THE BLUE ANGELS: Live Cockpit Footage: "One of the best on YouTube"

[MMAbadassbrett]

only blue angels can make a grown man sound like a 3 year old!

[teddyk931]

Flying with them for free,, aaaa...absolutely not

[jimboking]

@teddyk931 It was free...

[Ilik3z0mbi3s]

Id shit my pants

[1Blueblood1]

Me: "yeeeehaw, lets do anoth...(hurl)..nother...loo..­(hurl)..oop....yeeehawww...(hu­rl)"

[callofdutywatcher]

wow this is very scary

[MrAlexHuff]

2:30 THAT. Must have been scary as hell

[mattjferris]

This is incredible! Thanks for sharing

[MrMotortech]

when these bald eagles scream,, the enemy shits its pants

[THUNDERCHUNKY100]

@billsblue89 haha i think he was joking

[MrMotortech]

awesome!



[johnDoe5505]

Talk to me Goose

[thome68]

HOW...DID...YOU...GET...THIS..­.RIDE?!?!?!!!



[HomeOfXboxGamers]

@thome68 i know!!!!! fucking lucky bastard!!!!

[MrAlexHuff]

@thome68 I believe they usually give them to celebrities or people that they know...maybe he is friends with one of the crew

[TOPGUNCANADA00]

@thome68 Yeah good question where can i buy one?

[TOPGUNCANADA00]

why did the landing gears come out at 1:32 ? or do they do that automatically?

[sgtm1775]

@TOPGUNCANADA00 It's part of the show.

[BuddhaMaster84]

ok now according to the cheering of the pilot, it must be actually Tom Cruise

[thome68]

@BuddhaMaster84 I do believe the guy with the camera was in the back seat...

[mxinsanity]

None of you guys know what you are talking about. These are highly modified F-14D Super Tomcats with F-15E motors, F-16 instrumentation and F-22 paint schemes....Jeeezzz

[billsblue89]

@mxinsanity WRONG F/A 18 Hornets. Google is your friend.

[23099ty]

YEEEE HOOOO!!

[OU812ICRUNVS]

Excellent video!! The last time I saw the Blue Angels fly was in either 1964-65 at NAS Millington Tennessee right before my dad got out of the Navy.

[Agora2021]

I would give my full head of hair to be able to fly with these guys.

[89len]

are they flying Super-hornets?

[thebeardguy71]

@89len Nope.

Super hornets are 2 seaters (though the filmer might be in one, unless it's just a modified hornet)

[89len]

@thebeardguy71 yeah thats why i wasnt sure because the filmers looks like one.

[TheFLKiIler]

@thebeardguy71 You sound like you dont know your stuff. They arent super hornets.. And its not a modified hornet. Its just an F/A-18D. There are single seat super hornets and two seater super hornets as well. But the blue angels dont use super hornets.

[ahrimanes]

@89len No, the Blue Angels are still flying "Legacy" Hornets and have several 2-seat versions of the Hornet in their squadron.

[89len]

@ahrimanes thanks for the information. im from the UK and dont know much about them, do they ever fly anything else? or are they always in Hornets?

[ahrimanes]

@89len They've flown Hornets since 1986 and don't fly anything else... the squadron includes several 2-seat versions that are used as "hot spares" in the event of a problem with one of the other aircraft, and they're also used for flights like the one in this video where some lucky bastard gets to ride along with a demonstration.

[TheIronman4891]

Is that Kevin 'Kojak' Davis on Blue Angel #6? May he rest in peace. :( These guys are the best and always will be. Nothing but respect for them and what they do.

[TheIronman4891]

@TheIronman4891 My apologies...Lieutenant Commander Kevin 'Kojak' Davis. Rest in Peace. :(

[07blackhawk07]

It's RIDICULOUS how well they hold their formation, it's like they just hit a switch and their planes are magically bound together.

[GetDownOrLayDwn916]

look at the chem trail 

[mrDube]

That was totally awesome!

[spartan12349]

watching this on a 27inch i mac... freaking baddassss man

[HelpfulHow2s]

If only there was a "Love" button. It pains me to know that it is unlikely I will ever fly one of these...BUT I WILL KEEP ON TRYING!

[franklee2579]

that was by far the best thing ive everseen by the blue angels they will be here in TC this year ..

[TheKhaibear]

I'm so lucky to live in Pensacola. We get two Blues shows--practice--a week before they head out for the weekend shows in other cities.

[eROMOroblox]

This is my uncle! >:D Lol @ "Yeehaw!"

[quebeclongueui]

crazyyyy.. these pilots sure know what theyre doing

[0FlyingSwede0]

how did you get this ride???



