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Cockpit View Of Blue Angels - Is that close enough

submitted by eric3579

1 decade 1 month ago

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Angles?

Ah, Sergeant Angel. Or is it Angle?

Holy cow that's nuts. It seems like a few inches up or down of a wing will take out one of the other planes.

How do they maintain such a tightly choreographed formation?

KNOCK KNOCK
Who's there?
Sidewinder Missile Wing Tip Rack.
Sidewinder Missile Wing Tip Rack Who?
No, just call me Sidewinder Missile Wing Tip Rack.

From interviews, it seems that they are so close that they hit bumps in the air at the same time and go up or down together.

Given how close they are together already, and going in the same direction, even if they did bump planes it probably wouldn't do much damage.

See here for example, where the USAF Thunderbirds touched wings (and lost a missile rail!):

Holy cow that's nuts. It seems like a few inches up or down of a wing will take out one of the other planes.

How do they maintain such a tightly choreographed formation?

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