Tribute to Lt. Cmdr. Kevin J. Davis of the Blue Angels

[kaesich0070]

There was a version of "Heaven" before on youtube... cant find it... anyone can help?

[JohnnyGiard]

Poor guy. Ive seen alot of videos about him, He seemed like a fun and nice guy.

[Vergil017]

Man, I saw him in that video with Patrick Raycraft. He earned more respect than humanly possible when he told off that controller. A bravely skilled pilot indeed.

[jay64stang]

In his turn he dropped altitude significantly in a short period of time while in a TIGHT 7+ G turn at least.. How tight he made this turn coupled by the shear drop in altitude can make the best pilots in the world black out completely. It was the drop and the g- force. I love this guy, but I think he was out like a light pretty much and was trying to recover at the very end and just couldnt pull outta the trees.

[albertmooney]

Kevin Davis was a tribute to the team and our military! A co-worker of mine was checking damage to a piece of radar equipment and he nor Davis was told of the others' presence. Davis took off down the runway doing a "media flight" and " pulled up a little early" when he saw my guy at the last minute! My friend was knocked on his ass by the exhaust! He and my friend had a good laugh as I photographed them shaking hands after he landed! He was a true professional and a gentleman! He'll be missed!

[onesource63]

I worked this Air Show at MCAS Beaufort SC. The damn people were so insensitive because they were stuff on the installation due to his crash. I can't believe people!

[davidkade]

What?

[onesource63]

stuck* we couldnt let people out onto the high way because emergency crews couldnt get out to the site. people were mad about that

[AV8R4HM]

yeah I know, this has because such a self centered, me, society. It is very unfortunate!

[spi898]

@davidkade I was there, He means people were getting pissed because they werent letting anyone off the base due to the crash, we were on there for hours

[truonghthe]

what the name of this song?

[davidkade]

Dreams, by Van Halen

[Extreme1567]

R.I.P Kojak

[ilkiepie45]

R.I.P. Kojak-the entire world grieves over a fallen angel...

[narutofreak105]

r.i.p kevin

cant believe this happened i love the blue angles they have amazing stunts its very rare that they screw up but it happens

we miss you lt cmm kevin R.I.P aka blue angle # 6

[Memphis2142]

tht my friends uncle, i have no idea who he is but R.I.P and god rest his soul

[nadaskai]

Részvétem...:(

N.G Hungary

[jobrosHM]

omg, i was there and i was soooo scared. i prayed for him that he would live, but it didnt happen. my old step dad was working that day and had to go out to the scene. ha said pieces were EVERY WHERE. it was a reallyy sad day for everyone. R.I.P. Lt. Kevin Davis.

[regjohnson]

RIP Kevin.

[rj2003grad]

Kojack flew on Saturday, and the Great Admiral called him away.

[Einherjarnet]

R.I.P Kojak :(

[8275101]

I'm sure "Kojak" is smiling.

[johnnyquest425]

Take the video of you made me CRY!

[2997135]

these guys are sooooooooooooo amazing!, they maintain an 18" wing tip to canopy seperation while flying in formation!they were here in pittsburgh in 2006,the pride i feel watching them almost brought me to tears!,these guys ARE the best of the best!they'll be back next year i can't wait!i live near the 911 air reserve base, hope they wake me up with the "sonic boom" again next year!, i get to watch them ractice over my housing plan for two days before the show! it's kick ass!R.I.P. kojak!

[chickennibblets]

WHY DIDNT HE EJECT

[2997135]

nothing has been said of the investigstion yet, but when g-forces are a factor, passing out is the result, these guys don't wear g-suits to prevent this, gets in the way of the control stick, they tense up their whole lower body, keeping blood in the head preventing passing out, it's called the hook manuver, really wish he did eject though!, maybe the g- forces on that last turn he made caused all of this, so very sad! :(

[Dogface9896]

I think it was nice i live in Beaufort SC and i was there when it happened and my buddys dad was the one to pick up the trash and debris of the crash :( very sad moment i still have the stealth bomber toy from when we were at the show very nice tribute

[loldude32]

I was actually at this air show with my sister, my niece, and brother-in-law. I have some beautiful photo's of the angels before the crash. If you would like, you can message me and I'll give you a link to my photobucket, which has all the photo's I took at the air show, and lots of pictures of the Blue Angels.

[stephenmgodfrey]

nice photos...awful music!

[davidkade]

Thanks for the comment on my photos, the music was chosen by the Blue Angels themselves for their 1st promotional video. I only adapted it to my slideshow.

[edktm69]

the music fits perfectly, dumb ass!!

[nehocyrrah]

whats up with the dumb ass? did i miss something!!

[edktm69]

that was for stephenmgodfrey's awful music comment!!

[coastalman226]

I agree, why doe's everyone have to play that same song?

[stephenmgodfrey]

Nope! I've gotta say guys, I've tried real hard. 4 months on and...Fantastic photos...tragically awful music for kids stuck in some 80's black hole...terrible, even if the blue Angels did chose it. They are amazing pilots! but bad DJ's!!! no offence, I just can't stand this type of cod rock, my wife is pleading with me to turn it off!

[edktm69]

Terrible crash, and loss of life. The music is OK, VanHalen brothers are still awesome!! Sammy was alright, but Roth has more edge.

[Mikey21365]

Wow I Really Watched This Slid Shows Others I Just Click Back These Are Some Nice Pictures Nice Video/Slidshow ;)

[davidkade]

Thank you very much.

[KokSquad]

this is beautiful. i would love to be a blue angel

[jorabich]

fly high Kevin Davis! R.I.P

[JSTEVENM112]

RIP Kojak

[janb01]

We all love our Blue Angels, don't we? RIP, Kevin.

[gotmoxie]

Yes we do! They make us proud!

[katelyn07]

what kind of camera did you use?

[davidkade]

These were all shot with a Minolta A1, with a 1.5X teleconverter.

[notar1]

Cool Video!!!Great music

[ryanryan9236]

Nice Jon on it!!

[CHIWOLF]

VERY MINT JOB

[thesacredchipmunk]

An excellent video, and a wonderful tribute, though I find it odd that the #6 plane is very rarely seen until up and over 3 minutes in?

[davidkade]

Thank you for your kind comments. The photos are in a chronology of a "low" show, that does not feature the solo pilots until the last part of the show. I had better luck photographing formations rather than solo ships.

[WeWillMissYouKojack]

Guess I'm not the only one making these videos ;)