With its sleek lines and afterburner, the F11F Tiger proved one of the most popular show aircraft flown by the Blue Angels. The team operated both the short-nose and long-nose versions, and when the F-4 Phantom II replaced the Tiger after the show season, the F11F Tiger marked the end of an era as the last Grumman-built aircraft flown by the team. The only aircraft operated concurrently by both the Blue Angels and the U.
Air Force Thunderbirds, the F-4 was the platform the team took to the far corners of the globe, touring South America, Asia, and Europe during the four years the Blue Angels operated the powerful aircraft. These were the first visits by any U. This began a practice that continues to this day of operating a two-seat aircraft for show support and VIP rides. Evaluated by the Blue Angels as a possible demonstration aircraft in , the F7U Cutlass proved as unpopular with the team as it did in the fleet, where it had a reputation for being underpowered and presented challenges for maintenance personnel.
The venerable transport aircraft that made headlines with its role in the Berlin Airlift, the R5D Skymaster was among the aircraft used by the Blue Angels as a logistics aircraft transporting ground-support personnel to show sites.
It served in this role from to The venerable aircraft routinely opens air shows and for many years executed jet-assisted takeoffs JATOs to the delight of spectators. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Certified Badass.
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As a teenager Bill helped his engineer father build an award-winning T homebuilt airplane in their Wisconsin basement. Bill is a freelance writer, an avid sailor, engineer, announcer, husband, father, uncle, mentor, coach, and Navy veteran.
Bill lives north of Houston TX with his wife and son under the approach path to KDWH runway 17R, which means they get to look up at a lot of airplanes. A very good thing. Share Tweet 0. Pin it 0. Maurice Wickendoll read the term in New Yorker Magazine. That lasted the first year and then the F8F Bearcat served as the go-to aircraft for the next three years. In , the F11F-1 Tiger entered the spotlight where it stayed for the next 11 years as well.
The aerial demonstration teams for the U. Air Force and U. Navy will always hold a special place in the hearts of those who have flown them, worked on them, supported them, and watched them for all these years.
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