Not too many aircraft could absorb such damage and survive. The Phantom was a real beast and something to be reckoned with.

@ThomasB-ck1pg

Ай бұрын

I think the F-4 phantom in my favorite beside the b52 stratofortress

This was the 1970 team featured in the documentary "Threshold: the Blue Angels experience". What makes this story more pointed, is that during the threshold video, there is a sequence where the solos rejoin the diamond for the delta maneuvers. As steve slides in next to jim, he radios "Hi Jim". Jim answers "Hi Steve".

@pkelly3463

3 ай бұрын

I remember that radio exchange. But it wasn't on the rejoin. It was on the 4 plane cross at show center

@siouxperb5570

3 ай бұрын

@@pkelly3463 I would suggest watching again, because Steve would not have been a part of a 4 ship cross at show center.

@siouxperb5570

3 ай бұрын

@@pkelly3463 Weird, I posted a link to the Threshold video, why did youtube delete it? Ok, so put " 'Threshold" Blue Angels, F-4 Phantom" into the youtube search. There is a full length video by the uploader dearkoroberry. Go to 34:20, you'll see the segment I was referring to.

@pkelly3463

Ай бұрын

@siouxperb5570 I had the names wrong. Its been 25 yrs plus since Ive watched the vid. 21:00

@siouxperb5570

Ай бұрын

@@pkelly3463 Man, that got me thinking. It's been about 30 to 35 years myself since I've seen it. How can it possibly have been that long ago? Crazy.

Clean, pure to form, no baggage. The Phantom as intended from conception.

F4 Phantoms.. beautiful

ERNIE was my CAPT in VF-114 ARDVARKS! 1979-1982 I can NOT give him enough appreciation, him n Cdr Enshe as well, WHAT A TEAM!

@davecrupel2817

3 ай бұрын

Vark vark vark!!!

F-4, such an amazing aircraft.

F4 while beautiful, sleek, fast and lethal, were a bear at times to control. Like a bucking bronco. These pilots were beyond experienced.

@davecrupel2817

3 ай бұрын

Bronco? More like a Clydsedale! They were big, heavy, bulky & beefy! Thank god they had so much wingspace! Otherwise it'd be like flying a destroyer.

@BrianBeauchamp

2 ай бұрын

You’re so right! See my note above.

You can watch the entire panel discussion that this short video is from by clicking on the link "Blue Angels | Transition to the F4".

Harley Hall, Bill Maseloski, Kevin O'Mara, Ernie Christensen, Steve Shoemaker, Skip Umstead and JD Davis.... best team ever.

@siouxperb5570

8 ай бұрын

Jim Maslowski.

@jeanbridgman7513

8 ай бұрын

Oh Lord. Heart stopping! God Bless You, Semper Fi 🇺🇸

@JT-nn8nj

6 ай бұрын

Most stereotypical names ever 😂 bunch of chads

What a beautiful bird!! 🦅🇺🇸

You have to have had real Angels flying with you❣️👼

My first time seeing the Blues was as a teenager in 1972. They did their show over the beach at Galveston, TX. Many years later I was a journalist and aviation writer and they kindly gave me an unforgettable ride in their new F/A-18B. Thank you so much, Blues.

As a camper out in Anza Borrego, and have watched these guys practice, and had them buzz camp over our American flag...THANK YOU! It was a thrill.

I think you guys that fly planes like this are the true gems of the world. You've conquered your skill to the fullest degree, and accepted nothing less. I am speechless! There are no words... Thank you and We love You for all you do!

Love these stories

Things can get expensive real quick.

F4 was such a great plane for the military. Some are still used as target drones on bases. I saw a line of them recently on the tarmac at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

@Coaltrain87.

8 ай бұрын

Some countries still use them as fighters

@cup_and_cone

8 ай бұрын

You did not see QF-4s. Tyndall/USAF hasn't had QF-4s for almost a decade... You likely saw QF-16s.

@coryboy345

8 ай бұрын

@@cup_and_cone It has been a while, this was 2016 that i saw them, and yes, they were F4s.. A whole line of them on the tarmac.

@cup_and_cone

8 ай бұрын

@@coryboy345 Last delivery was '15, so yes, they still had them in '16. But your original post said recently...

@tomwilson1006

8 ай бұрын

How many F-4’s are at the boneyard? Wish they’d make just a few airworthy, but just not in the budget.

