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May 24, 2011
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The Blues cancelled their show this week at the Naval Academy because of a low maneuver this past weekend at Lynchburg, VA. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2011

Release #: 007-11

 

Blue Angels Cancel Naval Academy Air Show

 

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels, have cancelled the practice demonstration and air show scheduled for May 24 and 25 at the United States Naval Academy (USNA).

This cancellation is due to a safety stand down period imposed by the team’s commanding officer after a lower-than-normal maneuver that took place during the team’s last performance at Lynchburg Regional Air Show, May 22 in Lynchburg, Va.

Following this low maneuver all aircraft landed safely without damage or injury to personnel.

During the training stand-down the team will remain in Pensacola for additional training and air show demonstration practice. It has yet to be determined if the Blue Angels will perform the flyover at the USNA graduation May 27, 2011.

The Blue Angels regret any inconvenience and look forward to continuing to represent the Navy and Marine Corps.

Here's a link to a video that shows the maneuver in question - its at about 23:50 in the video:

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May 24, 2011
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Yeah that was too close, just gotta bump the altitude up a bit at the start.

May 25, 2011
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time for some more training i guess.   can't wait for air-show season.

May 25, 2011
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Yeah that one looked pretty ugly...

May 26, 2011
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Today the Team announced that they are cancelling the USNA graduation flyover and their show this weekend in Millville, NJ.

May 27, 2011
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The commander of the team voluntarily stepped down today as well:

 

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May 27, 2011
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I was just going to post that one Chuck - thanks!  Takes a big man to admit that he wasn't up to that job - kudos to Boss Koss.

June 2, 2011
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whoa.....bet somebody got a lil chew'ed out for that move. That was close. The Blues are still the best anyway.....

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