[bmitch1211]

Blue angels are from Pensacola, Florida

[Speergeschwader]

I didn't know Australia had an airforce.

[MrJrh995]

@Speergeschwader This isn't the Air Force of any country. This the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team known as the Blue Angles. They are based in Pensacola, Florida.

[jimboking]

@MrJrh995 It is correctly, Blue "Angels" (flying, heaven-related beings), not Blue "Angles" (The space [usually measured in degrees] between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet)

[MrJrh995]

@jimboking Thank you for catching my spelling mistake. It was a stupid mistake on my part. I know the difference but I guess I did not catch myself when I typed that response. I would like to formally apologize to the English language and all of my fellow Grammar Nazis.

[jimboking]

@MrJrh995 My pleasure...thanks for viewing my videos!

JCK

[Speergeschwader]

@MrJrh995 Hogwash.

[TheCobalt100]

This is an area where cuts should be made. We don't need these show-offs anymore in order to recruit new pilots, because we won't need pilots anymore. What we have now, will be operators who sit in air-conditioned offices operating joy-sticks to kill other people with drone aircraft.

[Fenrir555]

@TheCobalt100 Completely disagree. It's not all about recruiting considering how difficult it is become Navy fighter pilot in the first place. It's about showing what our very best are capable of. This is hardly a waste of taxpayers money. Drones are limited in their capabilities and range. You're going to still need human pilots up in the air to meet more demanding missions.

[TheCobalt100]

@Fenrir555 Yes, I agree that we will still need pilots. But the budget ax must lop off some of the excessive expenditures that the Pentagon currently employs. The current budget for the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds is nearly 80 million dollars. I think the Pentagon could easily slash 40 million dollars without harming our national defense.

[elchupetro]

Are the Blue Angels from Seattle??!

[Soku39]

@elchupetro Are you retarded?

[MrJrh995]

@elchupetro No, they are from Pensacola, Florida.

[lookingup82]

I live VERY close to ANDREWS-see AF1 landing...Thought I recognized some landmarks. These guys are amazing...so close...Seeing it on video--it's closer than I imagined!

[crackyhoss]

all I can say is.... when can i take a flight with em?

[4NICK8TER1]

Backseating with the slot man...best seat in the house.

[planetb69]

Annapolis!! :) Love the video.

[MsBruno52]

Verj nice.........

[chickenlampbrent]

I love how he hoots and screams and then when the pilot pulls a high-G turn he just makes a graaaaaaahhhghgh noise.

[Cessna404Titan2]

Love the angels but all that yee hawing sounds stupid this ain't star wars, you ain't billy dee williams

[kjun13]

Wonderbolts IRL!

[tmikeporter]

Did some of these same maneuvers in the old TF-9J and the TA-4J back in VT-22 in Kingsville. Not so close at times and we certainly did not have the performance to do the loops...nor did we fly that low! What an experience you have shared! Thanks.

[SelaromLiahkim]

how much did it cost?

[engrfka]

Indeed...one of the best videos :)

[Samtana78]

Excellent video. SOOOOO glad you didn't cover the raw sound with some lame music XD

[rocketrider007]

Waiting to hear the calls but that was a BAD ASS video!!!!!

[The7Magier]

AWESOME!! very nice *****

[SuperEzekial99]

The blue angles i swear kick the most ass.....

[MrTickle34]

Brilliant video - thanks for posting it. I enjoyed hearing your shouts for joy throughout and can kind of hear you gritting your teeth when pulling some serious G towards the end :)

[jonbajet]

Lol there's a bird at 6:30 trying to do tricks with the blue angels. :P

[jonbajet]

6 and 7 is always out there doing their own moves while these 4 always do stunts in a pack. So awesome...

[skinsfantim]

AWESOME!! YOU ARE ONE LUCKY DUDE!!!

[Haloman2023]

Swoop the loop around, and... WHAM!

Thumbs if you got the reference.

[compdude100]

CRANK UP THE VOLUME!! Best music on youtube!

[Cathaydude]

does the US NAVY and USAF work together? US NAVY has blue angels and USAF has thunderbirds

[joeymerlino1967]

Freaking AWESOME!!! they are the best of the best GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THE BLUE ANGELS!!!!

[joeymerlino1967]

take my breath away!!!!!!! they are simply THE BEST IN THE WORLD. God bless them

[twa520]

The best aerobatic team in the world! Awesome vid!!

[MrLynx1677]

Awesome vid.



[xxxRubert]

This is the best video on You tube.

God Bless The United States of America.

[sempercellist]

Yay Blue Angels! Go Navy!

[firebladeV]

AWESOME!

[UserIsAnFBIAgent]

They are flying awfully low, geesh, Very very nice video though, very pleasing, thanx for sharing.