What an amazing story... all for the Grace of God. Thank you for your service! Love you all!

God be with you my man and Thank You for Your Services

Thanks you guys you guys put on a good show I love to see you again

was fortunate enough to work on the Marine F-4J and do the first cruise of the USS Nimitz for 7 months. Tell me another 19 year old that had that much fun......and responsibility.

@schnertzrush417

7 күн бұрын

I was an AD3 and Flight crew at 18 on CH-53E's out of Italy in 83'. The US NAVY gave so many of us a chance to escape the confines of youth and become giants. I miss those days 40+ years later. TYFYS Sailor 🦅

Thank God

Dont remember this. Dad told me about it he was USAF. I remember the T-Birds accident. Was a tragic day for aviation

USS FORRESTAL CV-59 82 med/io. F4s were Top Dawg. 83, it entered Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a life extension program.

@schnertzrush417

7 күн бұрын

I Went to visit an old Navy friend of mine in 94 in San D. Chief Siegel, We toured, I believe the Shitty Kitty, the Forrest Fire was docked ahead of it abandoned. It was decommed and was looking to be turned into a museum. It was small by comparison, it's flight deck was probably 60ft lower, it had about a 5° list. It looked tiny standing on the bow of the Kitty. Docked there for nearly 20 years before they towed it off to scrap in it TX

I vividly remember the blue angels over my house in f4s when I was a kid. They were practicing over lake Ontario

From a Navy family! Thanks Blue Angels 😎

My brother flew the A7 in Vietnam and then FA18 Hornet. Hes in the Naval museum for 1000 traps. He knew and was friends with the Blue Angel pilots. I love you Jer. Youre my hero!

That’s the Phantom at its best. No other jet could have survived that. I love it

I've wondered about stuff like this while training. The things they do are so amzing & nail biting intense. Love them very skilled pilots!

Earnie Christensen was my Capt on the USS Kansas City AOR-3

Some tough fellas.

Jus another day at the office...big respect👍👍👍

I saw the Blue Angels in Winston-Salem which would have been either 1971 or 1972. I remember one pilot flying upside down right in front of us if I had a photo roster I could probably name him 😊 it felt that close.

Dont forget, even the pros mess up sometimes.

USN, 68-74, ETR-2, maintained GCA RADAR and TACAN, NAS Miramar, 70-74. The F-4 Angels were at an air show one of those years, MAN I could not believe some of the stuff they did!! I am 75

Those F-4's were beasts! 🇺🇸

Amen God is Good ❤🙌🏻🙏

I approve of his use of "the big guy"

Your always Rocking love blue Angles ❤❤❤

@user-lb6ez3ju1l

Ай бұрын

I wanted to say Thank you to all of you guys that are out there flaying these planes every single day and going to the air show's and performing. You guys are the best. Love all of you and stay safe out there.

My home town!

one of my dads good friends was is a blue angel mid air collision luckily he survived

I ❤❤ the F-4 FANTOM .

Glad u guys r flying f 18s now

When your life daily hangs in the balance and you’re painfully aware of how dangerous your occupation is, you are very aware of Who to thank for miracles such as these.

This generation of Blue Angels must have been true master pilots. The F-4 is a very fast, yet hardly nimble aircraft. Translation: when things got rough for whatever reason (wind, hydraulics, shear, whatever), the reaction time to correct ‘with finesse’ didn’t exist. The Gen 4 planes the Navy and Air Force use today are highly nimble (the F-4 is Gen 3). The F-16 was the first ‘fly by wire’ fighter that could turn on a dime. The F-4 is a monster of power and is famous for its climb rate and ceiling (it reached space at +90,000 feet on one of the first flights - in the 60’s!!!). Again, they had to be master pilots and I’m proud to have them flying - even though they were Navy. Lol. Go Air Force!!! (Former F-16 pilot, 1986-1996).

That shows the toughness of the F4.

A nice clean F-4 might be the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

AMEN!

only the best pilot can enter the Blue Angels 👍🙏

When you strap two of the most powerful engines available to a solid airframe, expect excellence.

I have never heard that story. 😮😮 Gwen Hall Davis

FLY NAVY!🇺🇸

Praise God.

On reflection, was the F4 a good choice for team aerobatics? 😆

@panzerlieb

5 ай бұрын

The Thunderbirds flew them for a very long time

@shermansquires3979

5 ай бұрын

@@panzerlieb they did, lack of anything else may have been a reason? Better than a Thud though!

