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In article , says...

On Sun, 2 Feb 2014 09:43:17 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article , says...

On 2/1/2014 1:55 PM, thumper wrote:
On 2/1/2014 9:25 AM, Califbill wrote:
BAR wrote:

The F/A-18 doesn't have vectored thrust. The Blue Angels don't fly
with pressure suits and
they would surely pass out if they tried some of those manuvers. The
correct comparison would
be F-22.

True about the vectored thrust. I am pretty sure the Blue Angels wear
pressure squids during their show.

A pilot friend recently told me they didn't. He said it was to
eliminate any influence on control precision.

The public airshow displays of the Blue Angles do not include high
performance, high speed maneuvers that the F-18 is capable of.

My uncle, a combat and test pilot was on the F/A-18 Program team and he commanded the first
group (MAG-11 El Toro) to get them into the USMC. Three of his four sons are F/A-18 pilots in
the USMC. What do you want to know about the F/A-18?

I want to know how I can get a ride in one.

I've been trying to get in the back seat for years.

He used to take over my bedroom when I was in high schools when he had eary meetings in
Crystal City, he didn't want to drive from Pax River to DC at 4:00 AM every morning for a
couple of weeks. I told him the least he could do was to give me a ride in the back street of
an YF-17. Instead I kept getting pictures of him in the plane during flight.