[MilCom] For Those of You Who Folllow The BA's

[Roger Strohmeyer]

I thought this part of the interview\story was interesting:



*Can you tell us five things that nobody probably knows about the Blue
Angels?*

*1. The Blues attach a 40 lb spring to the stick in the jet. This spring
applies 40lb of nose down stick pressure, so to fly straight and level each
pilot is essentially doing a 40lb curl. The purpose of this is it takes out
the slop in the stick (imagine driving down the street in your 1965 Ford
F-100 and the wheel moves +/- a couple inches left or right without the
truck actually moving, same thing happens in a jet, and you can't have that
flying a few feet apart).*

*2. On Sunday nights when the Blues fly home after a show and still have
their debrief to do when they get back (figure 2 hours or so), they are
greeted by dinner in the ready room compliments of the Wives Club.*

*3. When the Blues were founded in 1946, one of the original requirements
was that all members had to be bachelors.*

*4. The Blue Angels are named after a bar in New York.*

*5. The Blues are required to shave before being seen in public, must iron
and tuck in their shirts, and are not permitted to wear open toed shoes
(men anyways). Violations cost you $5.*


-Roger


On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Greg Brazil <baycomm at mindspring.com> wrote:

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