABC7 meteorologist Greg Dutra up there in that back seat.
The United States Military actually has two different fancy airplane show teams. The Blue Angels are run by the US Navy, and they've always been done up in this blue and yellow paint scheme ever since they started flying prop planes in 1946. These days, they fly Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The US Air Force, meanwhile, runs the Thunderbirds. They didn't start until 1953, and they use F-16 Fighting Falcons done up in a white paint scheme with blue and red highlights. I think the Thunderbirds have a better name, but I like the planes the Blue Angels use a lot better.
Buzzed
The Blue Angels fighter jets buzzed me a number of times, coming close enough to see the people pulling 6 or 7 Gs inside the cockpit. You can see this one has somebody in the back seat. One tradition of the Blue Angels is that they use the two days of practice before the Chicago Air & Water Show to give rides to local news station weather people. That might be ABC7 meteorologist Greg Dutra up there in that back seat.
The United States Military actually has two different fancy airplane show teams. The Blue Angels are run by the US Navy, and they've always been done up in this blue and yellow paint scheme ever since they started flying prop planes in 1946. These days, they fly Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The US Air Force, meanwhile, runs the Thunderbirds. They didn't start until 1953, and they use F-16 Fighting Falcons done up in a white paint scheme with blue and red highlights. I think the Thunderbirds have a better name, but I like the planes the Blue Angels use a lot better.