How the Blue Angels Train

[Ivan Seeking]

I didn't want to post this in the YouTube Classics as just another cool video because it is such a rare find.

 

[berkeman]

Kind of like the Seal Team 6 rehearsals for the Osama Bin Laden raid...

 

[.Scott]

I didn't know what to expect before viewing the video. But it makes sense.
It reminds me of the drills we did before skydiving - you, literally, go through the motions.
Also, I did some aerobatic flying - in some cases, as with the snap rolls - it's all timing. You don't have time to react to what you see.

The first minute or so is a pretty standard weather/pilot briefing. You would do that for yourself - but in a team, it makes sense to do it as a team.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

He is almost singing at times. Does this help with the timing?

 

[.Scott]

He is almost singing at times. Does this help with the timing?

On a static line jumps, the chant was "Arch thousand, Two thousand, Three thousand, Check canopy"
So, probably.

(And per training, CPR is done to the beat of "Staying Alive".)

 

[Ibix]

(And per training, CPR is done to the beat of "Staying Alive".)

That's a better song than "Nelly the Elephant", which is what I was taught.