How close do Blue Angels get to each other? This close!!!

Okay, that looks waaaaaay too close for comfort!
Mazesays...

That's my job right there, though for a different country's AF. Never seen our aerobatic team get that close! I'd be shitting myself.

I love my job. (edit: except for all the vomiting, that's something I could do without)

GeeSussFreeKsays...

>> ^Jinx:

Yeah ok, that was fairly close. I wonder how close you have to get before they start interfering with airflow etc.


At low altitude, wake turbulence is less of an issue than famous scenes from Top Gun would have you think. Also, the more dangerous form are the wingtip variety, which only really spring to life at angles behind the winds wings of the aircraft, not as much directly behind. Even so, he was bouncing about 6"-10". Air is a thick soup down on the deck, though, so lots of wiggle room for fixed wing, crotch rocket, jets

siftbotsays...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'blue angels, jets, stunts, aerobatics, super close, inverted' to 'blue angels, f18, jets, stunts, aerobatics, super close, inverted, low level, formation' - edited by calvados

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