[ludviglolo]

swedish coulors nice :)

[mcdlxxi]

flying over The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

Class of 2012!!!!!

[john2bates]

I used to watch them almost daily when I worked at their HQ at NAS Pensacola, thanks for posting the video. IMO, way better than the AF Thunderbirds.

[earl9996]

Awesome

[antonina493]

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[MrRigae89]

the laugh by 2:48 :D

[moople2]

This is one of my all-time favorite videos. Thank you for posting the ONLY vid I can find so far with actual authentic sound. Your reactions are priceless too;)

Do you have a sequence including the engine start up, but without the song?

[cindy75056]

I used to fly for Louisiana-Pacific in Hillsboro, OR and we always hosted the Blues in one of our hangers. One year they had to replace a vertical stab cause 4 tucked in a little too tight and delaminated the thing :-)

[ikkeennigij121]

how did you get to fly with them? great video thanks for not editing music in it!

[katiehollywood19]

@ikkeennigij121  T.M.I.

[ikkeennigij121]

@katiehollywood19 sorry but what's that?

[NovoPromotions]

I actually just jizzed in my pants....

[katiehollywood19]

@NovoPromotions  T.M.I.

[casaamaril]

superb this unedited vid, surprising how close they really fly

[rabbitrandy]

to bad you couldnt record the audio between the pilots!

[atwoo155]

The only way this could be even better would be to actually hear the call outs the team leader is making during flight.

[jimboking]

@atwoo155 I will be posting that entire sequence, by request, in a few days.

JCK

[1TacticalMedic]

friggin sick video!

[mimirose01]

In case you see the previous post and want to respond, my email address is:

mimirose01@aol.com, Thanks!

[mimirose01]

Thanks, Jimbo! I love this raw footage! Is there any way I can download it? My eleven year old grandson is making his first video with Pinnacle Studio and he is collecting Blue Angel photos. It would be so awesome to edit some of this footage into it. He is a big Blue Angels fan and is having a mural of them painted on his bedroom wall and ceiling. Brian's Mimi in Arlington, Texas

[WebGoToGuy]

@mimirose01 Take a look at keepvid.com or just Google "YouTube Downloads"

Should be a simple process of taking the embed code and downloading the file format you need.

Hope this helps

[joecaguilar]

I had seen the Blue Angels perform in Fargo North Dakota 2011 and it was the best show I have ever seen. I had taken my father to see the show who was in the Navy for 21 years. My father even stated that he has never seen flying like this before and he has been in World War 1 and World War 2.

[Sgarcia1444]

Im by Atlantic City,NJ and cant wait til Wednesday 8/17/11 to see the full show, they have been flying over my house for the last 2 days and its been AWSOME.

[JadeBieber10001]

O M G that was sooo awsome!!!!

[MagicSnowfly]

lisa kelly from ice road truckers had a flight on one of these today in fargo north dakota

[ihaque244]

watch this song with jay z forever then youll get inspired

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

Ya baby GO BLUES

[senecarox74]

Porn doesn't get me this hard...

[Marineperson]

chuck noris wants his rc plane back

[AllisterCaine]

gear down noooooob!

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

@AllisterCaine thats part of the show

[jjjazzycraig]

they need to put more sound dampening materials inside the airplane...its too noisy to concentrate,

[vroomba03]

@jjjazzycraig it isnt gonna be quiet with two powerful jet engines sitting right below you and sound dampening materials take up space and add weight. Plus the helmet does get rid of some of the noise.

[TheGordoncd]

@vroomba03 And also the other F/A 18 inches away doesn't help

[eckolwarlock]

Blue Angels are practising above my house right now

[philsturman]

Fantastic! (ex red arrows fan)

[madman6975]

i love how the pilots just keep cool

[saultman]

The blue Angels are AWESOME!!! The best of the best!!

[finskate97]

i want this sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooo muchhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[TheGnomelandSecurity]

@finskate97 At their base, each year they let 1 person in a crowd of 500 fly in 2 shows

[finskate97]

@TheGnomelandSecurity too bad. I live in Finland :P

[Beech165]

i waste 9:55 of my life and damn its was worth it!!!!!!

[Kap057]

1 word : AWESOME!

[TheCypril]

Do some reading on the Blue Angels and how they learn to coordinate these stunts before you comment. Just makes you look ignorant. And the guy filming is not flying (mean to say he is not the pilot) in response to Kelly14UK, you are not hearing the song of the pilots.

