Blue Angels

Friends of our gave us VIP tickets to the Blue Angels air show.  It was a really fun experience.  Unfortunately, our friends little boy was sick so they didn't get to see the show.  In order to get to the VIP viewing section our car was escorted down the airfield.  There were probably only 100 people watching the show today and we got to be one of them!  It opens to the public tomorrow which will be a crazy mess!

I have seen the blue angels once or twice before.  It is always fun!  The speed and precision is amazing!  I thought Carson might be bothered by the noise but we all (except Victor) wore earplugs and it didn't bother him at all.

Erik had been quite excited to see the show and has been talking about all the Navy pilots he knows (at least 8).  He seems to think that he will be a pilot (or was in the past "when he was old") someday.

The show was extra exciting because we were so close to the planes!  Really, really close!  Yikes!

See how close we were to the planes!  Poor Erik got cut out except for his hair!

All 5 of us now but the planes were in a higher formation so it's not quite as impressive!

My lovely baby!

Watching the angels park!

E-2 The big dish on top is a huge radar which allows the plane to function like an air traffic controller for the entire fleet of planes while at war.  This plane takes frequent test flights over our house which is interesting to see.

BAM-S...  The BAM-S is an unmanned high altitude surveillance aircraft.  These planes are controlled from PAX-NAS (our base) even when flying in the middle east.

X-47B - The craft in this photo is a model.  There are only 2 real ones in the world - located in California.  They are going to be used to prove that the Navy is capable of launching and landing unmanned aircraft from aircraft carriers.  Wouldn't want to be on the ship when they land that for the first time