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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-five: On Tour – cruising the Mississippi from Memphis to the Gulf > The Blue Angels, National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, 2012
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08-DEC-2012

The Blue Angels, National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, 2012

The Blue Angels make up the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron. Formed in 1946, the Angels are the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team in the world. Over the last 66 years, the Blue Angels have flown before more than 250 million spectators. The Pensacola Naval Air Station is the squadron’s home base, and the nearby National Naval Aviation Museum’s most impressive exhibit features a formation of Blue Angels suspended from the ceiling of its vast atrium. I climbed to the second floor of the museum and made this image of four of the Blue Angel’s Vietnam War Era A-4 Skyhawk jet fighters seemingly plunging through the museum itself. I made this image so that the distinctive Delta Wing configuration of the Skyhawk fighters can echo the triangular geometry of the structure surrounding them.

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Phil Douglis31-Dec-2012 03:32
So you are one of the 250 million people who have watched the Blue Angels in action, Carol. I have not yet had the pleasure of doing so, however this stirring museum display was the next best thing. One of the most interesting aspects of the Blue Angels is how their aircraft have evolved over the last 66 years. Their flight demonstrations began in the propeller age, and now they fly jet aircraft that fly ever faster and have become ever more battle worthy. This exhibit depicts the Vietnam War era, which was about halfway through the long history of the Blue Angels.
Carol E Sandgren31-Dec-2012 02:59
I love how all the Blue Angel planes appear to be coming in for a landing in this impressive museum display! I always enjoy watching their demonstration shows every year.
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