Respect

The Grace of SANTA 🎅🏿

What a bad ass

F-4 PHANTOM ,❤

Oooooooo the F4 s sweet

🙏🙏🙏

If it wasn’t a F4 they would probably not be here

Wow

People see this guy every day and probably think he’s just some regular old Joe Schmo. “Hey old man, you ever do anything cool when you were young?” “Well…when I was in the United States Navy, I flew fighter jets, then I was an instructor pilot. Then I flew as lead plane with the US Navy’s Blue Angels. You ever hear of the Blue Angels?”

Everyone loves the phantom.. Including me, BUT i do believe the fa/18's are more favorable imo both great planes though!

I was on a couple of detachments to elcentro in the early to mid 70's the squadron i was in went out there to have better weather for flight training. The first day i got there we stepped off the c117 that we flew out ther on and immediately went to work. It started getting later in the afternoon and one of the guys that had been there a bout a week said it is about time for the green cloud to come in. Every body was like " green cloud" what is that. The guy said just wait you will see. Sure enough the sky out west got as pea green as it could be. Then when the cloud of green over took the base you didn't have to wonder any longer. In the evening the prevailing winds would shift in the day they would blow out to the sea. But in the evening they would shift and blow in from the sea. West of the air base was a cattel feed lot. And that green cloud was the methane gas off that feed lot. If you were a farm boy it would make you home sick. For the rest of us it would just make you sick. The EM club was where i seen and played pong for the first time. Good times.

I just assumed the Blue Angels were always Hornets…

The real take away here is that problems are all relative. What might be just a minor hiccup at work for you may be a pants filling OMFG shriekfest for others. Conversely, recognizing the difference between dramatic and merely dangerous can make the difference in sleeping in your own bed that night.

remember to plug it in

😮😮

#❤

Tough bird

I know there's a video of this.

EL CENTRO MENTIONED WTF IS RAIN

❤ ❤❤🇺🇸🇵🇭

I'm curious about whether his stabilator somehow actually pulled out the face-curtain rings, or caused the seat to depart the jet without firing. Does anybody know?

Find me a better KZread channel. I don't think you can.

@BlueAngelPhantoms

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Why did they have the Aim7s loaded? I know they're probably disarmed / unloaded but the last shot looks like the bottom of a Blue Angels phantom with the Aim7s on

Glad you shared your story.

Amen. And his name is Yahweh Yara. Jesus, Yeshua

HAD NO BUSINESS COLLIDING!

@heretoserve5023

8 ай бұрын

That was just the wrong thing to do 😐

@heretoserve5023

8 ай бұрын

That's why planes are complete in and of themselves and should always maintain a safe buffer space between so as to avoid all unnecessary mid-air contact!

@nopenheimer

7 ай бұрын

@heretoserve5023 but then no baby planes :(

There are no atheists in cockpits either.

Did they both died?

🪶💬

AVIATORS are better than PILOTS. Sorry, USAF: Pilots don't HAVE TO land on a bobbing cork in the middle of the night in a hurricane. Brownshoes gotta do that ... routinely!

The F-4 Fantom wasn't the best manovering plane.

Ok so why train in a f-4 if your gonna fly a f-18

@fourfortyroadrunner6701

5 ай бұрын

Try not to "be" ignorant. This was long, LONG before the F-18 was born

@kevinperkins8397

5 ай бұрын

@@fourfortyroadrunner6701 stupid it literally say blue angles

@Sukhoi27Flanker

Ай бұрын

@@kevinperkins8397 The Blue Angels have been around since 1946. The F/A-18 is not the only aircraft they’ve flown.

Zero footage. Lame

“…the grace of the big guy.” was an ignorant and arrogant statement. What he should’ve said: the almighty omnipotent merciful God.

The big guy? Joe Biden saved you?

Videos or it didn’t happen

Joe Biden was involved with this?

You had me till you said thanks to the big guy. There are 3,000 children will die today and every day from a lack of food water or shot of penicillin safely. Your training and luck had a lot to do with it. Many of your fellow Blue Angels have had mid-air occasions and so did the big guy not give a s***about their lives and their families.

Did you know L/Col Kevin O’Meara? (F-4 guy)

These clowns don’t even engage in combat.