[EmptyHighway1]

@TheCypril = But he is a Pilot,,,,,,My Big Brother,,,,,U.S.M.C----Full Bird Retired after 33 years C-130's

[TheCypril]

Do some reading on the Blue Angels and how they learn to coordinate these stunts before you comment. Just makes you look ignorant. And the guy filming is not flying, you are not hearing the song of the pilots.

[williepayt01]

BAD..... ASS......

[halukyalman]

they are just so close..awesome

[Kelly14UK]

It's just a videogame to these guys isn't it lol!

[dermp1]

Great video. I felt as if I were in that plane.

wow!!!

[w5cdt]

My SR20 makes funny air noises like that.

[mavtug]

Bloody awesome. Thanks for the post. I am about to embark on my training for the RAAF, hopefully, one day, I can drive one of these.

[mrsjustinb3]

sweet

[Slashpython]

how can someone dislike this???????

[dboynergo]

3:34 DAMN! they are CLOSE!

[Three1Bravo]

I remember these guys did an Air Show in Newburgh, NY about 10 years ago....the week before the show was probably the most amazing thing to ever happen to this town. Everyday, these guys would fly around the area in crazy formations practicing for the show. My middle school teacher actually stopped class and brought everyone outside to watch the Blue Angels fly over the school.

[loganchamp]

Damn there hauling ass!!!!

[spritzertog]

Thanks for posting this ... very cool to watch.

[pensacolaaccents]

This is the BEST BY THE BEST!!!!

[wolf10851]

All I can say to the person that posted this is......I HATE YOU lol Absolutely beautiful video.  I am so Jealous. :) I would love to get an opportunity to be in the same seat you were in.

[cjk247]

thats awesome. i would have to change my under if i was onboard!

[Machete1WW2549]

Cool Vid, but it sure as heck wouldn't make me wanna go play some stupid video game.....morons... lolol. However when I took my Family to D.C., (Independence Day in 2005) my youngest Daughter begged me to take her in the USAF Simulator at the Air & Space Museum, at $20. a Head we only did that once.

[Ian0461]

How did u happen to hitch a ride in the blue angels cockpit?

[fukkkkka]

Crazy. When I was a kid all I could think was how glorious and magnificent the Blue Angels are; now I also appreciate the courage, the training and the skill. Just amazing.

[joeyrocks2207]

This is why I'm a big supporter of our military. Thanks for all you do!!

[jonnibiscuit]

Fake as a three dollar bill.

[ashman991]

8 pilots don't fly for the US 

[mihailofsx]

that inverted flight low over the lake made my eyes water, i really wanna do this, i would give everything away to do this :))

[jjtheslayer69]

this is fuckin crazy

[4sark]

Best Blue Angel video I have ever seen. I like watching them from the ground, but Ill take this any day. Awesome footage. That has to truly be a once in a lifetime opportunity to go into the skies with these pilots.

[jackmeoffhard1]

for the love of all thats holy, please omit the ya hoo's. It sounds like hes doing strange things with a mountain goat..

[jackmeoffhard1]

for the love of all thats holy, please delete that hillbilly yelping. It sounds like hes "doing immoral things" with a billy goat.

[AmusedChild]

Not that I did not know before, but reading Nick Veronico's book about the Blue Angels I have a greater appreciation for how dangerous this is! I am trying to write about them as well...

[gugonja12]

Damn GOOD :))))

[1828thstreetboy]

I would shit my pants in the hornets if I was in one of them

[Hornet5823]

I Cant Wait To Be with That Diamond Formation All To Myslef.!

[machinimareflex]

how come you got to ride with one of them i want to take a ride in one to, or are you a pilot...

[crazypk40]

is this a practice or the actual show?

[whacko5000]

Where was that, and how did u get into the hornet.

[mentalhangover]

Totally insane. Amazing talent.

[yogibabubiednymis]

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigtopbollocks]

Capt Whiteknuckles in No 2 or G proof cos he holding on so tight. And Flying officer Clagmouth flying No 6 he is the poor solo pullin G when you call him all you hear is huh few huh gargle gargle, what was that? your under 7gs? May be there blue angles which refers to the color of the pilots whilst in tight formation.

[bullseatpizza]

Not gonna lie, i would be screaming my ass off if i was in the back...

[casinosquare1]

yep, best on the net!....

[sam123508]

these guys are awesome

[Boberube34]

I just shit my pants

[dahedgefox]

So freaking AWESOME!

[Cheesiestmac]

Im totally doing this when I grow up. Those planes are just so sexy.

[arandomthot5]

this is truely amazing. is it every scary when you almost hit each other? wow....

[hunterhalo2]

Its so perfect.

[mmllgg2471]

Jet blast aka the sound of freedom.Awesome video. Thanks for sharing.Talk about a Kodak moment.Hats off and thumbs up to all that serve our great country.