Blue Angel crashes...

[GPK]

Sad stuff..


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/...ue_angel_crash

[ddthetide]

season opening show too. 1 month until USNA graduation, hope they can regroup in time, that would be a great tribute.

[Samarta]

I just saw on the news where this was the pilots first show. He had been in training for a year and yesterday was his first time out for real.....sad....

[skippy3481]

Its very sad, but this is one of the toughest activities that people can participate in. They pratice for months upon months 6 days a week 7 hours a day, but in the end your still in the hands of a machine. Very sad day.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

ntsb report not out yet but my peeps tell me g lock did em in..thats when you black out during a high g manuver...he was found in one piece..with abroken neck and a broken wrist/arm....totally un real..when the jet came off his last manuver a check in with the boss is required..blue angle .. one ,two three .four, five and .he keyed it up to say six then got out si............. the funrall was very moving.. huge flower arangments from harrison ford and roy jones jr.. derek brooks. and w...............

[timmgirvan]

Seems like they would have safeguards for that stuff!